Christ Ahnsahnghong – Guilty by Association
Christ Ahnsahnghong and the fallacy of guilt by association
Many of the websites that speak negatively about Christ Ahnsahnghong and the World Mission Society Church of God use the same logic, that logic is “guilty by association.” Guilt by association is defined as an inductive informal fallacy, which is also known as a hasty generalization. Pretty much, if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s a duck, and anything that comes from that same country, is also a duck! This fallacy is made as an appeal to emotion and is not based on facts.
Some examples of guilt by association are as follows:
- Peter is a criminal. Peter is from California. Therefore, all the people from California are criminals.
- Tom, John, Chris, and Will are all friends of Ray, and they are all corrupt politicians. Tammy is a friend of Ray. Therefore, Tammy is a corrupt politician.
2,000 years ago Jesus was a victim of this fallacy. When Jesus was crucified, He was crucified between two criminals. Although Jesus Himself was not a criminal, I am sure that those who did not know Jesus Christ automatically judged Him and thought of Him as being a criminal as a result of association.
This is the same thing people try to do with the World Mission Society Church of God and Christ Ahnsahnghong. They speak about the Unification Church and Sun Myung Moon, then they say that the World Mission Society Church of God and Christ Ahnsahnghong must be the same since it started in South Korea.
In reality, there are absolutely no similarities in the teachings of the World Mission Society Church of God and the Unification Church. The Unification Church teaches principles that do not come from the Bible, as per their official website:
“Sun Myung Moon studied the Bible and many other religious teachings in order to unravel these mysteries of life and human history.”
The World Mission Society Church of God and the teachings of Christ Ahnsahnghong come strictly from the Bible and nothing else. The Unification Church keeps Sunday service, Christmas and all other teachings that do not come from the Bible. The World Mission Society Church of God keeps the Passover and the Sabbath of the New Covenant just as Jesus taught 2,000 years ago.
So instead of judging by standards of association with other religious groups, why don’t you try to understand Christ like the disciples did 2,000 years ago?
How did the disciples recognize Jesus 2,000 years ago?
John 4:41-42 – “And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, ‘We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the savior of the world.’”
2,000 years ago, the first thing people considered was His teachings. It was because of His teachings that the people believed He was the savior of the world. What was the second thing they considered?
John 1:44-45 – “Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’”
The second thing the disciples considered was how Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament. Then it was because of His teachings and the prophecies He fulfilled that the disciples were able to recognize Jesus Christ as the Savior.
In the same way, it is because of what He taught and the prophecies He fulfilled that I believe Christ Ahnsahnghong is the second coming of Christ – not because of what people say about Him or by how popular He is.
From my research, I can confidently say that there are no similarities between the Unification Church and the World Mission Society Church of God.
If you want to understand about Christ Ahnsahnghong correctly, please come and study the Bible at the World Mission Society Church of God.
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Like in the other article where there are many Falsehood there has to be Truth first. South Korea is the Holy Land based on the Bible prophecy -from the East- Far-off land… Where the 2nd coming Christ Must Appear !!! And bring Salavation. As a member of the WMSCOG I can say everything taught about Christ Ahngsahnghong is taught through the scriptures. 🙂 🙂
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Hello dear sister. Are you sure it can only be S Korea? Why not any other country? What about N Korea, or Vietnam, or Cambodia or India or China or Japan which is further East than Korea?
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Ms. Diane,
well simply because according to the Bible, the redemption work in the last days will begin from the east… from the rising of the sun:
Revelation 7:1-3 — After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ‘Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’
Before the great disaster comes on the last day according to the Bible prophecy, the work of salvation must start from the east. The original language of the Bible’s New Testament, which is Greek, communicates the same directional point: “…from the rising of the sun…”. Then who is the one responsible for doing the work of salvation in the last days?
Hebrews 9:28 — So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Here the Bible says that second coming Christ is the one responsible for bringing salvation in the last days… then what exactly is the salvation He is bringing? What is salvation according to the Bible?
Luke 1:77 — to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins…
The Bible defines that salvation is to receive the forgiveness of sins, this means that if we find out in the Bible how to receive the forgiveness of sins, then we have found salvation…
Matthew 26:19-28 — So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover…While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins…”
According to the Bible it was on the Passover night, through the Passover bread and wine Jesus made a covenant granting us the forgiveness of sins. Therefor the Passover is the way Christ promised us the forgiveness of sins, the way to receive salvation.
