The Injustice Done to Shincheonji Church
Shincheonji
Church of Jesus has gone through suffering that cannot be expressed in words,
because of MBC’s television program “PD Note.” The amount of mental and
emotional suffering experienced by Shincheonji members within society, work
places, and schools cannot be measured. The members of Shincheonji are also
this nation’s citizens and Christians. MBC’s PD Note has trampled on them and
has crushed their hearts through false broadcasting. However, the price to pay
for allowing falsehood to reign and labeling truth and righteousness as sin
will be greater than the suffering Shincheonji members have experienced. This
huge event occurred as a result of a person, who was kicked out of Shincheonji
when he tried to put the chairman of Shincheonji in the position of Jesus. He
united with another person like Calvin, who tried to convert believers to
become a member of his church; they together provided false information to PD
Note. Furthermore, PD Note did not verify whether the information they received
was true or not. Instead, they only believed what the two people said, and
aired the program.
Regarding to
the issue of running away from homes and confining people, they (who provided the
false information) are the ones who are guilty of causing this, but they are
trying to put the blame on Shincheonji (please refer to the court decision of
the so-called conversion education). Shincheonji has never encouraged or
conducted such actions. Will PD Note still insist on not airing a correction
report on Shincheonji?
For the
justice of Christianity and society, we at Shincheonji will not remain as
spectators in this situation. A broadcasting company, who has no knowledge of
religion, has no right to say this or that about Christianity. This is a
situation where religion is frowned upon by those who are ignorant of it. If
anyone wants to debate with us face-to-face and point out the faults of Shincheonji
based on the Bible, we are more than willing to meet him. However, persecuting
and distorting the truth about Shincheonji must be stopped immediately.
We would
like to direct a few questions to MBC. The Christian population in Korea, which
was about 12 million, has drastically decreased by 3.5 million since 1990 when
the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) started holding seminars to get rid of
cults. Among the people who left Protestantism, some became Catholics, some
followed other religions, some became atheists, and some came to Shincheonji.
Why did the people provide false information to PD Note? Wasn’t it because they
were envious of the fact that many people were gathering here, and also to
hinder God’s work? However, the believers who have gathered to Shincheonji came
as a result of following the word; they did not come following men. They were
not forced to come to Shincheonji either. Therefore, PD Note was deceived by
the providers of the false information. Since it has been revealed that the
content MBC aired is not true, it is only proper for MBC to air a correction
report regarding Shincheonji.
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