"The day will come, however, when they will truly know the Unification Church and me. The day will come when the truth will be known and the message of love will be taught. On that day, their regret will be deep"
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The intent is less to persuade skeptics than to fortify followers against scandal, mockery, and the very real scrutiny that shadowed the church’s rise in the Cold War-era media ecosystem. By promising eventual recognition, he converts present stigma into evidence of persecution, a classic sectarian logic: if the world hates you now, it’s because you’re early, not because you’re wrong.
Subtextually, “truth” and “love” operate as moral shields. They’re broad, almost unassailable nouns that reroute the conversation away from specific allegations, power structures, money, or politics and toward an elevated register where dissenters look petty. Then comes the turn of the screw: “their regret will be deep.” It’s not an invitation; it’s an eschatological flex. Regret implies a reckoning without naming it, allowing listeners to project judgment day, public apology, or historical redemption onto a single vague future moment. The line works because it offers believers the most comforting commodity in a contested public life: the promise that humiliation is temporary and that vindication will feel like justice.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Moon, Sun Myung. (2026, January 16). The day will come, however, when they will truly know the Unification Church and me. The day will come when the truth will be known and the message of love will be taught. On that day, their regret will be deep. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-day-will-come-however-when-they-will-truly-95031/
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Moon, Sun Myung. "The day will come, however, when they will truly know the Unification Church and me. The day will come when the truth will be known and the message of love will be taught. On that day, their regret will be deep." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-day-will-come-however-when-they-will-truly-95031/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"The day will come, however, when they will truly know the Unification Church and me. The day will come when the truth will be known and the message of love will be taught. On that day, their regret will be deep." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-day-will-come-however-when-they-will-truly-95031/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.









