Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Andrew Kessler: Only Mother Doesn't Ring True
The Blessing Ring of Hak Ja Han. The blessing ring given at recent Blessing ceremonies bearing only the inscription of Mother's signature has been cited by many people as purporting to be a significant fact suggesting that Mother has deviated from True Father by removing his name from a key item in the most sacred rite of the church. Respected elder brother Dan Fefferman, in the recent debate, offered the explanation that Mother could only "sign" her own name on the rings, and not sign Father's name.. Dan appears to refer to a legalistic concept according to which an individual is only permitted to sign his or her own name on documents. Unfortunately, as much as I might like to accept this explanation, i find it to be unpersuasive, at best. Mother did not sign her name to any ring, but authorized that a piece of jewelry be designed and manufactured with a replica of her signature alone, thus excluding or omitting a replica of Father's signature. It is incredible to me that Mother could have simply thought that her signature alone would be appropriate merely because she is "not authorized" to instruct that a replica of Father's signature be included with hers on the rings. The design of perhaps the most important physical accessory of the Holy Blessing is not something undertaken lightly or without deep and thorough thought. Would it be sacreligious of us to ask Mother or the senior Korean Leaders who advise her, why Father's signature was excluded from the rings? I believe it is a question/matter of great significance, at a minimum because it has been interpreted by so many of us as one of a number of Mother's acts which suggest disunity with Father. I apologize in advance if my question offends any brothers and sisters.
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