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»çÀ̺ñ¿¡ µé¾î°¡·Á°í °èȹÇÏ´Â »ç¶÷Àº ¾Æ¹«µµ ¾ø½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â Áö±ÝºÎÅÍ À̸¸Èñ¿¡ ÀÇÇؼ­ »çÀ̺ñ¿¡ µé¾î°¡°Ô µÈ Á¦ À̾߱⸦ ÇÏ·Á°í ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ½ÅõÁö°¡ »çÀ̺ñ¶ó´Â °Í°ú, À̸¸Èñ°¡ °ÅÁþ ¼±ÁöÀÚ¶ó´Â »ç½ÇÀ» ±ú´Ý°í ³ª¼­ ¸î ÁÖ ÈÄ¿¡ ½ÅõÁö¸¦ Å»ÅðÇß½À´Ï´Ù. Á¦°¡ ¾î¶»°Ô ½ÅõÁö¸¦ µé¾î°¡°Ô µÇ¾ú´ÂÁö, ½ÅõÁö¿¡¼­ ¹«¾ùÀ» °æÇèÇß´ÂÁö, ±×¸®°í, ±Ã±ØÀûÀ¸·Î ¿Ö Á¦ ¾Æ³»¿Í Á¦°¡ ½ÅõÁö¸¦ ¶°³ª°Ô µÇ¾ú´ÂÁö ¸»¾¸µå¸®°Ú½À´Ï´Ù. Áú¹®ÀÌ ÀÖÀ¸½Ã¸é ¾ðÁ¦µç À̸ÞÀÏÀ» º¸³»½Ã°Å³ª ´ñ±ÛÀ» ³²°Ü Áֽñ⠹ٶø´Ï´Ù. Á¦ °£ÁõÀÌ ½ÅõÁö¸¦ ¶°³ª´Â °ÍÀ» ÁÖÀúÇÏ´Â ºÐµé°ú, ½ÅõÁö ¾È¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ºÐµé¿¡°Ô ±×°÷ÀÇ °áÇÔÀÌ ÀÖÀ½À» ±íÀÌ »ý°¢ÇÏ´Â °è±â°¡ µÇ±â¸¦ ¼Ò¸ÁÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

No one ever plans to join a cult, yet somehow I spent nearly four years under the influence of Man Hee Lee and I am here to tell my story. I had the realisation that Shincheonji (SCJ) is a cult and Man-Hee Lee is a false prophet and left a few weeks after that. I'm going to share my story in regards to how I got involved with SCJ, my experience in SCJ, and ultimately why my wife and I decided to leave. Feel free to send me an email or comment if you have any questions. I hope this can encourage those who are on the fence to leave, and those who are in SCJ to think more deeply about its flaws.

2. ´ëÇб³¿¡¼­ ¿À·¡Àü Ä£±¸·ÎºÎÅÍ ½ÅõÁö¿¡ Æ÷¼·¡æÀÏ´ëÀÏ ¼º°æ°øºÎ¡æ¼º°æ ±³»ç¿Í ¿¬°á

Á¦ À̾߱â´Â ´ëÇб³¿¡¼­ ¿À·¡µÈ Ä£±¸¸¦ ¸¸³µÀ» ¶§·ÎºÎÅÍ ½ÃÀ۵˴ϴÙ. ±× Ä£±¸´Â °íµîÇб³ ÀÌÈÄ·Î ¸¸³ªÁö ¸øÇß´ø Ä£±¸¿´½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ±×¶§ ±âµ¶±³ÀÎÀ̾ú°í, Á» ´õ ¸»¾¸¿¡ ±íÀÌ°¡ ÀÖ´Â ±³È¸·Î ¿Å±â°í ½Í¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Á¦ »óȲÀ» µéÀº Ä£±¸´Â ÇÔ²² ¸¸³ª¼­ ¼º°æÀ» ÀÐÀ¸¸é ¾î¶»°Ú³Ä°í Á¦¾ÈÀ» Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¸°Ô ¸î Â÷·Ê ¸¸³²À» °¡Áö°í ³ª¼­, ±× Ä£±¸°¡ ÀÚ±âÀÇ ¿¾³¯ ¡°¸àÅ䡱¸¦ Àú¿¡°Ô ¼Ò°³ÇØ ÁÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

±× ¸àÅä´Â û¼Ò³â ¸®´õµéÀ» ¸àÅ丵ÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù°í Çߴµ¥ ¼º°æÀ» ´õ Àß °¡¸£ÃÄ ÁÙ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â »ç¶÷À̶ó°í Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ´ç¿¬È÷ Àú´Â ±×³É Çѹø ¸¸³ªº¸±â·Î µ¿ÀǸ¦ Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·±µ¥ °Å±â¼­ Àú´Â ÀÏÁÖÀÏ¿¡ ¼¼ ¹ø¾¿ ¼º°æ°øºÎ¸¦ ÇÏÀÚ´Â ¿ä±¸¸¦ ¹Þ¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù.

My story starts when I ran into an old friend at university, we had not seen each other since high school. I was at a stage in my life where I had been a Christian for a while and was looking to move to a church that was more theologically rich.

I shared this with my friend and he suggested we meet up to read the bible together. We caught up a few times and chatted about our lives and then he introduced me to his old ¡°mentor¡± who supposedly mentored youth leaders to teach the bible better. Of course I agreed to meet once and was then pressured into meeting 3 times per week for these bible lessons.​​

3. ¼Ò°³ ¹ÞÀº ¼º°æ ±³»ç¿Í ÀÏÁÖÀÏ¿¡ ¼¼ ¹ø¾¿ º¹À½¹æ ½ÃÀÛ

¡ã´ëÇп¡¼­ ¿À·¡µÈ Ä£±¸¸¦ ¸¸³ª ½ÅõÁö·Î Æ÷¼·µÈ ÇüÁ¦´Â ÀÏ´ëÀÏ ¼º°æ°øºÎ¿Í º¹À½¹æÀ» °ÅÃÄ ¼¾ÅÍ ¼º°æ°øºÎ¸¦ ½ÃÀÛÇß´Ù.

Àú´Â ±× ¼º°æ°øºÎ°¡ Á¤¸» ÈǸ¢ÇÏ´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±²ÀåÈ÷ ´Ü¼øÇß°í, ±³»ç´Â ¸ðµç °ÍÀ» ÀüºÎ ¾Ï¼ÛÇÏ°í ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Àü¿¡´Â µé¾îº¸Áö ¸øÇÑ °ÍÀÌ ¸î °¡Áö ÀÖ¾ú´Âµ¥, Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¶æÀÌ ¼º°æ¿¡ Àִµ¥ ±× Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¶æÀ» ¾Ë¾Æ¾ß õ±¹¿¡ °¥ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù´Â °Í(¸¶7:21-23), ¡°Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¶æÀ» ÇàÇϱâ À§ÇÑ Á¤´çÇÑ °ÅÁþ¸»¡±Àº ±¦Âú´Ù´Â °Í, À縲ÇÑ ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀ» ¾Ë¾Æº¸±â À§Çؼ­´Â ±× ±³»ç°¡ »õ¾ð¾àÀ̶ó°í Á¤ÀÇÇÑ ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·ÏÀÇ ¿¹¾ðÀ» ¾Ë¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â °Í, ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀ» ºÎÀÎÇÑ ¹Ù¸®»õÀÎó·³ À縲 ¶§ °è½Ã·ÏÀ» ¸ð¸£´Â ±âµ¶±³ÀÎÀÌ µÇÁö ¸»¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â °Í, ±×¸®°í °è½Ã·Ï¿¡ ±â·ÏµÈ ½Åºñ¿Í ºñÀ¯¸¦ Ç®±â À§Çؼ­´Â ¼º°æÀÇ ºñÀ¯Àû ¾ð¾îµéÀ» ¹è¿ö¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. 


