# Moonies Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326 "2006-06-27T06:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/1 "2006-06-27T06:27:07Z")
Are Moonies (i.e. adherants of Rev. Moon) still around? I haven’t heard much about them for a long time. Are they going to make any more grade z movies like Inchon? If they’ve dropped out of sight completely, who (or what) is taking their place? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/2 "2006-06-27T07:23:25Z")
One of my very best friends died recently (in February). His wife is Japanese and is also a member of that religion. So there’s at least one follower still around. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/3 "2006-06-27T11:47:59Z")
Maybe they were removed from the airports, so you don’t see them. I noticed that the richest heir on that TV show was Moon’s daughter at almost 1 billion dollars. I noticed that in the late ninties through present that a number of cults were changing their names to inocuous names so they could have a fresh start in seedy internet and phone scams. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/4 "2006-06-27T11:55:23Z")
My parents have close friends whose daughter ran away with the Moonies. They didn’t have any contact with her for years and years…then her husband fell away from the group and she raised their kids alone. She is now in contact with the parents again, but still very much a Moonie. But she also has accomplished quite a bit in her life, despite being part of this cult. I believe she has a book in the Library of Congress. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/5 "2006-06-27T11:56:36Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Maybe they were removed from the airports, so you don’t see them. I noticed that the richest heir on that TV show was Moon’s daughter at almost 1 billion dollars. I noticed that in the late ninties through present that a number of cults were changing their names to inocuous names so they could have a fresh start in seedy internet and phone scams. [/QUOTE] I don’t think Moonies did the airport circuit. Wasn’t that Hari Krishnas? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/6 "2006-06-27T12:04:05Z")
They also control most of the [sushi](http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3232/7668/SOURCE=RSS) in the US. They own the Washington Times as well. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/7 "2006-06-27T15:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I don’t think Moonies did the airport circuit. Wasn’t that Hari Krishnas? [/QUOTE] Yes it is. I wonder if they still get to hang out at airports after security thightened up. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/8 "2006-06-27T15:30:39Z")
A bunch live down in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, believe it or not, and run/own some shrimping and real estate concerns. I rented a house from one of them for a while, nice enough people. They were native New Yorkers and used to make me big casseroles of deep dish lasagna. Good times. Here’s a [link.](http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/unif82.html) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/9 "2006-06-27T20:38:20Z")
Their [college student branch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Association_for_the_Research_of_Principles) is still around. This was used mainly to get unsuspecting newcomers to one of their meetings, since nobody would have gone if they said “Moonies” or “Unification Church”. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonies-question/362326/10 "2006-06-27T21:04:51Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Yes it is. I wonder if they still get to hang out at airports after security thightened up. [/QUOTE] I haven’t seen one in decades. Heh…it would be nice if they were the only problem we have in airports these days. I’d welcome them with open arms!