Bowing
The bow is common place in many Eastern cultures. It was also commonplace in the West in days gone by. It is a gesture of respect or reverence, and most notably in both the East and West it is/was meant to indicate a hierarchy; an order. And so it is in the Unification Church. It is an expression of reverence and denotes a proper order. All bow to the True Parents, as well as children to their own parents. And the True Parents represent God as Jesus commanded all to “be perfect as God is perfect.” This is in line with the Unification Church teaching that no fall could be imagined or planned by God and that we were all meant to grow as loving families; the couple, the unity of husband and wife being God’s image on earth. Had Adam and Eve not fallen they would have embodied God (as we all are meant to embody God) and established God’s lineage, and being the beginning point would receive the greatest respect, equal to that of God. Their family, their heart towards all mankind as their s