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Sources to be Included Regarding the Proceedings Against Jung Myeong Seok

1. "JMS President Jung, Myeong Seok case, Is This a Social Issue or Religious Issue?" (in Korean). Political and Economic News Media Group. The Monthly Political & Economic News. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |curly= and |coauthors= (help)
   It has been widely publicized in Korea that Do-hyun Kim of EXODUS (first to bring public criminal accusations against the CGM) along with several other leaders of his anti-CGM organizations, extorted Jung Myeong Seok for money amounting to 2 billion Korean won (1.8 million US dollars). At one point, Kim publicly apologized to Jung and admitted he had fabricated the allegations; however, shortly after he re-assumed the allegations against the CGM. Additionally, Jin Hyung Kim, a representative of the CMC, was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for fraud. Several articles provide actual pictures of Kim's letters demanding money from Jung.(potentially these pictures could be included in the article)
   
   
2. "Allegation of JMS's sexual assault on minors proven false" (in Korean). KBS News. 2 Nov 2012. Retrieved 4 Apr 2015. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |curly= and |coauthors= (help)
   As reported by the Korean Press Agency and KBS, in 2012, Jung Myeong Seok and several other leaders of Christian Gospel Mission were acquitted by the Supreme Court of Korea on all charges of sexual assault. They were acquitted for lack of evidence.
   
   
3. "Why is JMS (CGM's) President Jung Myeong Seok bearing the cross?". Civil Government. 2010-02-15.
   a. An original SBS broadcast 1999 depicted Jeong Myeong Seok as a religious leader with sexual problems by purposefully editing the audio of one of his sermons. Additionally, videos with males and females side by side were doctored to show only females. The Christian Gospel Mission sued SBS for this, won its lawsuit, and the court ordered the following: 1) the media must not use one-sided material provided by the informer and others; 2) the media must inform the CGM 48 hours before broadcasting; 3) the media must guarantee 5% of the broadcasting time to [the Church] so that their rebuttal will also be aired; 4) if these orders are violated, the media must pay damages in the amount of 30 million won(30,000 US dollars) for each violation. The courts decisions acknowledging the media’s errors and biased reporting was not made widely known to viewers. SBS issued an official letter of apology to the CGM.

b.Currently, the Wikipedia article gives the impression that Jung committed sexual crimes against dozens or even hundreds of women. This source indicates that there were only four original accusers in the trial for which is Jung currently serving a sentence, and of those, one woman recanted her accusations and admitted that she had been bribed by Kim Do-hyun of EXODUS in exchange for testimony against Jung. She confessed that another of the four witnesses had also been bribed by Kim. She has since been convicted of perjury. Jung was eventually convicted, but received a sentence of only 6 years( eventually extended to 10) even though rape convictions in Korea generally carry a sentence of 70 years or more.

• Please note that I am submitting these for the inclusion knowing that there are less sources supporting a positive view of the subject matter (WP:UNDUE). However, I would like to remind editors that neutral point of view applies only to points of view and not to facts. Facts should be represented regardless of their prominence among the currently available sources. I am purposefully leaving out exactly how these articles should be included, but I am merely stating that they are essential for the inclusion of the article.

Regarding a claim pertaining to the Salvation beliefs of the CGM

Affirmative Sources

I would like to examine some of the current sources used to cite the beliefs of this organization. The following are quotes from several of the cited resources:

Toyoshige Aizawa, a clergyman who specializes in persuading young people to leave cults, told Japan Times: “Jung has twisted the biblical story of Adam and Eve to focus on sex, saying, ‘To atone for Adam and Eve’s original sin, which was visited upon all mankind, it’s necessary to engage in intercourse with the Lord’. Only in this case, he means himself – since he claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus.

“The church’s doctrine is composed of the so-called ’30 precepts,’ although it’s pretty clear that they’re derived from the Unification Church,” explains Toyoshige Aizawa, a Christian minister engaged in weaning young people away from cults. “Jong has twisted the biblical story of Adam and Eve to deal with sex, saying, ‘To atone for Adam and Eve’s original sin, which was visited upon all mankind, it’s necessary to engage in intercourse with the Lord.’ In this case, he means himself, since he claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus.”

South Korean media also reported that Jung had claimed to have received a "special revelation" from God, and that many female members of his cult were ordered to undress for a "health check" and have sex with him to wipe off their sins.

A private meeting with Jeong marks entry into the deepest levels of the cult. Former members describe being asked to disrobe for a “health check,” then being told that sex with the Messiah can cleanse them of their Original Sin.

Dissenting Viewpoint

Citing this as a general doctrine of the organization can easily be considered as an exceptional claim (WP:Exceptional) and thus should have many reliable sources to attribute to such a claim to have it posted in the article. There are three issues that I have with this claim:

1. The first two of these articles are cited as supports for this as a claim of the organization, but are actually not quotes from anyone who claims membership or ex-membership. Thus, although these sources may be reliable, they are being misused. These sources could be used to say, “One religious leader claims that the inner beliefs of the organization are…” They should not be used to support supposed claims of the organization itself.
2. The reported "health check" incidents should not be directly linked to claims about the theology of the organization. This is similar to saying, "This happened, therefore it must have to do with their beliefs." This is original research (WP:NOR).
3. In there is the following quote:

   The Theory of the Purpose of Creation and the Fall also operated as a cause of the conflict with CMS also. CMC is claiming that President Jung used the Theory of the Purpose of Creation and the Fall and taught that [people] can restore their broken love with God only through sexual union with him. However, there is no evidence to prove this so it ended only as a suspicion.

Unless there is additional opposition to this or there are other sources that cite more clearly about this particular belief I am proposing that this claim be removed or modified appropriately to mirror the actual content of the reliable sources. GIOSCali (talk) 07:35, 5 April 2015 (UTC)