Á¦°¡ ±ú´ÝÁö ¸øÇß´ø °ÍÀº, ±× ¼º°æ°øºÎ°¡ ¹®¸Æ¿¡¼­ ¹þ¾î³ª ÀÖ¾ú´Ù´Â °Í°ú, º»¹®À» ÀûÀýÇÏ°Ô Çؼ®ÇÏ´Â µ¥ ¿ø¾î´Â ÀüÇô °í·ÁµÇÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù´Â °Í, ±×¸®°í Á¦°¡ °ÅÁþ º¹À½À» µè°í ÀÖ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ³ªÁß¿¡ ¾Ë°í º¸´Ï Á¦ Ä£±¸´Â »ç½Ç óÀ½ ¹è¿ì´Â ôÇÏ°í ÀÖ¾ú´ø ½ÅõÁö ½Åµµ¿´°í, ±× ¼º°æ ±³»ç´Â ±âµ¶±³ ½ÅÇдëÇп¡ ´Ù´Ñ ôÇß´ø ½ÅõÁö °­»ç¿´½À´Ï´Ù.
 

Àú´Â »çźÀÌ Á¦°¡ ¹è¿ì´Â °ÍÀ» ¹æÇØÇÏ°í, ¼º°æ °øºÎ¿¡¼­ ¸Ö¾îÁö°Ô ÇÏ°í, Á¦ ¸¶À½À» µ¶»ìÇÒ °ÍÀ̶ó´Â ¸»À» µé¾ú±â ¶§¹®¿¡ °¡Á·À̳ª Ä£±¸µé¿¡°Ô ÀÌ ¼º°æ°øºÎ¿¡ ´ëÇؼ­ ¸»À» ÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø¾ú°í, ¿Â¶óÀÎÀ¸·Î °Ë»öÀ» ÇÒ ¼öµµ ¾ø¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ¿¡ÄÚ Ã¨¹ö(³»°¡ µ¿ÀÇÇÏ´Â ¸»¸¸ µè´Â ȯ°æ)¿¡ ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

I thought the teaching was great! I was having things explained in such a simple way to me and my teacher could recite everything from memory. There were a few things that I had never heard before: that God's will is found within the bible and we must know God's will to go to heaven (quoting Matthew 7:21-23); that lying is okay as long as it is a ¡°righteous lie to do God's will¡±; in order to recognise Jesus at the second coming, we must know the prophecies of Revelation, which he defined as the New Covenant and it didn¡¯t matter if I belonged to Christ as I would just be like a pharisee; and that I needed to learn the Figurative language in the bible in order to unlock the mysteries and parables recorded in Revelation.

Little did I realise, scripture was taken out of context, original languages were never considered in exegeting the text properly, and I was being told a false gospel. Later on I found out my friend was actually an SCJ member pretending to be learning for the first time and our bible teacher was an instructor from SCJ pretending to have gone to a Christian theology college.

I was not able to speak to my family or friends about these lessons or do research online as I was told that Satan would get in the way of me learning, pull me away from the classes, and poison my mind. I was in an echo chamber.

4. º¹À½¹æ ±³»ç·ÎºÎÅÍ ´ë±×·ì ¼º°æ°øºÎ¸¦ Á¦¾È¹Þ°í ¼¾ÅÍ¿¡¼­ ¼º°æ°øºÎ ½ÃÀÛ

±×·± ´ÙÀ½ ±× ¼º°æ ±³»ç´Â ¿¹¾ðÀ» Àаí ÀÌÇØÇÏ´Â ¹æ¹ýÀ» ¹è¿ï ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ´ë±×·ì ¼º°æ°øºÎ(¼¾ÅÍ)·Î Àú¸¦ ÃÊ´ëÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¸¹ÀÌ ¹Ù»Ú±ä ÇßÁö¸¸, Àú´Â ±×·¸°Ô Çϱâ·Î Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ºü¸£°Ô ±× ¼º°æ°øºÎ¿¡ ºüÁ®µé¾ú°í, ±×°ÍÀ» ¸ðµÎ¿¡°Ô ¾Ë·ÁÁÖ°í ½ÍÀº ¸¶À½ÀÌ µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

±×·¡¼­ Àú´Â Á¦ ¼º°æ ±³»ç¿¡°Ô ¿©ÀÚÄ£±¸¸¦ ¼Ò°³Çß°í, ¿©ÀÚÄ£±¸µµ ¼º°æÀ» ¹è¿ì±â ½ÃÀÛÇß½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀÌ À縲Çß´Ù°í ¹Ï¾ú°í, Á¦°¡ ¼±ÅùÞÀº ±×·ìÀÇ ÀÏ¿øÀÌ µÇ¾ú´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß°í, ±â²¨ÀÌ Á¦ ¸ñ¼ûÀ» ¹ÙÄ¡°Ú´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±× ¼º°æ°øºÎ¿¡´Â Á¤¸» µ¿ÀÇÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Â ºÎºÐÀÌ ¸î °¡Áö ÀÖ±ä Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, óÀ½ °øºÎ¸¦ Çϴ ô µé¾î¿Í ÀÖ¾ú´ø »ç¶÷µé ¶§¹®¿¡, »çȸÀûÀÎ ¼øÀÀÀÌ ½ÃÀ۵Ǿú°í, Àúµµ ±× ¾È¿¡ ÀÖ´Â »ç¶÷µéó·³ ¹Ï°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×µéÀº Àú¿¡°Ô ½º½º·Î ºÐº°Ç϶ó°í ÇßÁö¸¸, Á¦°¡ ±×·¸°Ô ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» ºÒ°¡´ÉÇÏ°Ô ¸¸µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

The bible teacher then invited me to join a larger class where I could learn how to read and understand these prophecies. I had a very busy schedule, but agreed. Fast forwarding a bit, I was enthralled by these teachings. I wanted to share this with everyone!

I introduced my girlfriend to a teacher from the class and she began learning the bible as well. I thought it was the second coming of Jesus and that I was part of some select group and was willing to give my life for it. There were a few things I did not really agree with in the class, but due to there being people within the class pretending to be learning for the first time, social conformity kicked in and I believed what the rest of the group did. They told me to discern for myself, but made it impossible to do so.

