Monday, October 17, 2022

"even the devils are subject unto us through thy name" - Science and Technologies vs. Spiritual Power

 


Tokyo

Science and Technologies vs. Spiritual Power

What should be taught to children in primary schools and churches?

1. There is the afterlife where men's souls will enter after death in this world.

2. There are Heaven and the hells in the afterlife.

3. The God loves the poor so that they are allowed to enter Heaven but rich men are not.

These are the core of teaching by Christ Jesus.

First of all, before the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century and the Science Revolution in the 17th century, most people in the world believed in existence of the afterlife, Heaven, and the hells.  But, after the Industrial/Science Revolution, people came to be brainwashed by power of science and technologies dealing with material and substances.  Science and technologies have contributed improvement of material life of human beings to the extent that they have come to believe that any issues and problems in the material world can be solved along with development of science and technologies.  

But, they stopped pursuing and clarifying spiritual matters.  Religious teachings came to be regarded as moral teachings or fairy stories.  People became unsure about whether there is the afterlife or the spirit world.  And, Satan brainwashed people with a false idea that there are no afterlife, Heaven, and the hells and that there is nothing left after a man dies in this material world.  Satan therefore recommended people to enjoy rich life, using any means, until they die to turn to be nothing. 

The mainstream of current world civilization is on the extent of this trend of thinking lightly of spiritual matters but placing too much trust in material science and technologies.  However, modern medical science cannot yet save people from death.  Modern physics cannot tell why and how this material world or universe was generated.  However, in ancient days before the Industrial/Science Revolution, most people used to simply believe that there is the afterlife and that this world was created by the God through their faith in their religions.  In this context, development of science and technologies made the human beings rather blind and foolish spiritually.       

It is noteworthy to see that Mother Mary's apparitions for warning to the fate of the mankind started in the middle of the 19th century when development of modern science and technologies were started to be further accelerated, and at the same time, spiritualism or the quest for spiritual matters began in the U.S., the U.K., France, etc.  The period between the late 19th century and the early 20th century was full of psychics.  But, this boom somewhat slowed down with the start of the World War II.   

Even in Japan in the late 19th century when Japan started westernization, there emerged various psychics in connection with Buddhism and Shinto some of whom launched new religious factions mostly within the scope of Shinto.  However the Japanese Imperial Family that came to take the central position in the modern Japanese society after the 1868 civil war is based on traditional Japanese myth linked with the Shinto religion which is spiritual.  Even after WWII, people's concern with spiritual matters has continued to date with various new religions established such as Aum Shinrikyo, which caused the 1995 Sarin Gas attack in Tokyo.  In this trend, South Korea-based Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity also strengthened activities in Japan, which was related to shooting and killing of Former Prime Minister Abe in the summer of 2022.    

At the beginning of the 21st century, the human material civilization was at summit of its prosperity.  But, the 9/11 Terror Attack occurred in 2001 which triggered American invasion into Afghanistan; it was in 2021 that the U.S. pulled out its troops from Afghanistan.  And, now Russia launched the war in Ukraine, which might trigger WWIII.  Human beings with advanced science and technologies but without deep understanding of spiritual matters might inevitably proceed to the catastrophe predicted by Mother Mary.             

To make less the damages and ravages to be caused by WWIII and abnormal climates, we have to focus on spiritual matters and spiritualism, although we should not neglect authentic traditional religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.  For this purpose, we have to introduce the core of teaching by Christ Jesus in primary schools and churches with a focus on spiritualism and spirituality.     

Evil brought by science and technologies cannot be solved by further development of science and technologies.  Such material evils should be solved by spiritual power.   


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Luke 10, King James Version

17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.