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Sun Myung Moon

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (February 25, 1920-September 3, 2012)
    Cult leader (The Moonies) whose members married each other in huge mass wedding ceremonies
    Claimed to be God
    Wrote 'The Divine Principle' (1952)
    Owned the Washington Times newspaper

Why he might be annoying:

    He assigned marriage partners to his members.
    Members of his church lived in a commune where they were given a bed, meals and usually, a spouse.
    Members were expected to attend all lectures, work non-stop and be available for any fund raising activity.
    Married couples were separated from their children.
    Before any marriage, the members were to confess all sexual sins to reverend Moon and beg for forgiveness.
    He performed mass marriage ceremonies (124 couples-July 24, 1963; 430 couples-February 25, 1968; 777 couples-January 2, 1970; 1800 couples-February 8, 1975) all those were in Korea.
    He also performed many other mass weddings in Korea, Germany, England and New York City.
    His biggest mass wedding out of Korea was 2,200 couples in Madison Square Garden in New York City (May 18, 1982).
    He then topped his biggest mass wedding, marrying 6,000 couples in Korea (October 14, 1982).
    He charged a fee when they got married.
    He considered marriage the most important thing a person can do.
    He was divorced three times.
    He was in Hung Nam Prison (1950).
    He was in prison in Seoul (1955).
    He was convicted of tax fraud in the United States (May 18, 1982).
    He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraud (May 16, 1982).
    He said: 'God is now throwing Christianity away and is now establishing a new religion, and this new religion is the Unification Church.'
    He claimed: 'All the Christians in the world are destined to be absorbed by our movement.'
    He warned: 'He [God] is living in me and I am the incarnation of Himself. . . . The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.'
    The New York Times reported: 'While church members accept Moon's theology as revealed truth, non-members generally find it a mind-boggling mixture of Pentecostal Christianity, Eastern mysticism, anti-Communism, pop psychology, and metaphysics.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He took care of all the needs (food, clothing, shelter and sexual partner) of his members (but no dental plan that we were aware of).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 15 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 106 Votes: 66.98% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 42 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 60 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 172 Votes: 78.49% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 83 Votes: 50.60% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 95 Votes: 61.05% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 325 Votes: 81.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 108 Votes: 78.70% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 95 Votes: 67.37% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 77 Votes: 70.13% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 793 Votes: 76.42% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 227 Votes: 78.41% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 431 Votes: 75.64% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1593 Votes: 69.87% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1714 Votes: 70.30% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1379 Votes: 70.34% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2965 Votes: 78.45% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 4891 Votes: 68.04% Annoying