5. ¼¾ÅÍ ¼º°æ°øºÎ ¼ö·á¡æ½ÅõÁö·Î À¯¿ù¡æ¹Ù»Û ½ÅõÁö »ýÈ° ½ÃÀÛ

Àú´Â ¡°»õ¿äÇÑ¡±°ú ¡°½Ã¿Â»ê¡±ÀÇ ½Ç»óÀ» ¹è¿ü°í, ½ÅõÁö·Î À¯¿ùµÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í ºü¸£°Ô ´Ü°èµéÀ» µû¶ó ¿Ã¶ó°¡ ¸î ´Þ ¸¸¿¡ ±¸¿ªÀåÀÌ µÇ¾ú°í, ¿­¸Å(Àüµµ)¸¦ ¸Î±â ½ÃÀÛÇß°í, ¼ö·á ½ÃÇèÀ» À§ÇØ »õº® 4½Ã±îÁö °øºÎ¸¦ Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ´ëÇб³ °øºÎ´Â ÃÖ¼ÒÇÑÀ¸·Î¸¸ Çß°í, ºÎ¸ð´ÔÀÌ Á¦°¡ ¿Ö Ç×»ó Áý¿¡ ´Ê°Ô ¿À´ÂÁö ±Ã±ÝÇØÇϼż­ ±×³É ½ÅõÁö ½ÅµµµéÀÌ °°ÀÌ »ç´Â ¾ÆÆÄÆ®·Î À̻縦 Çß½À´Ï´Ù.

¾Æ¸£¹ÙÀÌÆ®¸¦ ÇÒ ½Ã°£ÀÌ ¾ø¾ú±â ¶§¹®¿¡ Á¶±Ý¾¿ ÀúÃàÇÑ µ·À» ´Ù ½á¹ö¸®°Ô µÇ¾ú°í, ³»°¡ ¿Ö ±³È¸¸¦ ±×¸¸µÎ¾ú´ÂÁö ±Ã±ÝÇØÇÏ´ø ±âµ¶±³ Ä£±¸µé°ú´Â °Å¸®¸¦ µÎ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Ȥµ¶ÇÑ »ç°í¹æ½ÄÀ» ¿ä±¸¹Þ°í, ½ÇÇö ºÒ°¡´ÉÇÑ ¸ñÇ¥¸¦ ºÎ¿©¹Þ¾ÒÁö¸¸, Àú´Â Áö±ÝÀÌ À縲 ¶§ÀÎ ¸¸Å­ ¡°¸¶À½ÀÇ ±×¸©À» Á» ´õ Å©°Ô °®°í¡±, ¡°»ý°¢À» ÀüȯÇÏ´Â °Í"ÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇÏ´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ÀÌ ÀÏÀÌ ¾ó¸¶³ª Áß¿äÇÑÁö ¾È´Ù¸é ÀáÀ» Àß ¼ö ¾ø´Ù´Â ¸»À» µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

I learnt the reality of the ¡°New John¡± and ¡°Mount Zion¡± and passed over into the church. I quickly worked my way up their structure and was a cell leader in a few months, I began bearing fruit (recruiting), studying till 4 am for my graduation tests, doing the bare minimum for my university degree, and moved into an SCJ flat as my parents were wondering why I was home so late all the time.

Slowly, I burned through my savings as I didn¡¯t have time for a part time job, and distanced myself from my Christian friends who had wondered why I stopped attending church. I was given harsh mindset and unrealistic goals to achieve, but I just thought that I simply needed to ¡°stretch my heart bowl¡± and ¡°change my way of thinking¡± as it was the time of the second coming. I was told that I should not be able to sleep if I perceived how important this work was.

6. ½ÅõÁö ³»¿¡¼­ÀÇ »ýÈ°°ú ½ÅõÁö ½Åµµ¿´À» ¶§ÀÇ ¸¶À½°¡Áü

¸»ÀÌ ¾È µÇ´Â ÀÏÀÌ ¸¹°Å³ª, ¸ø¸¶¶¥ÇÑ ÀÏÀÌ ¸¹¾ÒÁö¸¸, Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¸¶À½ÀÌ ¾î¶°½ÅÁö, Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ÀÌ ÀÏÀÌ ¿Ï¼ºµÇ±â¸¦ ¾ó¸¶³ª ¿øÇϽô Áö¸¦ °è¼Ó »ó±â½ÃÅ°¸é¼­ ¡°Á¶±Ý¸¸ ´õ¡± ÇÏÀÚ°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ, ¼¾ÅÍ(´ë±×·ì ¼º°æ°øºÎ)¿¡¼­ ´À²¼´ø ¡°Ã¹»ç¶û¡±ÀÇ ±â»Ý°ú ³»°¡ ¾îµð¿¡¼­ ¿Ô´ÂÁö, ³»°¡ ¹ÞÀº ÀºÇý°¡ ¹«¾ùÀÎÁö¸¦ »ó±âÇϱ⵵ Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ³ª´Â ½ÅõÁö¿¡¼­ ¸¹Àº Çд븦 º¸°í µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¿­¸Å¸¦ 10¸í ÀüµµÇÒ ¶§±îÁö µ¹¾Æ¿ÀÁö ¸»¶ó´Â ¸»À» µè±âµµ Çß°í, °ø°³ÀûÀ¸·Î ¼öÄ¡½ÉÀÌ ´À²¸Áöµµ·Ï ¼Ò¸®¸¦ Áö¸£´Â °ÍÀ» º¸±âµµ Çß°í, ½ÅµµµéÀÌ »õº® 1½Ã±îÁö ¼ºÀüÀ» ¶°³ªÁö ¾Ê´Â °Íµµ º¸¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù.

½ÉÁö¾î ÇÑ ¸®´õ´Â ÇÒ¸Ó´Ï°¡ º´¿ø¿¡¼­ µ¹¾Æ°¡½Ã·Á°í ÇÏ´Â µ¥µµ Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ÀÏÀÌ ´õ Áß¿äÇϱ⠶§¹®¿¡ ÇҸӴϸ¦ ºÆ·¯ °¡Áö ¾Ê°Ú´Ù°í Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ Á¦°¡ ÀÌ ¸ðµç °ÍÀ» ±¦Âú´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÑ ÀÌÀ¯´Â Áö±ÝÀÌ À縲 ¶§ÀÌ°í, ¿ì¸®´Â ¼ø±³ÀÚ¿Í ±ºÀÎÀÇ ¸¶À½°¡ÁüÀ» °¡Á®¾ß ÇÑ´Ù°í »ý°¢Ç߱⠶§¹®À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â º¸°í¸¦ ÇÏ´Â ¾ç°ú º¸°í¸¦ ÇÏ´Â ¹æ¹ý¿¡ °üÇؼ­µµ ÀÌ»óÇÏ´Ù´Â »ý°¢ÀÌ µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

