I told the members during my trip in Europe this time, "You should stir up a problem. It is all right even if it becomes widely known in Europe that I am going to serve a prison term. \If half of them can say that such things are possible then I will be happy. You should let the people know about it." I am good at spreading rumors, right? They also say in America, "The Unification Church members dance naked. They are cults." Thus, I told you that it is unacceptable if there is no opposition. If there is no opposition, then it will not be exciting. It gets interesting only when there are opposers. Even when you are drinking wine, it is tasty only when there are people who are watching you. Isn't this so? Doesn't drinking wine become joyful only when where is some give and take, so that as one says "Hook Ah!" here another says "Hook Hi" there?

The same thing holds true when you are working. If you are to be stimulated, you must face resistance. I believe that it would be disastrous for the Unification Church if we did not have the opposition of the Christian churches. We are trying our very best to not be indebted and disregard our pride; if we do not even have opposition in our current state, then just as ravens can snatch away steamed radishes we'll be gone.

You should think about this. You should examine yourselves closely. Do you have absolute determination? Do you have the confidence to go out to the world to struggle with others and lead a successful life, proudly living in a large brick house? You don't, right? When I look at you, all of you are very clever. Are you or are you not such type of people? On the other hand, you should be recognized as someone who has upright moral character and is very trustworthy. If you can be known as such, then even if people say that you have done bad things, they will not be believed.

This is how it is in America. As people meet the members of the Unification Church, they see that we are good people. So, when they hear some bad rumors they do not believe them. Sometimes, you come back all fired up saying this and that and hoping, "I wish that God can punish them." Why would God punish them? Why would God punish them when they are doing what they are supposed to do? He will never punish them. You are foolish to wish that they be punished.

Religion makes progress when being opposed. Until today, religions always made progress when they were under opposition. Isn't this so? [Yes] However, they will perish when there is no opposition. Do you understand? Then, if the Korean nation stopped opposing the Unification Church and started to support it, would the Unification Church decline? What are we going to do when that happens? At that moment, I will attack you. I will do the attacking. Then we will not perish. If we continued in the same way that we were doing it we would meet with destruction, but if I attack 24 hours and move forward...

This is how it is in America. Until now in America, scholars are approaching their doom because they do not have opposition. So at such times, there should have been attacks made. When one is being attacked, one will strengthen his foundation, and when one is supposed to attack, one should carry it out mercilessly. So we made attacks. I gave directions, "Go and fight with the media world. You should go to the newspapers and fight. Do not meet with the people at low positions, but meet with the chief editors and the top people. If they do not want to meet with you, then you should stake them out. When they go to bathroom, follow them there and wait for them."