When we put it all together… The salvation work in the last days is to start from the east (Revelation 7:1-3), Second Coming Christ is the one responsible for carrying out the salvation work (Hebrews 9:28), salvation is to be able to receive forgiveness of sins (Luke 1:77) and forgiveness of sins was promised when we celebrate the Passover of the New Covenant (Matthew 26:17-28). Then the only church in the world that is keeping the Passover of thew New Covenant and which started from the east(South Korea) is the World Mission Society Church of God founded by Christ Ahnsahnghong!!! Since the Bible prophecy was already fulfilled, all we have to look is the place it found fulfillment… that is South Korea.
Do you know of any churches founded in North Korea teaching the Passover of the New Covenant to the whole world??? How about anyone founded in Vietnam, Cambodia, India, China or Japan??? Can you name just one church founded in these places that is preaching the Passover??? If you do…please let me know.. Thanks
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Hello NTashaB. Thank you for your reply.
There are two points that seem to need clarification.
First of all you are connecting the angel in Rev 7:1-3 with the second coming in Heb 9:28. There is absolutely no basis to believe that the angel has any connection with second coming.
Secondly, Mt 26:28 seems to indicate that the forgiveness of sins has come by the pouring out of Jesus’ blood. It is Jesus’ sacrifice that saves us from sin. Understand the sentence carefully. This is more clear when you read it from the KJV which is a more accurate translation of the original texts.-
Ms. Diane,
First, in order to understand who is the angel coming from the East with the seal of God (Rev 7:1-3) you have to know what is the Seal of God?
The seal is only found with Jesus Christ in John 6:27
but the way to have Jesus Christ with us always with have to eat his Flesh and Blood John 6:53-55 How to eat His Flesh and Blood Passover Mt 26:17-19, 26-28. Passover is the only time Jesus said that the bread Is His body and the cup of wine Is his blood.The way to eat Jesus Christ Flesh is with the Passover bread and the way to drink Jesus’ Blood is with the Passover wine.
Since Jesus is the Seal, when we eat Jesus’ Flesh and drink his Blood through the Passover Feast we can receive the Seal of God.
The Seal of God is Passover.
The angel with the Seal of God is coming from the East can Only be Christ when He comes a 2nd time.
The seal of God will protect us from the last disasters that are written in Revelation 7.
That is Salvation. That’s why Rev 7:1-3 and Heb 9:28 are connected.
When Christ comes, He will bring salvation (Heb9:28) and in (Rev 7:1-3) it shows where will He from–The EAST.
The Promise of Forgiveness of Sins was given on the night of the Passover and when Jesus Christ died for us. The Promise took effected.
As the bible says: Heb 9:16-17- the Will is only taken effect after the one who made the will dies…
When Christ died, the will for us to receive forgiveness of Sins will be given to those who kept the covenant. The Blood shred on the Cross was to complete the Covenant made on the Passover night.This is why we now and days must kept the Passover because Jesus Christ sacrificed His life for us to have Life. Everything He said and did was for our salvation… so if we don’t keep the Passover we are disregarding Christ Sacrifice.
I hope you can find understanding.
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Ms NTashaB,
There are a few problems with your response. The angel from the East in Rev 7:2 is not Christ. Christ is the lamb in verse 17, obviously two completely different entities.
The body and blood of Jesus is the Eucharist or communion, also called the Lord’s Supper which you can see in 1 Cor 11:17-34. scripture never says it is the passover. the same passage also shows us that it was something they did every time they met as a church, not just once a year.
I will say more after you respond.
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God always comes according to prophecy. When Jesus was born people knew he would be born in Bethlehem, some historians and theologians know Second Coming Christ with a new name ( Rev 3:12) will come from the East. Yet they despised Jesus even though he fulfilled the prophecies. Today they despise Second Coming Christ even though he fulfilled the prophecies. No matter who else said they had Christ or that they also started in South Korea,we must study if they follow the teachings of the Bible – then we can know for sure if they are the true church.. If many people before during or after Jesus said they were the Christ to come and they were born in Bethlehem it would be a serious mistake to group the true Christ with them. The disciples were able to open their eyes to prophecy being fulfilled by the true Christ who was suppose to appear in Bethlehem. Let us not group the World Mission Society Church of God and Christ Ahnsahnghong with the other false churchs who started in South Korea, but open our eyes to prophecy being fulfilled by the true Christ who was suppose to appear in South Korea. We Love You Father & Mother!! May all of God’s children be able to open their eyes to the beautiful prophecies being fulfilled in this age by the grace of Elohim God.
