"for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" - God and 12 Apostles

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God and 12 Apostles

There were 12 Apostles of Christ Jesus, according to the Bible.  But the fates of most of them are unknown.

How Did the Apostles Die?
Reports and legends abound and they are not always reliable, but it is safe to say that the apostles went far and wide as heralds of the message of the risen Christ. An early legend says they cast lots and divided up the world to determine who would go where, so all could hear about Jesus. They suffered greatly for their faith and in most cases met violent deaths on account of their bold witness.
(https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/whatever-happened-to-the-twelve-apostles-11629558.html)

At least these 12 Apostles lived with Christ Jesus in His immediate circle for about three years, learning His teaching, watching miracles, and receiving His super power.  Their diseases, if any, must have been cured.  Their wisdom and talent must have been highly developed.  And their faith in the God must have been significantly strengthened.  So, these Apostles must have become outstanding persons in any society wherever they might have gone.  However, mainly only Peter was described in the Gospels.   

Where were they after the death or ascension of Christ Jesus?  What did they perform after the death or ascension of Christ Jesus?  It is unknown.  But it is strange.

However, it is assumed that these Apostles contributed to future development and deployment of the teaching of Christ Jesus or Christianity like St. Peter.  Probably for them to have continued their living, always thinking about Christ Jesus, must have greatly contributed to expansion of the teaching of Christ Jesus.

So, even most of 12 Apostles of Christ Jesus did not earn their places in history.  We should not be disappointed or frustrated even if we cannot perform great accomplishments, while we have faith in the God, although the God can freely set our fates.

For the God, it does not matter whether or not those who believe in Him earn their places in history even in terms of religion.  But according to the teaching of Christ Jesus, it might matter for God how much wealth His believers store and accumulate in Heaven.  God must attach more weight to things in Heaven than this-worldly things.

We had better change our view that the spiritual world (Heaven) is superior to the physical world (the human world).     


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M'r:10:24: And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
M'r:10:25: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
M'r:10:26: And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
M'r:10:27: And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

"for he had great possessions" - The Things that Are God's

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The Things that Are God's

Christ Jesus said: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's (Mat 22:21)."

The things that belong to a king mean coins and money.  And the things that belong to the God is life.  Therefore, it seems that what Christ Jesus meant by this saying is to give up and return money to a king and it is natural that a man dies, giving up and returning his life to the God.

However, from the teaching of Christ Jesus, money is another form of Satan.  And, Satan distributes money through a king or a government.  So, what Christ Jesus said should be interpreted as "Render therefore unto Satan the things which are Satan's."

Or, otherwise, it is thought that whatever kings possess has been given by the God to the kings.  The Bible says that all the gold, silver, etc. in this world belong to the God.  Therefor the kings are requested to return coins and money to the God.  But what if coins and money are other forms of Satan?  Could we return coins and money that are essentially from Satan to Satan or God?

All the gold and silver in this world belongs to the God.  But Satan invented coins and money from the gold and silver to distribute them among the human beings through kings and governments.

The word of Christ Jesus might simply mean to pay tax to a king or a government and pay your life to the God through faith.  But as it is concerned with money, another form of Satan, it is a little complicated.

Probably, we have to give up use of money to get rid of Satan.  And surely, we have to give up our life to the God when we die. 


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Mar 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mar 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mar 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

"Can a devil open the eyes" - For Acquiring Sympathy of God

The Ueno Park, Tokyo

For Acquiring Sympathy of God

It may not be appropriate, but it would not be meaningless to think about the Three Great Deaths of Socrates, Caesar, and Christ Jesus.

They were all forced to die in incongruous circumstances.  The great philosopher of ancient Greece Socrates died in 399 BC by drinking a poison in custody: "In 399 BC, Socrates went on trial and was subsequently found guilty of both corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety ("not believing in the gods of the state"), and as a punishment sentenced to death, caused by the drinking of a mixture containing poison hemlock" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates).

The great leader and general of Caesar was killed in Rome by his colleagues in the Roman Senate　in 44 BC: "Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men continued stabbing him as he lay defenceless on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around 60 men participated in the assassination. He was stabbed 23 times" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar).

And Christ Jesus died on the cross in AD 30/34 through trials by the Jewish authority and under the judgment by a Roman governor: "Jesus' crucifixion is described in all four canonical gospels. After the trials, Jesus is led to Calvary carrying his cross; the route traditionally thought to have been taken is known as the Via Dolorosa" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus) .

Many people have died since the establishment of the mankind.  It is thought that tens of billions of members of the mankind have died in history.  But these Three Great Deaths indicate some crucial conditions of one's death.  One may die due to errors of a state and its citizens, political conflicts and foolish judgement by the elite, and Satan's plot.

Even today, there must be many facing crisis of life due to various incongruous conditions.  It is unknown how many people died in such conditions, at least, in these 2000 years.  And one of the worst cases is that one is involved in a war where he or she is not responsible.  To save such people is a function of civilization.

And to know truth of the world and people in addition to the divine will, one must be probably as great as Socrates or  Caesar (if not Christ Jesus) to the extent of being envied, hated, and cursed by one's opponents (if not Satan).

