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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I don’t think people say “Church of God is a a bad church because it started from korea like the moonies” or anything like that. Yes, South Korea is a country prone to believe people are deities, but that’s something cultural, and yes, that might be one of the reasons why the WMSCOG started from korea. (Dont know if you are korean, so no offense)
I do think there are some similarities in the teachings, like for example, the Unification Church uses the bible to teach that clouds mean flesh, and use the bible to teach that the east in Isaiah and Revelation is talking about South Korea, and many of other small things like “satan attacks you from the people you love the most”, “we are the truth”, “heavenly father and heavenly mother”, arranged marriages, and things like that, if you listen to a moonie talking, they are pretty similar to the WMSCOG in their way of speaking. But as they have some similarities, they have a lot of differences!
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Isn’t a little bit arrogant to think that we can discern truth and falsehood with a higher intellect and ability of discernment than the disciples who walked with Christ? When I think about seriously, even though I have my own opinion, I have to judge whether something is true or not based on the same exact standard that the disciples did, the Bible. It would be ridiculous to try to compare my faith with theirs and more absurd to think that I could determine the true Christ or true church based on my own ideas or the ideas of others. We need Scripture above everything else and all I see so far… is that Scripture points to Christ Ahnsahnghong and the World Mission Society Church of God, not Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church, or any other church for that matter.
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“When I think about seriously, even though I have my own opinion, I have to judge whether something is true or not based on the same exact standard that the disciples did, the Bible.”
Hi Iven. Which exact bible and which translation did the disciples use?
“Scripture points to Christ Ahnsahnghong and the World Mission Society Church of God”
Can you be more specific?
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This kind of “guilty by association” generalization is very unreasonable. This happens when people would rather find something wrong with a particular group instead of seeking the truth. That is irresponsible, especially for anyone who knows someone who is in that group. Making generalizations like this sometimes give rise to violent crimes or fuel hatred for mob mentality.
The teaching from Christ Ahnsahnghong is amazing. It’s the exact same teaching he taught 2000 years ago. Christ Ahnsahnghong didn’t have to directly reveal that He is the Holy Spirit because His teachings and fulfillment of prophecy proved it countless times. Christ Ahnsahnghong restored the New Covenant in the order of Melchizedek.
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We cannot categorize something as being the same just because it from the same country. Man opinion is full of mistake. But the bible is perfect. We can see the teaching are completely different, one is based on the bible (World Mission Society Church of God) and the other is based on tradition (Unification Church). One is based on God the other on man. We shouldn’t make the mistake of judging the World Mission Society Church of God as same as any other church just because it came from S. Korea.
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WMSCOG is the church that has the promise of God. The only way to understand the Bible, is the Bible itself. No research needed. Even though people stereotype That WMSCOG is like all the churches that come from South Korea When you come and study all the amazing prophesies ,truths , and miracles that are found in WMSCOG you truly find out that this is not just another church. It is the church!. It wouldn’t be fair to base our decision about the WMSCOG on hasty judgements or what other people say rather we should see what the bible tells us in regards of the true church , the prophesies and see it for ourselves .
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The Unification church merges teaching from many different religions in order to “unravel the mysteries of life and human history”. But only the One who created life can tell us about our life and His words are found in the bible, no other source. So if we truly want to know about human life we need to study the bible.
Where are we from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The answers to these life questions are contained in the bible and Christ Ahnsahnghong is the One who taught us. I know it is difficult for many people to believe in second coming Christ, but please at least believe in the bible. Only through the bible can we understand who Christ is and understand the mystery of our life here on this earth.
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As it is mentioned in the article: “In reality, there are absolutely no similarities in the teachings of the World Mission Society Church of God and the Unification Church.” Being in The True WMSCOG for quite some time now, I can testify to the above statement as fact! The reason why I came to the Church of God in the 1st place and why I am still in the truth and continue to go today is because, we follow all the example of Christ in accordance with the Holy Bible. In comparing the WMSCOG to the Church of God 2,000 yrs ago, you can clearly see they are one-in-the same (ex: both were established my Christ Ahnsahnghong). The bible forewarns us about those who judge the WMSCOG with assumptions such as the “guilty by associations” ideology. This is further confirmation that the true WMSCOG is the reestablished-Church of God of 2,000 yrs ago (aka: The Last true Church).
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Imagine this, would it make sense if you happen to be a witness at the scene of a crime and all of a sudden you are taken into custody because a few witnesses think that because you look similar to the criminal than you must have had something to do with the crime. That would not make sense at all. In our criminal system, we have heard of a lot of prisoners who have been wrongly convicted because of ‘guilty by association’.
It was a clear fact that people who did not believe in Jesus chose to participate in crucifying him only because they believed the Pharisees (human beings) who portrayed Him as a criminal. Jesus declared about the Pharisees (Jn 5:39-40) “You diligently study the scripture because you think that in them you possess eternal life, these are the very scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” At that time, the unbelievers only hung on to the false teachings and examples of corrupt men whose hearts were led by satan.
(Ecc 1:9) “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again, there is nothing new under the sun.” So therefore, the same spiritual upheaval is happening right before our eyes! Unbelievers’ are listening to false rumors that say that Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong who came from South Korea is not God and that The World Mission Society Church of God that He established is not the true church, because false prophets such as the unification church was founded there as well. How do you know this to be fact? Before forming an opinion and putting yourself in the same shoes as the unbelievers’ who crucified Jesus, please come to the Church of God and study in depth all the truth that God Ahnsahnghong has revealed to us. It will save your life.