¿¬¸»ÀÌ °¡±î¿ö ¿À¸é¼­ ¿ì¸®´Â ¸ðµç ½ÅµµµéÀÌ °¢°¢ ¿­¸Å(Àüµµ)¸¦ ¸Î´Â´Ù´Â ¸ñÇ¥¸¦ °¡Áö°í Àüµµ º¸°í¸¦ ÇØ¾ß Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·±µ¥ ¿ì¸®´Â ¿­¸Å¸¦ ¸ÎÁö ¸øÇÑ ½ÅµµµéÀÇ À̸§À» ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷ÀÇ ¿­¸Å ¿·¿¡ Àû¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í´Â ±× »ç¶÷µµ ¿­¸Å¸¦ ¸ÎÀº °É·Î Çϸ鼭, ±×°Ô ¹Ù·Î ¡°Çϳª´Ô²²¼­ ¿ì¸®¿¡°Ô ¿øÇϽô °Í¡±À̶ó°í ¸»À» Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±× ÀÏÀº Àú¸¦ Á¤¸» È¥¶õ½º·´°Ô Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ¡®Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ÀüºÎ ¾Æ½Ç ÅÙµ¥ À̸§À» Àû´Â °Ô ¿Ö ±×·¸°Ô Áß¿äÇÒ±î?¡¯¶ó°í »ý°¢​​​​Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ±×³É ±×·± °ÍµéÀ» ¶³ÃĹö¸®·Á°í Çß°í, Á¦°¡ »ý°¢À» ³Ê¹« ¸¹ÀÌ ÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù.

There were so many things that didn¡¯t make sense, or I was unhappy with, but I kept being reminded to think of God's heart and how He is longing for this work to be completed (¡°Just a little more¡±). I was also reminded to think about the joy I felt in center (¡°my first love¡±), and reminded where I came from and the grace I had been given. I saw and heard of a lot of abuse in the church, people being told to go out and evangelise 10 fruit and not come back till they did, being yelled at and publicly shamed, and seeing members not leave the temple until 1am.

I even heard one leader tell me that his grandma is dying in hospital but he will not go to visit her as God¡¯s work is more important. I justified this since it was the time of the second coming and we should have the mindset of martyrs and soldiers.

Another thing I found strange was the amount of things that were reported and how they were reported. I was involved with the reporting for evangelism and it was nearing the end of the year and the goal was for every member to bear fruit. For the members who could not bear a fruit, we had to write their name next to another person's fruit. This counted as them bearing a fruit, which is what ¡°God wanted us to do.¡± This really confused me as I thought God would know, so why would it matter if we wrote this down? I just brushed this off and thought I was overthinking things.

7. Äڷγª »çÅ·ΠÀÎÇÑ »ýÈ°ÀÇ º¯È­

¡ã¼¾Å͸¦ ¼ö·áÇÏ°í ½ÅõÁö·Î À¯¿ùµÈ ÇüÁ¦¿¡°Ô ¹Ù»Û ½ÅõÁö »ýÈ°ÀÌ ½ÃÀ۵Ǿú°í, ¸»ÀÌ ¾È µÇ´Â ÀÏÀÌ ÀÖÀ» ¶§¿¡µµ ¸¶Áö¸· ¶§ÀÇ ¼ø±³ÀÚ¿Í ±ºÀÎÀÇ ¸¶À½°¡ÁüÀ¸·Î ¸ðµç °ÍÀ» ¹öÅá´Ù.

​±×·¯´ø Áß¿¡ Äڷγª »çÅ°¡ ¹ß»ýÇß°í, ÈÞ½ÄÀ» ÃëÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ÁÁÀº ±âȸ¸¦ ¾ò°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â Äڷγª¿¡ Å« ¿µÇâÀ» ¹ÞÁö´Â ¾Ê¾ÒÁö¸¸, ±× ½Ã°£Àº Á¦ »ýÈ°À» Á¤¸®ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ÁÁÀº ±âȸ°¡ µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. °¡Á·°ú ´õ ¸¹Àº ½Ã°£À» º¸³»°í, ¹Ð¸° ÀáÀ» ÀÚ°í, »ìµµ Á» Âî°í, Àû´çÇÑ Á÷¾÷µµ ±¸ÇÏ°í, »ýÈ° ȯ°æÀ» Á¤¸®ÇÏ°í, °áÈ¥µµ ÇÏ°í, ±×¸®°í ¹°·Ð ´õ ¸¹Àº ±³¸®¸¦ °øºÎÇϱ⵵ Çß½À´Ï´Ù.


Àú´Â º¹À½¹æ ¼ö¾÷, ¼¾ÅÍ ¼ö¾÷, ±×¸®°í ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·ÏÀ» ÀüºÎ ´Ù½Ã º¹½ÀÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯¸é¼­ ½º½º·Î Á¤¸» Àß ÁغñµÇ¾ú´Ù°í ´À²¼½À´Ï´Ù. »ç¿ªÀÌ ¼­¼­È÷ ¹ÙºüÁö±â ½ÃÀÛÇß°í, Àú´Â ÀüÇô ´Ù¸¥ ¸¶À½°¡ÁüÀ¸·Î ´Ù½Ã »ç¿ª¿¡ Âü¿©Çϱ⠽ÃÀÛÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í »ç¿ªÀ» Çϸ鼭 Á¦°¡ ÇÏ´Â ÀÏÀÌ ´Ü°Å¸® °æÁÖ°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¸¶¶óÅæÀ̶ó´Â °ÍÀ» ±â¾ïÇÒ ÇÊ¿ä°¡ ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ±ú´Þ¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. Èò¹«¸®³ª ù° ºÎÈ°ÀÌ °©Àڱ⠿à °Å¶ó°í ¹ÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù.

±×·¡¼­ Àú´Â Á÷¾÷À» °¡Á³°í, ÃæºÐÇÑ È޽İú ¼ö¸é½Ã°£À» È®º¸Çß°í, °Ç°­ÇÏ°Ô ¸Ô°í, ¿îµ¿À» Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¶Ç Á¦°¡ ¸ÃÀº ½Åµµµé¿¡°Ôµµ ¼±ÅñÇÀ» ÁÖ°í ½Í¾ú°í, ±×µéÀ» ¾²·¹±âó·³ Ãë±ÞÇÏ°í ½ÍÁö ¾Ê¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â ¶ÇÇÑ Á¦°¡ ¿¹Àü¿¡ ¸®´õµé¿¡°Ô Á¤¸» ³ª»Û Á¶¾ðµéÀ» ¹Þ¾Ò´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ±ú´Ý°Ô µÇ¸é¼­, ÀÌÁ¦´Â °ú°Åó·³ ¸Í¸ñÀûÀ¸·Î µû¶ó°¡Áö ¾Ê°í, ±×µéÀÇ ¸»°ú ÇൿÀ» ºÐº°ÇÏ°í, ±×°ÍÀÌ Á¤¸» ¿ÇÀº ¹æÇâÀÎÁö Àǹ®À» Á¦±âÇϱâ·Î °á½ÉÀ» Çß½À´Ï´Ù.

