Stories about products, people, and companies circulate easily in society. These reports appear to occur with or without the Internet. One of those stories was that Proctor and Gamble is secretly owned by the Moonies.
So first, who are the Moonies? The Moonies are members of Reverend Sun Myung Moon in the Unification Church. Moonies is a derogatory term for these members based on the founder’s name. However, the members of the Unification Church either ignored the name, boasted about the name, or even used the name themselves. The most difficult opinions are probably that the Lord Jesus did not come to death and should have the Second Coming a man born in Korea in the 20th century who married married and had children.
So how did it come to be known that Proctor and Gambles owned “The Moon”?
It seems to have spread paranoia around legions of “Moonies” selling flowers. Congregational church members would often stand on street corners or in malls and sell flowers and candles.
The logo that was used by Proctor and Gamble was the man on the moon logo with thirteen (13) stars. Since there was a man on the Moon, some believe that it was a secret symbol to the Moonies that the Moonies had company with.
When Proctor and Gamble first heard the rumor in 1979, they ignored it. However, after receiving 1,000 letters asking about the logo in one month, they announced the release. A few years later, they still got 300 letters about the logo every month.
Some even believed that this very logo was a satanic symbol. This is based on the verse. Others say that the symbol is a parody of the heavenly symbol described in this verse. It is also said that where a white beard passes round the circle, the number 666 can be seen reversed. Then it is also said to have two horns, like a lamb, which represents a false prophet.
Rumors swirled about the story of how the company’s president appeared on Saturday’s edition of the Phil Donahue show and claimed to be a Satanist. However, the county president never appeared and Phil Donahue never ran the show on Saturday.
Proctor and Gamble developed the logo of the man on the moon overlooking the thirteen (13) stars that represented the original thirteen (13) colonies.
However, the reputation got so bad that the Proctor and Gamble logo changed to simply “P&G.” have changed
Until 2004, the man in the moon logo appeared at the end of television commercials in Japan. It still appears at the end of television commercials in Hong Kong and China and is the logo printed on test stock.