So, facing crisis of life in some incongruous conditions may be a chance to ask help from God, thus acquiring sympathy of God.     



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Joh 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
Joh 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
Joh 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

"take no thought how or what ye shall speak" - For Solving Economic Issues of Everybody

Tokyo

For Solving Economic Issues of Everybody

"Pay tax and give money to the poor" is the economics of Christ Jesus.

There are some scenes of Christ Jesus talking about money in the Bible.  But the essence of His teaching about economy is represented by the above word.

So, the key to solving economic problems in the world today should be found there.  Everybody should pay tax, and the governments, enterprises, and wealthy people should provide money to the poor.  However, if it is common sense of the world that everybody should pursue his or her own profits to maximize his or her assets, this teaching cannot be practiced.  In contrast, if it is common sense of the society that one must love its neighbors as much as oneself, this teaching of Christ Jesus must be practiced and promoted.

Therefore, the key to economics to solve economic issues is prevalence and diffusion of Christ Jesus' teaching to love your neighbors as much as yourself.

But when can the mankind realize this need to understand Christ Jesus' teaching for solving economic issues of everybody?   



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Mat 10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

"Good Master, what shall I do" - Wolf's Eyelash

A Rocky Beach of the Pacific Coast around Tokyo

Wolf's Eyelash

There was one female, popular cartoonist or manga-artist in Japan who died about 15 years ago.

Hinako Sugiura specialized in depicting ordinary people's lives in the Edo era of Japan.  The Edo era was a period before the Meiji Restoration around 1868 when modernization of Japan began.  Samurai-class people administrated Japan under the rule of Tokugawa shogun in this period since the start of the 17th century.

She created a piece of work on a strange experience of one foolish man who always failed in his business, was often and easily fooled, duped and despised by friends, and was treated like a nobody by his wife.

One day, as his wife badly shouted insults at him, he finally decided to leave the home and went deep into mountains to die.  He though that he was useless in this world so that only one thing he could do was to be eaten by a wolf to feed a hunger in the animal.

He found a den of a wolf to lay down there, waiting for the wolf.  Then, the wolf came back to its den, smelling the man.  The wolf said to the man, "I cannot put up with  your smell.  Go away!"  The man replied, "I am very sorry.  But please hold your nose and eat me.  Please let me die!"  But the wolf further said with an angry voice, "You have an odor of a "real human being," with which I cannot have patience.  So, I will give you an eyelash of mine.   Take it, go to a street of a town, and see people around, holding the eyelash before your eye, and then you will see an interesting thing."

Giving up his plan to die as a prey to a wolf, the foolish man took an eyelash from the wolf and went down the mountains to a town.   He found various busy people walking and working in the street, in addition to one beggar sitting at the corner of the street.  Then he held the wolf's eyelash before his eye to observe people.

Then, all those people in the street turned to bogies, goblins, and monsters in shapes of men.  But only the beggar still looked as before, a "real human being."  So, he realized what the wolf had said about odors.

There came a hen-like female goblin, saying "Here, my dear foolish husband!  Where were you! Come back to the house!  Don't gaze into space!"  He pulled down the magic eyelash and saw his wife, realizing that it was natural that he could not get along well with this woman. 

However, he decided to go back home with her, as he now found that this world was full of monsters worse than his wife.  And he understood the reason why he could not succeed, like the beggar, in this world of monsters.  But before leaving the street, he approached the beggar who was a "real human being" and gave him the magic eyelash of the wolf.

I don't know who first created this story.  But I think it could be a story enjoyed by poor people in the world of today.


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Mar 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mar 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

"one fold, and one shepherd" - One of the Signs

Around the National Diet Bldg., Tokyo

One of the Signs

The death toll in each country due to natural disasters in 2018 is as follows:

1. Indonesia  5,510
2. India         1,396
3. JAPAN        438
4. Guatemala   427
5. China           354
6. Philippines  313
7. Nigeria        300
8. USA            295
9.  Pakistan     240
10. N. Korea   232

Japan suffers several tropical tempests or typhoons generated in the South Pacific Ocean and landing on it in every summer season.  Heavy rains cause landslide and floods in Japan where mountainous districts account for 70% of the national land.  And recently a typhoon with the largest scale in decades attacked the area around Tokyo and the Tohoku are that suffered the great tsunamis in 2011.

It is believed that, due to globalization, Japan's environment is becoming semi-tropical, so that more typhoons are approaching Japan in the summer season.

Maybe this is one of the signs foretelling the Second Coming of Christ Jesus.   



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Joh 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Joh 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

"the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you" - Satan's Traps

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Satan's Traps

It is a form of faith to try to see a meaning of any incident around one in connection to the will of the God.

Sometimes one faces an incongruous incident so that one tries to find the worldly or personal meaning.  But the true meaning of the incident lies in the will of the God.

And in a very special case, a historic tragedy of a nation or a tribe should be also interpreted not even in a historical context but also in terms of the will of the God. 
 