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I will be forever grateful to our God Elohim for providing the Bible as a way for us to know the way to receive salvation and how to distinguish true God. If only we would follow the examples of the disciples 2,000 years ago who only used the Bible and the teachings of Christ as a basis for their faith, then everything would go well. It was not about what people said but rather the true words of God. My faith in Christ Ahnsahnghong is NOT only based on the fact He brought the Passover but He fulfilled ALL of the prophecies of second coming Christ. What mere man can do the things God said He would do HIMSELF? It is so easy for people judge based on what they have seen or heard before but extremely difficult to accept the correct teachings of the Bible. Which should we readily accept, God’s or man’s words? Though sad, it is not surprising to see people judging Christ Ahnsahnghong and the WMSCOG and branding Him as guilty simply because of their lack of understanding and His association. The same thing happened to Christ 2,000 years ago. However, what I will say is if anyone sincerely wants to understand the truth and see the facts about Christ or any of the beliefs of the church, stop by the WMSCOG and someone will be more than happy to help :-).
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Amen. Christ Ahnsahnghong is God Almighty who brought us Hidden Manna and white stone.
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I have to say this website is amazing and really informative. Somebody asked me a question regarding the Unification Church before but I didn’t understand what they were asking me. Now I understand and next time it happens I can give them a more precise answer so they can see that the WMSCOG is the true church and Christ Ahnsahnghong is the true second coming of God according to the Bible.
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Hello brother. Help me understand. How does answering a question about the Unification church help people to see that the WMSCOG is the true church? Shouldn’t the proof come by showing people details about the WMSCOG itself instead of pulling down others?
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Hi..please try to study at wmscog so u will understand better.. I dont know if u already did since this thread was long time ago.. Theres nothing to lose.. Then once your done its up to you to decide.
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This makes everything so clear. Christ Ahnsahnghong has brought all the truths of life and mysterious that up until this age were hidden in the Bible. As the proverb says “Do not judge a book by its cover”
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Truely Ahnsahnghong reveal all the truth in the bible he is mighty God.Let’s give him glory and honor for ever more.ame!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I give thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong for his grace and mercy! Only way to recognize the savior is through the Bible, its because of his coming that we can firmly say we met the savior and will return to our heavenly home.
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The people of the world foolishly judged Christ 2,000 years ago by association (the criminals next to him) and as a result they could not realize the Savior that came…. Praise to Christ Ahnsahnghong who allowed us to see through the eyes of the scripture and not through the eyes of the world….(Mt13:10-17)
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While reading the life of Jesus in the 4 Gospels, I get the impression that most of the people of Jesus’ time would have known about Jesus but very few would have known the 2 criminals. It appears that people would have considered Jesus a criminal not because of the 2 others but because of the nature of death, Crucifixion.
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Unification members do not use Bible to testify Sun Myung Moon. They were just a mixture of different religions like Catholics, buddhist, and so on. While Christ Ahnsahnghong is our true Almighty God the Father and I don`t really doubt about Him. Also, I really give thanks to Him for letting me know the precious truth about God the Mother. =)
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Hi Ron. I am just trying to understand. Where exactly has Ahnsahnghong written in favour of God the Mother? My understanding is that he wrote a book saying that the woman calling herself mother is suffering delusions. He also showed in the same book how all those scripture verses used to claim God the mother are false interpretations. Have you heard about that book?
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Hi Ms. Diane, If I may answer to your question. It’s very simple. Yes we all know about the book he wrote testifying about the lady (sorry can’t spell her name correctly) claiming to be the Heavenly Mother. It was written before He finally revealed that there really is a Heavenly Mother. Actually, he wrote in other books, one of them being The Spring of Life and the Mystery of God 1980, many many many things about the Spiritual Mother coming in the last days. You see, if you study more about the Bible, everything God does has an appointed time. Yes our Father wrote a book explaining that the bride are the saints, but also later He did speak a lot about the real Bride, the Heavenly Jerusalem our Mother. All your questions and concerns are understandable and they all have a clear explanation through the Bible. And just something to keep in mind… how do you think she came up with there being a Spiritual Mother in the first place? She must have read it somewhere…
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You say, “Actually, he wrote in other books, one of them being The Spring of Life and the Mystery of God 1980, many many many things about the Spiritual Mother coming in the last days.”
Actually he never made a direct mention at all. Can you quote the many many many things you speak about?
In fact, in the book he had said that Umm’s very idea was wrong. Why did he not simply say that Umm is not mother god? Think about it.
You say, “Yes our Father wrote a book explaining that the bride are the saints, but also later He did speak a lot about the real Bride”
Can you show me where in his writings he said that?
When there is an entire book proving that the idea of mother god is wrong, why isn’t there a book to correct that?
