Unification Theology must be different from traditional Christian Theology

Sun Myung Moon May 13, 1994 East Garden — to the UTS Faculty and Executive Administrators Translator: Peter Kim Unofficial Excerpts

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There are many different schools of Theology, but the essential contents are all the same. Unification Theology must be different from traditional Christian Theology. Unification Theology must be able to unite all different schools of theology, as its name implies. Without the foundation of Unificationism as the platform, concepts like peace, freedom and happiness cannot be achieved. Unificationism is the prerequisite.

Father trained members on boats for 20 years to save people in Africa, but Father doesn’t see any Unification Theological Seminary PhD’s joining Father for fishing. Have you thought of being a true filial son to True Parents and catching better fish than Father to serve the world; better than Peter did for Jesus?

You all should become revolutionary soldiers. You have the names of PhD’s from Harvard, etc., but you can’t open your mouth in front of President Kim. Did any of you challenge President Kim to take his position and take care of UTS? Or launch a revolution against the old seniors? If we truly had Unification theologians at UTS for 20 years you would have witnessed and influenced Duchess County by now. Suppose you stay at UTS another 20 years and join Spirit World and your neighbors go to Spirit World.

They will challenge you as UTS professors who knew True Parents and didn’t teach them. Can you say, “I didn’t have a mouth, a tongue, I couldn’t talk!” Father has been going to each comer of the country; you sat and enjoyed a comfortable life. You are in the position of students; Father is the teacher. Students should follow the teacher. It’s a big problem.

Even a small travelling circus moving from town to town marches downtown with clowns and advertises. We have UTS to teach God’s message, but you didn’t make that effort. For example, you could have a debate every week in downtown Poughkeepsie between UTS students and local ministers and theologians. If you did that for the last 20 years, all the Christians would have given in by now.

Are you satisfied to stay at UTS or go back and rule your country? [To Dr. Deitrich Seidel] Are you preparing for that? If you see students from Europe you should plant so much love in them which will grow when they go back to Europe. You shouldn’t overlook any European student. Write to them back in Europe - then you will be the hero of Europe. You would have a long list if you did this for 20 years. American professors should also put more effort into taking care of graduates to save America.

Do graduates say thank you to you? But you thought of your own situations more, not about saving this country. Writing a letter is a piece of cake now with computers - just change the name and send 50 letters. Just send a letter 3 or 4 times a year and you will be connected. If a graduate received 70 or 80 letters from you, he would consider you as God caring about him.

As long as we are alive we must leave something behind. You are people with big heads. Within 5 years you should be able to figure everything out, make your foundation and move on somewhere else. Don’t settle at UTS with no goal, but come out of UTS and prove yourself to alumni and your hometown.

When Father comes to UTS after a long absence you feel afraid - what’s going on! At the beginning Father came all the time, made fishing nets at night, went fishing in the lagoon. Nobody came to Father and said, “I caught bigger fish than you, come and join us.” No-one said, “I can catch fish in your place, stay at home.” If anyone had come 5 times like that Father would have replaced President Kim long ago. If President Kim stayed 7 days a week at UTS it would be a big job, but he comes 1 day a week how can you manage! Other schools have a president on campus 7 days a week and it’s a big challenge to develop the school. If President Kim brought 12 professors here and challenged Father to go fishing with them, he might stay as president until he is 100 years old.

Father said the next UTS president will be Japanese - first is Korean (Adam), second Japanese (Eve), third Western - British, German or American - (Child). That way True Parents’ tradition will be inherited.

The Adam and Eve country traditions should be combined and inherited. Adam and Eve were enemies as individuals; Korea and Japan were enemy nations and must now unite. Only Dr. Shimmyo and Dr. Masuda are Japanese professors at UTS - both graduates of Tokyo University, the top university in Japan. Also Mr. Furuta is a graduate of Tokyo University. If Father combines these three brains he can move Japan. If Dr. Shimmyo is President of UTS for 3 years then he can go back and be President of Tokyo University.

Do you think it is better for UTS to have a Japanese or Western president? The trend is for Oriental students. Father has a new plan for UTS. UTS graduates didn’t do a good job. So, until the year 2000 Father wants to see Oriental students trained and utilized to save America directly under Father’s influence and dominion… Father made this pledge before he came to America.

Now before he leaves permanently to Korea he is leaving this kind of direction to UTS.

Father gave direction to launch declaration of True Parents at 3,000 college campuses. UTS professors, are you going to live comfortably or take responsibility for this campaign? Every Saturday and Sunday you should give lectures, even if you have to drive 24 hours each way you must do it.

Father travelled back and forth across America by car giving speeches. The fruits of Father’s hard work are you - are you worst fruits or famous fruits?

You may be needed by 100 UTS students, but the country needs you, the world needs you. Do you want to devote your life to 100 students or the country or the world? Have you been thinking that way? If you want to leave some good result, if you just stay at UTS you can’t. You have to inherit good potential to your country.

In 3 years Father will raise UTS to famous international level, bringing brilliant students. Father will choose them, not leftover members. Once the new President comes a new cabinet will be formed - he has the right to assign anyone in UTS. The leaders of UTS should voluntarily submit their resignation so the new President can choose new people for the positions.

Unless there is difficulty, students should come as single people not living with their wife and children - study and pray together as students. Faculty members have to practice living together with 3 families in the same house, sharing kitchen, rooms, children, etc. as a kind of training. Father’s plan is Korean, Japanese and German families living together in the same condominium complex, to unify. If you can’t cope with this training and system you can go out and find a job on your own. That way saves living expenses.

You need determination to succeed and return to your own country and become the president of a seminary in your own country. Father doesn’t plan to see you get old at UTS and waste your life - become presidents of Harvard Divinity School and Yale, etc. Father is the only one who can save this country.

In every field at UTS the Divine Principle should be the center - UTS should be the center of every field in the world. In that sense Unification teaching is in subject position, all other views are in object position.

Centering on the subject as nucleus with everything revolving around Unification Theology as the center, all else is supplementary materials to support our position - Christian Theology, etc. As you continue doing this project you can read Father’s speeches to find answers to all questions in the entire world. Professors should teach students how outstanding Father’s view is compared to other views.

Even when teaching Church History set the goal following the Divine Principle book and put Christian events as supplementary events for students to understand Divine Principle more clearly. That is the purpose of establishing the new curriculum to be used from September. Father’s goal and direction is UTS graduates will return after graduation as qualified leaders in and out of the Unification Church wherever they go. If UTS fails to do that, Father will utilize Sun Moon University and have a Divinity School there. But Father started UTS first and Father supported you so you have the first chance.

Tighten your belts; before you think of eating, sleeping, taking care of your family, think of making UTS the most famous campus in the world.

Are you making a foundation to become president of a university? You have to run like at the Washington Times, make such a busy atmosphere, crazy, not the normal way.

You need someone to give you direction all the time or you can’t move - after 10 years of that you can be a real leader.

Now Book 1 is closed at UTS. Make a new determination for Book 2.