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I have never personally had friends or family come to me and ask me if the unification church was associated with the WMSCOG, but I did hear comments and rumors. When I heard about the similarities they found between the two, I couldn’t understand their mind. Then I realized that they had no proof what so ever. They never saw the truth through the bible.
People always have had the mind to judge only by what they see from the outside, and have been afraid to find out the truth. 2,000 years ago the people from the outside judged Christ and the early church because of what they heard and associated them with, being called a cult because they followed the truth and didn’t conform to the way of the world of that time. It is the same now. People will judge us because of what they may have heard about other religions in Korea, and will try to associate us with them even tho we have no similarities at all, but hopefully they can let go of their mind and see the prophecies through the bible.
the children of God will always love the truth. Thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong & Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem that I am able to see the truth about Christ not from what other people say but truly thru the Word of God. That is the only way we can discern truth from falsehood.
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When people spread false accusations about the WMSCOG, the church Christ Ahnsahnghong established—they base assumptions about the church according to generalization from the public. The assumptions are their own opinions about the basis of WMSCOG faith. One cannot assume, because assumptions are opinions without details of fact. This church is the only church which indeed follows Christ and Christ’s teaching. We come to believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong to be the Savior because through the Scriptures we have understood the testimony of Christ; Christ’s teachings. (JN 5:39). The church who follows the foundation of the Bible—the teachings of God, is the true church. If you come to WMSCOG you can believe and understand why Christ Ahnsahnghong is not guilty of anything and that he is blameless. All the teachings he has shown to those who were waiting for him, are teachings of God which all in all will lead mortal beings to salvation. (HB 9:28). The prophecies and teachings the Savior will bring made the followers of Christ believe what is the truth. (JN 1:44-45). Please come to the WMSCOG and walk the way of faith leading to Christ who eagerly awaits for you to hear, see, and believe in the truth—prophecy in the Bible.
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I have also had people try to tell me that the World Mission Society Church of God is the same as the Unification Church. My parents even had me talk to an old friend who was part of the Unification Church when she was younger. As we ate and she talked about her experience, I thought about my whole experience with the WMSCOG and saw that her church was nothing like what I had experienced. Even when we talked about how everyone was so friendly (in both groups), when she described it, she described it as being creepy and overly friendly. And I described it as being warm, welcoming and like I’ve finally felt like i found where i belonged. So even thought people try and say they are the same, when you come down to the details and the truth, they are two totally different religions. One being the truth and the other being total bogus.
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To judge the teachings of the World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) and Christ Ahnsahnghong based on the argument of “guilty by association” is irrational. When comparing the Unification Church to the WMSCOG we can find no resemblance. The teachings of the WMSCOG are strictly biblical, while the Unification Church base their teachings on a collection of religious beliefs. Just like the disciples 2000 years ago we should realize everything about 2nd coming Christ (Christ Ahnsahnghong)through the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). We must not be deprived of all human reasoning by fixating our minds on Informal Fallacies. I invite you to come and examine the truth of Our Father Christ Ahnsahnghong through the prophecies he fulfilled.
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If we look at everything based on the thesis of “Guilty by Association” no one would be able to believe in Jesus Christ now. When we look at the surroundings of Jesus Christ 2000, he was with tax collectors, prostitutes and fisherman. Looking at him outwardly I could imagine, those who didn’t know who Jesus Christ was may have associated him with that class of people. However he is the very savior in which the Bible testify about. The only way to realize Him is only through the prophecy of the Bible. The Unification Church doctrine is based on many other religious teaching not only the bible. We can not put our trust in man, but in God.
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Jesus said that when He came back in the role of the Holy Spirit, He would take from the words He gave the disciples 2,000 years ago (John 16:13-14) but Moon came up with his own teachings. That’s weird isn’t it? Then how can anyone believe he is God? I don’t know how either. If he’s not God, then how we compare his church with the Church God established? I realized how blessed the one’s who believe God’s words are, through this article. Even though some people hear, not everyone accepts or even gets to see prophecy. Truly, all we need to know about Christ is written in the bible.
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hello Kofi.
Let us see what exactly Jesus said in Jn 16:13-14 –
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13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.
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It does not say Jesus will come back in the role of the Holy Spirit. The two verses show Jesus is talking about himself and the Holy Spirit as two separate beings. Thanks for bringing this up.
It does look like the bible is saying that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are two different people isn’t it?
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I have a great appreciation for this article, because it addresses a common issue which is fallacy reasoning. Actually, we can come to understand that fallacy reasoning is really no reasoning at all because it is not fact-based. . Unfortunately, some come to make assumptions or generalizations with a lack of evidence. This is spiritually dangerous, again we are seeing the pattern repeat itself the same as in the time of Jesus Christ. Many denied that he was God almighty due to fallacy reasoning.
The article distinguishes the differences between WMSCOG and the Unification church. Through seeing the differences, we can easily come to the conclusion that the WMSCOG is true church. God revealed himself through the truth written in the bible, it just so happens that the WMSCOG only uses the bible.
I would like to thank Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother for this article and revealing their truth.
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