COVID then hit and this was a good chance to rest. I wasn't too affected by this, but it was a good chance to sort my life out: spend more time with my family, catch up on sleep, put on some weight, get a proper job, sort out my living situation, get married, and of course study the doctrine more.

I went through all the BB lessons, centre lessons, and Revelation all over again. I felt like I really equipped myself. Things started to slowly get busier and I began to partake in the work again, but with a different mindset. I realised that if I am to do this work I need to remember it is a marathon not a sprint. I didn¡¯t believe that the great multitude would come suddenly, nor would the first resurrection.

I worked full time, made sure I had enough time to rest and sleep, ate healthy, exercised, I also wanted to give the members I was in charge of the choice to do things and not treat them like garbage. I had also realised I was given some really bad advice from leaders in the past, so was determined to discern their words and actions and question whether it was truly the flow of heaven, as in the past I had blindly followed.​

8. ½ÅõÁöÀÇ °ÅÁþÀ» Á¢ÇÏ°Ô µÈ ÈÄ ½ÃÀÛµÈ ³»Àû °¥µî

2021³â¿¡´Â ¿ì¸® Áö±³È¸¿¡¼­ ¸î¸î »ç¶÷ÀÌ Å»Å𸦠Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯ÀÚ °ð »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¶°³­ ÀÌÀ¯¸¦ ¼³¸íÇÏ´Â ¿©·¯ °¡Áö ¡®±³À°¡¯ÀÌ ºü¸£°Ô À̾îÁ³½À´Ï´Ù. º¸ÅëÀº Å»ÅðÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÇ Á¤½Å °Ç°­¿¡ ¹®Á¦°¡ Àִٰųª, ±× »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¼¼»ó °ÍµéÀ» ã°í ½Í¾î ÇѴٰųª, °ü°è¿¡ ¹®Á¦°¡ Àִٰųª, ÁøÁ¤À¸·Î ¹ÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù°í ¸»À» ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

±×·¯´ø ¾î´À ³¯ ÇÑ Å»ÅðÀÚ°¡ ¸ðµç ½Åµµµé¿¡°Ô ¸Þ½ÃÁö¸¦ º¸³Â½À´Ï´Ù. ±×´Â ½ÅõÁö°¡ ¿Ö Ʋ·È´ÂÁö¸¦ ¼³¸íÇÏ´Â »ó¼¼ÇÑ Á¤º¸¸¦ ´Ù ¸ð¾Æ³õ°í ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í ±× ³»¿ëµéÀº ½ÅõÁöÀÇ ±³¸®°¡ °¡Àå À§´ëÇÑ °ÍÀÌ°í, Àý´ë·Î º¯ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù´Â ¸»À» µé¾ú´ø ¿ì¸®µé¿¡°Ô´Â ÇÑ ¹øµµ µé¾îº» ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Â °ÍµéÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×°Ç ºÐ¸íÈ÷ À߸øµÈ °ÍµéÀ̾úÁö¸¸, Àú´Â È£±â½ÉÀÌ »ý°å½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°¸¸¾à ½ÅõÁö°¡ °¡Àå À§´ëÇÑ Áø¸®¶ó¸é, ±× Áø¸®°¡ Ʋ·È´Ù°í Áõ¸íÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀº ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ ¾øÁö¡±, ¡°ÀÌ°É ÀÐ´Â´Ù°í ¹«½¼ ÇØ°¡ ÀÖ°Ú¾î?¡±¶ó°í »ý°¢À» Çϸ鼭 ±×°ÍÀ» Àоú½À´Ï´Ù.

°Ô´Ù°¡ Àú´Â Èò¹«¸®°¡ ¿ÔÀ» ¶§, ÀÌ·± Áú¹®µéÀ» ÇÑ´Ù¸é ´ë´äÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù°íµµ »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ Àú´Â ±×°¡ ¹«½¼ ¾ê±â¸¦ ÇÏ´ÂÁö ¾à°£ Á¶»ç¸¦ ÇØ¾ß°Ú´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í Àú´Â ¿ì¸®°¡ ¹Þ´Â ±³À°¿¡¼­ µè´Â ´ë´äµéÀÌ Å»ÅðÀÚµéÀÇ Á¤º¸¸¦ Àß ³ªÅ¸³»Áö ¸øÇÑ´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß°í, ¿©·¯ °¡Áö Áú¹®µéÀ» Á¦´ë·Î ´Ù·ç°í ÀÖÁö ¸øÇÑ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¹ß°ßÇß½À´Ï´Ù.

In the year of 2021 we had a few people leave from our branch, which was quickly followed by a number of ¡®educations,¡¯ explaining the reason the people had left. Normally they would say the person who left had mental health issues, they wanted to chase the things of the world, they had issues with relationships, or they never truly believed.

This was until one person who left sent a message to everyone in the branch church. They had detailed and collated hordes of information explaining why the SCJ is wrong. This was something that many people had never heard before as we were told the doctrine of SCJ is the highest and never changed. Clearly this was wrong. My curiosity led me to read it, along with my new mindset that if this is the greatest truth then there is nothing that should prove it wrong, so I thought ¡°what is the harm in reading it?¡±.

In addition, I thought that when the multitude in white came, I would need to be able to answer these questions, so I thought I would do a bit of research and find out what was being said. I also found that the answers given in these educations poorly represented the ex-members information and didn't really address the questions that arose.

Á¦ ¾Æ³»´Â À̸¸Èñ°¡ ½Å¾ÓÃÌ(Àüµµ°ü)°ú ÀçâÁ¶±³È¸¿¡ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù´Â °Í°ú ½ÅõÁöÀÇ °¡¸£Ä§ÀÌ ÀÌÀü »çÀ̺ñµéÀÇ º¹Á¦Ç°À̶ó´Â »ç½ÇÀ» ¾Ë°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í, ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·Ï 7Àå¿¡ °üÇÑ ½ÅõÁöÀÇ °¡¸£Ä§ÀÌ ¹Ù²î¾ú´Ù´Â °Íµµ ±ú´Ý°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ Àú´Â ¾Æ³»¿¡°Ô ´ë´äÇÒ ¸»µéÀ» ã±â ½ÃÀÛÇß½À´Ï´Ù.

