4um: Rev. (Messiah) Moon hurt in copter crash (Seoul), officials say

Title: Rev. (Messiah) Moon hurt in copter crash (Seoul), officials say
Source: CNN - AP
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiap ... oon.crash.ap/?iref=mpstoryview
Published: Jul 19, 2008
Author: ap
Post Date: 2008-07-19 19:14:46 by Rotara
Keywords: Moon, Helicopter, Crash
Views: 255
Comments: 14

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A helicopter carrying the Rev. Sun Myung Moon crashed into a mountainside Saturday as it attempted an emergency landing, injuring the founder of the Unification Church and 15 others, officials said.

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon and members of his family were hurt in the accident, a fire official says.

Moon, 88, was slightly injured in the crash, a hospital official said. Members of Moon's family, including his wife, were also hurt, and one person suffered a serious back injury, fire official Kim Wu-jong said.

The S-92 helicopter was carrying 16 people, including 13 church members, when it crashed and burst into flames, the transportation ministry said.

Moon and the others were treated at the nearby church-affiliated Cheongshim Hospital in Gapyeong, about 37 miles northeast of Seoul, hospital official Park Sung-kwon said.

Moon received an X-ray and his condition was not serious, Park said.

No details of his injury were given, but the church said in a brief statement on its Web site that Moon and the others were "safe."

The transportation ministry said the accident took place as the helicopter made an emergency landing due to bad visibility during heavy rain. The exact cause of the crash was still under investigation, police said.

Church official Kim Dae-yeol said the helicopter was flying to Cheongshim Hospital from southern Seoul. The Gapyeong area has several church-affiliated facilities including a museum and schools.

Moon founded the Seoul-based Unification Church in the 1950s and the conservative Washington Times newspaper in 1982. His church owns hundreds of companies around the world, including the United Press International news agency.

The church's doctrine is a mixture of Christian, Confucian and traditional Korean values, and Moon's followers believe he came into the world to complete the work of Jesus Christ.

In 2004, Moon was the center of a coronation ceremony in Washington at which he declared himself the Messiah. He also became widely known for performing mass weddings of followers.

A maggot like this lives while a great man like Stevie Ray Vaughn dies in his helicopter crash. *sigh* There just isn't any justice in this world.

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976

Well my child, back in 2008 The Messiah died in a helicopter crash, and after the third day he ascended to the heavens and since then we've had two...."

"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

And, Rev. Sun Myung Moon is more than willing to acknowledge that and share the title, as long as the Intergalactic Unification Church Corporation LLC, keeps all that sweet smelling cash!

And, I'd bet a Messiah's bail that The Good Reverend is not judgmental at all and that he'll probably accept large tithes in cash, no questions asked. In fact, because he too was once targeted by the evil IRS I'd bet that for trustworthy and truly repentant sinners, he'll exchange and process embarrassing amounts of KALE and return it (or offshore it) Sanforized®, sanitized, pressed and on hangers! (for a modest fee, which is The Merken/Korean Way!)

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