You say, “All your questions and concerns are understandable and they all have a clear explanation through the Bible.”
Correct. Jesus mentioned His Father a hundred times in the 4 gospels but he never mentioned mother. Why? There is no reference to mother god in the bible except when referring to goddess worship. Or am I wrong?-
Hello Diane,
You said, “There is no reference to God the Mother in the bible since Jesus mentioned God as Father hundreds times in the 4 gospels.”
However, just the fact that Jesus mentioned God as Father even hundreds times in the 4 gospel is the clear reference to God the Mother.
The word “Father” exists because there is the word “Child” or “Children”, and the word “Children” exists because there is the word “Mother”. Therefore, the word “Father” exists because there is the word “Mother”.
Among so many words and vocabularies, Jesus Christ chose the word “Father” to call our God. He didn’t choose to call God as the king or the master, but He chose to call God as the Father, why?… Think carefully about it…
And this fact will give a clue only to His loving children, so that we(children of God) can think about the existence of God the Mother.
Of course what I mentioned above does not clearly clarify that there is God the Mother. However, those people who are seeking the truth will eventually come to the World Mission Society Church of God to seriously study the bible to clarify if there is God the Mother, or if there isn’t God the Mother.
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Hello Sung-Hwa,
Your logic is something that only someone who is already fully convinced about “Mother” would find appealing. It just doesn’t cut it for anyone else.
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This Truth is incomparable there is no other church that teaches like this except the WMSCOG. Christ AhnShangHong and Mother are Truly God.
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This is why the statement “Seeing is believing” is so important. Unless you come to the World Mission Society Church of God, and see the truth of what they teach, you will never believe what they teach. Please people judge for yourselves about this church based on your own experience, not the gossip, and opinions of others which are sooo false.
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I am from Korea so I know church of God world mission society and unification church are not same at all.
Unification church does not follow according to the bible, but church of God does everything what God says so that we obey God’s commandments.
Those who say that unification church and church of God are same never study the bible in church of God. If you come and study the true words of God you will see church of God is different because we practice 100% what Is in the bible.
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This whole guilty by association doesn’t make any sense because our teachings are completely different from their teachings. We can see the intentions of the people who compare the WMSCOG to the Unification Church is not to decipher the truth, but just to make people disregard the teachings of the WMSCOG, based on the impression that is like the Unification Church. Please dont make hasty generalizations, come study the Bible in the World Mission Society Church of God, and you will see that is completely different than the Unification Church.
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Hello Robert. I agree that it is wrong to condemn the WMSCOG just because the Unification church is also based in S Korea. The WMSCOG must prove itself, whether true or false, independent of the unification church.
Yet we must agree that there are remarkable similarities.
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If the disciple Nathanael had judged Christ on where He came from, he wouldn’t have received Christ. When disciple Phillip went and told Nathanael about Jesus…
John 1:46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see” Phillip said.
It’s kind of funny how Nathanael reacted. But he didn’t judge based on the place Jesus was from even though he didn’t think anything good could come out of Nazareth. Likewise people shouldn’t judge Christ Ahnsahnghong based off where He came from, but rather judge His teachings. Sabbath day, Passover and all the feasts of God. The unification church keeps none of these.
Like Phillip said to Nathanael I say to you, “come and see..!! Judge for yourself!
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Hello Matthew. Very good point. In today’s secular, politically correct world, Nathaniel’s reaction would be wrong. But I would like to point out two things.
1. Regarding the Messiah, Nathaniel was right. According to prophecy, the messiah couldn’t come from Nazareth. What Nathaniel did not know was that Jesus was indeed born in Bethlehem in Judah which correctly fulfilled the prophecy of the Messiah.
2. When you say people should not judge Ahnsahnghong based on where he came from, you kind of accept that there is no biblical prophecy that he should come from S Korea. Have I understood you correctly? There are other churches that keep the feasts. Most importantly, the Jews keep them all. So that is not enough proof that he is christ.
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I Am Truly Thankful For This Website. I Believe That Whoever Thinks We Are Like The Unification Church Are Gravely Mistaken. It Is Very Clear WMSCOG Has Absolutely No Similarities With The Unification church when it comes to the teachings in the Bible.
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Wow this is so true we should have the same mind as the disciples 2000 years ago. They believed because of Gods words and the prophecies that He fulfilled. We should have that same mindset towards 2nd Coming Christ AhnSahngHong. Please come to the World Mission Society Church Of God and Hear His teachings than study the prophecies that are written about Him and Also our Heavenly Mother the New Jerusalem. See for yourself that Gods Holy Teachings were brought to the World Mission Society Church of God.
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