Àú´Â °­»ç¿´´ø Ä£±¸¿¡°Ô ±×°ÍµéÀ» Áú¹®Çß°í, ±× Ä£±¸ÀÇ ´ë´ä¿¡ ½º½º·Î È®½ÅÀ» °¡Á³½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, Á¦°¡ ¾Æ³»¿¡°Ô ±× ´äº¯¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¼³¸íÀ» ÇÏÀÚ, ¾Æ³»´Â ±× ´ë´äµéÀÌ ³í¸®ÀûÀ¸·Î ¸»ÀÌ µÇÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù°í °­Á¶¸¦ Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¾Æ³»´Â ½ÅõÁö¸¦ Å»ÅðÇÏ°í ½Í¾î Çß°í, ÀÌÁ¦´Â Á¦°¡ ÁغñµÇ±â¸¦ ±â´Ù¸®´Â óÁö°¡ µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

Àú´Â ±× Áú¹®µé¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ´äÀ» ³Ê¹« ¾ò°í ½Í¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±× ´äÀ» ¾ò´Â´Ù¸é, Á¦°¡ Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¸»¾¸À¸·Î ¹«ÀåÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ°í, ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ´Ù°¡¿Ã ¾î¶² ¡®µ¶¡¯(¹ÝÁõ)¿¡µµ ´ëóÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °Å¶ó°í »ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ½Ã°£ÀÌ Áö³ª¸é¼­ Àú´Â Á¦ ³ú°¡ ¸¶Ä¡ ¸®µëüÁ¶¸¦ ÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Â °Í °°Àº ´À³¦ÀÌ µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁöÀÇ ±³¸®¸¦ ¹Ïµµ·Ï ½º½º·Î¸¦ ¼ÓÀÌ°í ÀÖ´Â °Í °°¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. ÇѶ§´Â ±×·¸°Ô ³í¸®ÀûÀ̾ú´ø ¸»¾¸ÀÌ ÀÌÁ¦´Â ³Ê¹« ºñ³í¸®ÀûÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

My wife had found out about Man-Hee Lee's involvement in the Olive Tree Movement and the Recreation Church and how their teachings are a copy and paste of SCJ's. She also realised that SCJ¡¯s teaching on Revelation 7 had changed. I then went on a journey to try and answer these to help her.

I would get these questions answered by my friend who was an instructor, and would be able to convince myself of the answers. However, when explaining them to my wife, she reinforced that these answers simply didn¡¯t make sense logically. My wife was now in a position of wanting to leave, but waiting for me to be ready.

I became really passionate about wanting to have the answer to these questions, so that I could be armoured with God's word and explain any ¡®poison¡¯ that would come our way. However, after some time, I just felt like I was doing mental gymnastics to try and trick myself into believing this. What had once started as such a logical word, was now so illogical.

±× ½ÃÁ¡¿¡¼­ ¿ì¸®´Â ´Ù½Ã Á¤¸» ¹ÙºüÁö°í ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¸ÅÀÏ ¹ã ¿­¸Å¸¦ ¸Î±â À§ÇÑ °èȹÀ» ³íÀÇÇϱâ À§ÇØ Àǹ«ÀûÀΠȸÀǸ¦ Çß°í, ±æ°Å¸® Æ÷±³¿Í Àü´ÜÁö ¹èÆ÷ÀÇ ½Ã°£À» °èȹÇØ¾ß Çß°í, ¸î ¸íÀ» ÀüµµÇÒÁö ¸ñÇ¥¸¦ Á¤ÇØ¾ß Çß°í, 2-3ÁÖ¸¶´Ù ¡°ÀθÂÀ½ ½ÃÇ衱À» ¹Þ¾Æ¾ß Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Á¡¼ö°¡ ÃæºÐÈ÷ ³ôÁö ¾ÊÀ¸¸é Àç½ÃÇèÀ» Ä¡¸£µµ·Ï µÇ¾î ÀÖ¾ú±â ¶§¹®¿¡ ½ÃÇèÀ» Ä¡¸£´Â °Ô Èûµé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Á¦ ¾Æ³»´Â ½ÉÁö¾î ºÎ¼­Àå¿¡°Ô ¿À´äÀ» ´Ù½Ã °íÃÄ ¾²¶ó´Â Áö½Ã¸¦ ¹Þ±âµµ Çß½À´Ï´Ù.

Àú´Â ±× ½ÃÇèµéÀÌ 14¸¸ 4000¸íÀ» ¼±¹ßÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ̶ó°í »ý°¢Çߴµ¥, ±×µéÀº ³ë°ñÀûÀ¸·Î ÄÁ´×À» Ç϶ó°í ÇÑ °ÍÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ½ÇÁ¦·Î ´äÀ» ´Ù ¾ËÁö ¸øÇصµ ¿ì¸®´Â °ÅÀÇ ¸¸Á¡À» ¹Þ¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. Èò¹«¸®´Â Æ÷±³ÇÒ ÇÊ¿ä°¡ ¾ø´Â °ÍÀÌ°í ±×³É ¸ô·Á¿À´Â °ÍÀ̶ó°í µé¾úÁö¸¸, ÀÌÁ¦´Â ¿ì¸®°¡ Æ÷±³¸¦ ÇؾßÇÑ´Ù°í Çß°í, ±× ¼ýÀÚ°¡ ÃæºÐÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Ù´Â ÀÌÀ¯·Î ºñ³­À» ¹Þ¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù.

At this point, things were also becoming really busy again. We had compulsory meetings every night to discuss plans for our fruit, had to schedule time to do street evangelism and deliver flyers, set goals for how many people we were to recruit, and would have ¡°verifying sealing¡± tests every 2-3 weeks. These tests were strange, as we were made to re-sit them if our mark wasn¡¯t high enough. My wife was even sent the answers from her department leader and told to re-write it.

I thought these were for the selection of the 144,000, yet people were blatantly being told to cheat. It became more about having a perfect score than actually knowing the answer. We were told we would not need to evangelise the great multitude and that they would just come, but now we were being told that we still had to, and we were blamed because the numbers were not high enough!

9. ½ÅõÁö°¡ °ÅÁþÀ̶ó´Â Áø½ÇÀ» ¹Þ¾ÆµéÀÌ´Ù¡æ½ÅõÁö Å»Åð¡æ°Ç°­ÇÑ ±³È¸·Î ÇÕ·ù 

¡ãÄڷγª »çÅ ÀÌÈÄ »ýÈ°ÆÐÅÏ¿¡ ¿©·¯°¡Áö º¯È­°¡ ÀÖÀ» ¹«·Æ ÇüÁ¦´Â ¸ÕÀú Å»ÅðÇÑ ½Åµµ°¡ ³»ºÎ ½Åµµµé¿¡°Ô º¸³½ ¸Þ½ÃÁö¸¦ ÅëÇØ ½ÅõÁöÀÇ °ÅÁþÀ» ±ú´Ý°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù.

