"Even on important issues, like Moon's claiming to be the messiah, there are church members whom I met, including a close aide to Moon, who demur. A religious leader whom they respect and whose theology they believe, yes; the messiah, perhaps not."
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Peter Maass, "Moon at Twilight", in The New Yorker (14 September 1998)
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