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Chen Tao (True Way Cult)
Chen Tao (真道, or "True Way") was a UFO religion that originated in Taiwan.〔Davis, Derek; Hankins, Barry. ''New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America'', Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2003.〕〔Dawson, Lorne L. (Ed.) ''Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader'', Wiley-Blackwell, 2003.〕〔Kliever, Lonnie. "Meeting God in Garland: A Model of Religious Tolerance," Nova Religion: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 3, n. 1 (October 1999): 45–53.〕〔Szubin, Adam; Carl J. Jensen; and Rod Gregg. "'Interacting with "Cults': A Policing Model," ''FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin'', Vol. 69, No. 9, 2000.〕〔Prather, Charles H. "Ritual and the experience of belief: understanding group reactions to failed prophecy" Unpublished MA Thesis, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2002.〕〔"Ministry says Armageddon is near," by Richard Abshire and Andrew D. Smith, ''The Dallas Morning News'', June 18, 2006. (Dallas News )〕〔Prather, Charles H. "God's Salvation Church: Past, Present and Future", Marburg Journal of Religion Vol. 4 No. 1 July 1999 (Uni-marburg.de )〕〔Cook, Ryan J. "Chen Tao in Texas: A New Religious Movement, its Host Community, and Mass-Mediated Adaptation," presented at the University of Chicago, Center for Study on New Religions conference 1999. (Cesnur.org )〕 It was by Hon-Ming Chen (born 1955) who first associated it with UFOs, and later had the group misrepresented as a New Age UFO cult. Chen was a former professor who claimed to be atheist until he joined a religious cultivation group, which dated back for two generations to the original female founder, Teacher Yu-Hsia Chen. But he broke with the group headed by the third-generation teacher in 1993 and created, with another fellow-cultivator, Tao-hung Ma, their own groups. It was later when he broke with Ma and decided to move to the US that new elements such as the pseudo-scientific information of cosmology, and flying saucers, as well as Christian motifs of the prophecy of the end and the great tribulation, etc., were introduced into the group.
In Taiwan, the group was originally officially registered as The Chinese Soul Light Research Association. When the group moved to the USA from Asia, it was registered in the US as God's Salvation Church and first relocated to San Dimas, California. Adherents moved to Garland, Texas in 1997.
== Beliefs ==
This New Religious Movement was a mix of Buddhism, Taoism, and UFOlogy. They emphasized transmigration of souls and three souls per person, and placed great emphasis on spiritual energy. They also believed in "outside souls" who basically acted as bad influences in human world or even as demons.
Chen believed that the Earth went through five tribulations going back to the age of the dinosaurs. Each of these tribulations were survived by beings living in North America who were rescued by God in a flying saucer. He believed the solar system is 4.5 trillion years old, or roughly 300 times the age science gives for the Universe. He believed that the solar system was created by a nuclear war.
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