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¿ì¸®´Â ÀÌ ¸ðµç °ÍÀÌ À߸øµÇ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ±ú´Ý°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ ¿ì¸®´Â ½ÅõÁö ¾È¿¡ Àִ ģ±¸µé¿¡°Ô ¿ì¸®°¡ °Þ°í ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀ» °øÀ¯ÇÏ°í ÀÌÇؽÃÅ°·Á°í Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â ±× Ä£±¸µéµµ Áö±Ý ¼Ó°í ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¾Ë°Ô ÇØÁÖ±â À§ÇØ ³ë·ÂÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·±µ¥, ÀÌ·± °ÍµéÀÌ ´ãÀÓ°­»ç¿¡°Ô º¸°í°¡ µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ´ãÀÓ °­»ç´Â ¿ì¸®¿Í ¸é´ãÀ» Çϸ鼭 ¿ì¸®°¡ Áú¹®µéÀ» »ç¶÷µé¿¡°Ô °øÀ¯ÇÏ´Â °Í¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÁúÃ¥Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯¸é¼­ ¿ì¸®¿¡°Ô ±³È¸¿¡ Á¶¿ëÈ÷ ¸Ó¹°·¯ ÀÖµçÁö ¾Æ´Ï¸é ¶°³ªµçÁö ¼±ÅÃÇ϶ó°í Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®¿¡°Ô ±×°Íº¸´Ù ´õ ¸íÈ®ÇÑ ´ë´äÀº ¾ø¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

±³È¸´Â ¿©·¯ºÐÀÌ °í³­À» °ÞÀ» ¶§ ¿©·¯ºÐÀ» ÁöÁöÇØÁÖ°í ±âµµ¸¦ ÇØÁÖ´Â °÷ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ƯÈ÷ ±¸¿øÀÇ ¹®Á¦¶ó¸é ´õ´õ¿í ±×·¸ÁÒ. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ¿ì¸®°¡ °æÇèÇÑ °ÍÀº õ±¹ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. °Å±ä Áö¿ÁÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â ¸¶Ä§³» ½ÅõÁö¸¦ ¶°³µ°í, ±×µéÀÇ °ÅÁþ¸»·ÎºÎÅÍ ÀÚÀ¯·Î¿öÁ³½À´Ï´Ù. Á¦ ¾Æ³»¿Í Àú´Â ±×µ¿¾È ¿¬¶ôÀ» ²÷¾ú´ø Ä£±¸µé¿¡°Ô ´Ù½Ã ¿¬¶ôÀ» Çß°í, °¡Á·µé°ú ´õ ¸¹Àº ½Ã°£À» º¸³»±â ½ÃÀÛÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í, Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ´©±¸ÀÎÁö Àç¹ß°ßÇÏ´Â ¿©Á¤À» ½ÃÀÛÇß°í, ÇÑ °ÉÀ½ ÇÑ °ÉÀ½ ¿ì¸®¸¦ ÁöÅÊÇØ ÁÖ°í ÀÖ´Â °Ç°­ÇÑ ±³È¸¿¡ ÇÕ·ùÇß½À´Ï´Ù.

Eventually, it got to a point where I had no reason to stay. The doctrine didn¡¯t make sense as it had changed and I was starting to see how morally corrupt SCJ was. My wife and I were now on the same page and spent weeks trying to get our questions answered and experienced a variety of things. The answers were vague and gave us more questions. We were told that there were translation errors in old articles and books, and that what we had learnt was incorrect and the instructor should repent (which we proved with Man-Hee Lee¡¯s own words in his book and articles, this was a lie). We were then gaslighted, emotionally manipulated, and had phobias instilled into us as to why we should not leave. We were made to feel like we were the problem. We were told that we have given up so much so shouldn't leave now, and told to think about our families and that surely we want them to have salvation too.

Realising all this, we tried to share what we were going through with our close friends in SCJ to help get understanding, but also to help them see that they were also deceived. This led to being reported on and having a meeting with the church head, who rebuked us for sharing our questions. He gave us a choice: stay in the church and stay silent, or leave. For us, the answer couldn¡¯t have been more clear.

Churches are meant to support you and pray for you when you go through troubles like this, especially if it is a matter of salvation, however what we experienced, and many others, was not the kingdom of Heaven. This was Hell. It has been so liberating to finally leave and to be free of the lies of SCJ. My wife and I have begun reconnecting with friends we had cut off and spending more time with family. We have also begun the journey of rediscovering who God is and have joined a healthy church that is supporting us every step of the way.

10. ½ÅõÁö¸¦ ¶°³­ ÈÄ¿¡ ´À³¤ ¼ÖÁ÷ÇÑ ½É°æ°ú ½ÅõÁö ½Åµµµé¿¡°Ô ÀüÇÏ°í ½ÍÀº ¸¶Áö¸· À̾߱â

¡ã½ÅõÁö°¡ °ÅÁþÀÓÀ» ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ±ú´ÞÀº ÇüÁ¦´Â Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ´©±¸ÀÎÁö Àç¹ß°ßÇÏ´Â ¿©Á¤°ú ÇÔ²² ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ÁöÅÊÇØ ÁÖ°í ÀÖ´Â °Ç°­ÇÑ ±³È¸¿¡¼­ »õ·Ó°Ô ½Å¾Ó»ýÈ°À» ½ÃÀÛÇÏ°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù.

ÇÏÁö¸¸ ¼ÖÁ÷È÷ ¸»Çϸé, ½ÅõÁö¸¦ ¶°³ª´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾î·Æ±âµµ Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Áö³­ 3³â°£ ÁËÃ¥°¨°ú ¼öÄ¡½ÉÀ¸·Î Èûµç ³¯µé°ú ´«¹°µµ ¸¹¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁö¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ½ÅµµµéÀº ½ÅõÁöÀÇ ±³¸®¸¦ Áø½ÉÀ¸·Î ¹Ï°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ±×µéÀÇ °üÁ¡¿¡¼­, ¿ì¸®´Â ´õ ÀÌ»ó ¾ø´Â »ç¶÷µéÀÌ°í, À¯È² ºÒ¸ø¿¡ ´øÁ®Áú »ç¶÷µéÀÔ´Ï´Ù.


±×·³¿¡µµ ºÒ±¸ÇÏ°í, ¿ì¸®´Â ½ÅõÁö¿¡ Àִ ģÇÑ Ä£±¸µé°ú °è¼Ó ¿¬¶ôÀ» ÇÏ·Á°í ÃÖ¼±À» ´ÙÇÏ°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁö°¡ ¹«³ÊÁö´Â °ÍÀº ½Ã°£¹®Á¦ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â Á¦ Ä£±¸µéÀ» À§ÇØ ÀÌ ÀÚ¸®¸¦ ÁöÅ°°í ÀÖ¾î¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¹®Á¦´Â ¡®¸¸¾à¡¯ ½ÅõÁö°¡ ¹«³ÊÁú±î ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó, ½ÅõÁö°¡ ¹«³ÊÁö´Â ¶§°¡ ¡®¾ðÁ¦¡¯Àΰ¡ ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù.

But to be honest, leaving SCJ has been difficult as well. There have been a lot of hard days and tears due to the guilt and shame from the past 3 years. Our friends in SCJ truly believe in the doctrine and from their perspective, we cease to exist and will be thrown into the lake of burning sulphur.

Regardless, we have tried our best to stay connected to our close friends in SCJ. It is only a matter of time before SCJ comes crumbling down and I need to be here for my friends. It¡¯s not a matter of if but when.

