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.
The Purpose of Religion
All religions share certain purposes in common, though with different emphases.
Founders, Prophets, and Saints
God operates His providence to save humankind through establishing religions; the religions in turn elevate human morality and ethics, leading to the creation of civilizations. Each of the major religions begins with its founder. Father Moon terms these founders “saints,
Reverence for Life
Passages in this section prescribe the ethic proper to reverence for life.
One Truth, Many Paths
Passages from diverse scriptures affirm that religions that do not share the faith of that scripture nevertheless contain elements of Truth.
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 Judgment
There is a ledger recording every deed and its consequences on the people it affected.
Shamanism, Polytheism and Animism
World Scripture takes a universal outlook in emphasizing the common features of all religions; nevertheless, religions also have their unique characteristics and emphases.
Buddhism
Father Moon has the highest respect for Buddhism, a religion that has deeply influenced the culture of his native Korea.
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.
Heaven
Conceptions of heaven and hell are found universally among the religions of the world.
Liberation
The spiritual freedom experienced by people who are released from the fetters of desires and attachments to worldly things is called Liberation (moksha).
Confucianism
Today, with the rapid Westernization of Asia, many are discarding Confucian values and codes; nevertheless, for thousands of years, its moral philosophy has guided family life and molded the conduct of kings with the values of benevolence, righteousness, and propriety.
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.
Hell
Yet it is a painful truth that most people live out their lives far away from the original standard of God’s love.