The Meaning and Purpose of Religion
If God truly exists, and He does, then a true religion must teach what kind of being God is, what His love is like, and so on.
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The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
They founded FFWP to realize the kingdom of heaven on earth based on families, since the age for individual salvation had passed.
Salvation and the Liberation of God
The purpose of religion is to restore people to their original, unfallen condition, through the providence of salvation.
The Movement to Transcend Religion
Christianity follows the absolute God but is divided into numerous denominations.
Religious Coalition and World Peace
True Parents made clear that the central being in whom each religion believes is one divinity, God. By this, True Parents founded a movement for religious dialogue and alliance based on God.
IRF and the Assembly
True Parents established the International Religious Foundation (IRF) on April 25, 1983.
IRFWP and IIFWP
Ecumenical Initiatives - True Parents LegacyHuman beings live in deep ignorance of matters regarding spiritual reality because our connection of heart with God was severed due to the Fall of our first ancestors.True Parents LegacyAuthors Inter-Religious Federation for World
Creation and Evolution
For scholars, the problem is whether the theory of evolution is correct or the idea that God created everything is correct.
World Peace through Religion
The purpose of religion is to establish the framework of peace for humankind.
Background
Upon True Father's return to Seoul on September 17, 1953, he began looking for ways to carry out his work in that city in earnest.
Training the Body
I have mentioned before that the body represents the earth.
The United Nations and World Peace
After the First World War, expectations were high that a world of peace would emerge, a world free from war, based on the League of Nations.
Worldwide Sharing of Technology
Amid division, the time has come to enter a new era, transcending peoples and uniting societies and nations as siblings, according to the viewpoint of Heaven.
Divine Love and Compassion
Of all God’s attributes, love is the most attractive and compelling.
The Creator
This section on God as the Creator includes classic accounts of the creation of the universe and the creation of human beings.
Heavenly Father and Mother
The Absolute Being relates to human beings as parent to child.
The Purpose of Human Life
As creatures, human beings are created with a purpose determined by their Creator.
The Sanctity of Nature
Nature is sacred; all creatures great and small are endowed with God’s life and a modicum of God’s spirit. This insight, shared by all religious traditions, is the basis of reverence and respect for all living things. In
The Spirit World
Invisible to earthly eyes, it is not easily fathomed, yet it is a vital part of our existence and a place to which we will all journey one day.
Reverence for Life
Passages in this section prescribe the ethic proper to reverence for life.
The Temple of God
Human beings are meant to be the living temples of God.
Nature as Teacher
Father Moon teaches that through plants and animals, God provided even the earliest humans with sufficient instruction to live a life of love and value.
Sons and Daughters of God
Jewish and Christian scriptures call God our “heavenly Father”; this insight can be found in most of the world’s faiths.
Microcosm and Macrocosm
A human being is a microcosm of the universe, encapsulating in him or herself the essences of all things.
The Value of Human Life
He created us as His beloved children, infinitely precious, even equal to God.
The Lord of Creation
Although human beings are but a part of the natural world, we occupy a unique position as lords of creation.
Conscience and Inborn Goodness
The conscience is a gleam of the divine within, prompting us to do good deeds and opposing our inclination to do evil.
Stewardship
The biblical image of man’s primordial home is not a wild place, but a Garden.
Perfection
Scriptures describe the virtues of a person who is one with the Absolute
Beauty
Harmony is an aspect of beauty. Harmony is inherent in the very structure of the universe.
Eternal Truth
The eternal word, truth, or divine wisdom pre-existed the creation of the universe.
The Moral Law
Divine law, the immutable law of nature, is inherently moral.
The Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is found in the scriptures of nearly every religion.
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are known the world over as the basis of Jewish and Christian ethical values.
Beyond the Law
Laws define the path to God, yet the ideal of divine life in many religions is to live beyond all boundaries.
Interdependence
All beings, great and small, are linked in a web of interdependent relationships.
Cause and Effect
Religions give various teachings regarding the specific manner in which justice is meted out, e.g., through one’s fate in this life, by reincarnation, or in the afterlife