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1) ¸¸¾à ´©±º°¡°¡ Àú¿¡°Ô ħÀ» ¸Â¾Ò´Ù°í ¸»ÇÑ´Ù¸é, Àú´Â ´ÜÈ£ÇÏ°Ô ´ëÀÀÇÒ °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁö´Â ¡°Ä§¡±(µ¶)À» ¸Â¾Ò´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¸»¾¸À» ¿Ö°îÇß´Ù´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î Á¤ÀÇÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, Àú´Â À̸¸ÈñÀÇ °¡¸£Ä§°ú ±×°ÍÀÇ ¸ð¼øÀ» Áõ°Åµé°ú ÇÔ²² ÆÑÆ®·Î È®ÀÎÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¸¸¾à ½ÅõÁöÀÇ ¸»¾¸ÀÌ °¡Àå À§´ëÇÑ Áø¸®¶ó¸é, ¾ö¹ÐÈ÷ µûÁ®ºÁ¾ß ÇÏÁö ¾Ê°Ú½À´Ï±î? Á¤º¸¿¡ ÀÔ°¢ÇÑ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸®±â À§Çؼ­´Â ¾çÂÊÀÇ ³íÀïÀ» »ìÆ캼 ÇÊ¿ä°¡ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ¾î¶² °ÍÀ» ´õ ¼³µæ·Â ÀÖ°Ô º¸À̵µ·Ï Çϱâ À§ÇØ ´©±º°¡ Á¶ÀÛ°ú °­¾ÐÀ» »ç¿ëÇØ¾ß ÇÏ´Â ÀÌÀ¯°¡ ¹»±î¿ä?

2) ½ÅõÁö´Â ¸¸±¹À» ¼Ò¼º(Ä¡À¯)ÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù°í ÁÖÀåÇÏÁö¸¸, ¿ì¸®´Â ±×µéÀÌ ³²°Ü³õÀº Æı«ÀÇ ÈçÀûµéÀ» º¾´Ï´Ù. ±×µéÀÌ ¸ÁÄ£ ¸ðµç »îÀÌ ¼ºÃë ¶§¿¡ °©Àڱ⠰íÃÄÁú±î¿ä? ¸¸¾à ¼¼°è°¡ ½ÅõÁö·Î ¸ô·Á¿Â´Ù¸é, ±×µéÀº ´ë´äÇØ¾ß ÇÒ °ÍµéÀÌ ¸¹½À´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁö´Â ¾ð·Ð¿¡ ±×µéÀÌ ¿ÀÇظ¦ ¹Þ°í ÀÖ´Ù°í ÇÏÁö¸¸, ±×°Ç °ÅÁþ¸»ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ ´Üü·Î ÀÎÇØ Å« »óó¸¦ ÀÔÀº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ±× »óó´Â ´ÜÁö ¸î¸î ³ª»Û ¸®´õµé ¶§¹®¿¡ »ý±ä °Ô ¾Æ´Ï¶ó, ÀÌ ´ÜüÀÇ ±Ùº»ÀûÀÎ ¹®Á¦ ¶§¹®¿¡ »ý±ä °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù.

3) ¸¸¾à ´©±º°¡°¡ Àú¿¡°Ô ¡°¸»¾¸¿¡¼­ ¶³¾îÁ® ³ª°¬´Ù¡±°í ¸»À» Çϰųª ȯ³­À» À̱âÁö ¸øÇß´Ù°í ¸»À» ÇÑ´Ù¸é, Àú´Â ¸î ³â°£ ¿­½ÉÈ÷ ÀÏÇß´Ù°í ¸»À» ÇÒ °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁö´Â ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ ¸»ÀÌ µÇÁö ¾Ê´Â Áö°æ¿¡ À̸£·¶½À´Ï´Ù. ¸»¾¸Àº ³í¸®ÀûÀÎ °Í °°Áö¸¸, Á¦ ÁÖº¯¿¡¼­ Á¦°¡ º» °ÍÀº °Å±â¿¡ ³²¾Æ ÀÖÀ¸·Á°í ÁöÄ¥ ÁÙ ¸ð¸£°í Àڱ⸦ ¼ÓÀÌ°í ÀÖ´Â »ç¶÷µé»ÓÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×µéÀº ³Ê¹« ¹Ùºü¼­ ½º½º·Î »ý°¢ÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø°Å³ª, Áú¹®¿¡ ´äÀ» ¾òÁö ¸øÇصµ ½Å°æÀ» ¾²Áö ¾Ê´Â »ç¶÷µéÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù.

Some final comments:
1) If one were to say I poisoned myself, I stand firm in my response. SCJ themselves define ¡°poison¡± as twisting the word of God. Yet, I simply looked at factual information, alongside Man-Hee Lee's own teachings (and evidence of his inconsistencies). If the word of SCJ is the greatest truth, then shouldn't it stand up to scrutiny? To make an informed decision you need to look at both sides of an argument. Also, why does someone need to use manipulation and coercion in order to make something seem more convincing?

2) SCJ¡¯s claim to be healing all nations, yet we see they leave a trail of destruction in their path. Will all the lives they have ruined suddenly be fixed on completion? If the world is to flock to SCJ, then they have a lot to answer for. SCJ tells the media that they are misunderstood, but that is a lie. There are people who have been hurt so badly by this organisation. This hurt is not just from a few bad leaders, but this is a problem at the root of this organisation.

3) If one were to say I ¡°lost my seed¡± or could not overcome the tribulation, I would say I worked so hard for many years, however, it got to a point where things just did not make sense. This word seemed so logical, yet what I saw around me were people tirelessly tricking themselves into staying. They were too busy to think for themselves or did not care to have their questions answered.

½ÅõÁö¿¡ ¸Ó¹«¸£¸é¼­ ±× ±³¸®¸¦ ¹Ï´Â °ÍÀº ³Ê¹« ºñ³í¸®ÀûÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ½ÅõÁö´Â ¿©·¯ºÐÀÌ ¾Ë¾Æ¾ß ÇÒ Á¤º¸¸¦ ÅëÁ¦ÇÏ°í, »ç¶÷µéÀ» Æ÷¼·Çϴµ¥ »ç±â¸¦ Ä¡µµ·Ï ÇÏ°í, »ç¶÷µéÀ» ¹Ï°Ô ¸¸µé±â À§ÇØ µÎ·Á¿ò°ú ¼¼³ú¿¡ ÀÇÁ¸Çϵµ·Ï ÇÏ´Â ±×·ìÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¾î¶»°Ô Çϳª´ÔÀÌ °è½Å °÷¿¡ ±×·± °ÍµéÀÌ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï±î? Á¦°¡ ÀÌ·± °ÍµéÀ» ±ú´ÞÀ» ¼ö ÀÖµµ·Ï µµ¿ÍÁֽŠ¸ðµç ºÐµé¿¡°Ô Áø½ÉÀ¸·Î °¨»ç¸¦ µå¸³´Ï´Ù.

Staying in SCJ and believing in its doctrine was so illogical. SCJ is a group that controls the information you should read, endorses deception in recruitment, and relies on fear and indoctrination to keep people believing - how could it be where God is? I'm truly grateful for those who have helped me to realise this. 

 

 

 

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