People with true faith belong to the Kingdom of the God, and thus they are used to interpret their individual tragedy from the context of their faith and the will of the God.  Accordingly, they will not be trapped in Satan's traps.


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Lu:10:9: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Lu:10:10: But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
Lu:10:11: Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

"I am the door" - Every Mystery about the God

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Every Mystery about the God

It is said that the accumulated number of human beings ever born is about 108 billion.  Those who are alive now account for 6.5% (about 7.2 billion) of them.

The living things that have the spirit of the human being are human beings.  And every human being can understand the concept of the God.  And, on the other hand, the God must understand everyone of the 108 billion human beings.  The God must be able to listen to prayer of everyone simultaneously.  And the God decides fate of everyone.  More than that, the God can change fate of everyone according to prayer of him or her.  And, those who believe in God and practice the teaching of God will be allowed to enter Heaven and obtain eternal life, according to Christ Jesus.

Conversely, Christ Jesus never said that there were not Heaven and the hell in addition to spiritual world.  Christ Jesus never said that if a man died, that is the complete end and that there was nothing after one's life in this world.

Before learning Christianity, one can think of God.  This is the spiritual feature of every human being.  However, Christ Jesus made it clear that there was God, Heaven, the hell, and the spiritual world.

And if one believes in the God, one cannot in theory do harm and wrong to earn money or get profit, since the teaching of the God is encouragement and promotion of good and love.

But why does the God prefer love and goodness?  Probably it is the basis of existence of God.  Due to existence of the God, human beings and other creatures exist.  And probably due to love of whatever level, depth, and strength, God exists.  But it is a mystery for what God has love.  At least, we may say that God loves and exists as He wishes to do so.  And, we may think at least that it is opposition to naught.  The absolute dark power is denying existence of anything, including the God.  The absolute darkness must have generated Satan to attack the God.  But who generated this dark power against the God who is the only source of everything?

Until we find out answers to every mystery about the God, this world will not be terminated.   


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Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

"the sheep follow him" - The Meaning of the Light Speed

Tokyo Bay

The Meaning of the Light Speed

Nothing in this universe cannot move faster than light.  This is one of the fundamental conditions in the universe.

Light (electromagnetic waves) is one type of energy.  And no other types of energy can move faster than light.  This is one of the fundamental conditions in the universe.  (Therefore the telecommunication method using light or radio wave is the fastest method in this universe.)

But if this universe had been made in a random manner, it is strange that this condition exists.  Material bodies in a universe created in a random manner must move at random speeds; various types of energy in a universe created in a random manner must move at random speeds.  In such a university, there must be no need for the limit of movement of material bodies and energy.  Conversely, this university with the upper limit of movement of everything must not have been created in a random manner.

Countless types of universities might be created in a random manner, and one type of universities created in a random manner may have a limit of the rate of movement of material bodies and energy.  But the probability of establishment of the university with the limit of the rate of movement is almost zero.

However, it is not just zero as our university in fact exists where the light speed it the upper limit of movement of all the material bodies and any kind of energy.   Rather, it means that our university was especially created by God with specific intent.

So, God set the limit of the speeds of everything in this universe by use of light.  In other word, the light speed is the symbol of intention of God or God itself.   Therefore, we cannot get out of this university at the speed faster than light.


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Joh 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Joh 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

"his fame in all that country" - Salvation and Enlightenment

The Narita Airport, around Tokyo

Salvation and Enlightenment

Religion is related to salvation and enlightenment.  Christ Jesus emphasized salvation but the Buddha focused on enlightenment.  However, it does not mean that the teaching of Christ Jesus is not related to enlightenment.

For example, the Buddha forbade his disciples to attend a funeral ceremony.  If a man cannot transcend the wheel of life, what meaning is there in a funeral ceremony?  But the Buddha must have thought that if a man got enlightenment, there would be no need for his funeral.  Yet, Christ Jesus taught that a man being sad due to death of his loved one should be consoled in Heaven.

It seems reasonable that an enlightened man needs no salvation from unhappiness, since such a man is free from unhappiness.  But it is very difficult and rare that a man is enlightened.  So, ordinary people absolutely need salvation.

God is perfectly and completely enlightened, but it does not seem that God requests a man to get enlightened like Him, although Christ Jesus told men to be perfect like God.

For example, Christ Jesus gave the instruction to love God as much as possible but not to get enlightened.

If a man who is not almighty and omnipotent succeeds in getting enlightened to any degree, he cannot rejoice God who is inherently and essentially enlightened.  But if a man who is imperfect loves God as much as he can, God must be rejoiced according to Christ Jesus.  And God will help such a man fully so that he does not need salvation and enlightenment any more, since God is the Master of everything.

Salvation is probably in the realm of love ultimately in relation to God, but enlightenment seems to be in the domain of saints.  If a man is loved by God and thus allowed to enter Heaven, he will be fully enlightened.  And to be loved by God, we have to love God as much as possible, according to Christ Jesus.  This is a part of a religion.

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Mat 9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
Mat 9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
Mat 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

"he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose" - From a Mind to the Spiritual World

Parliament Street (Kokkai-dori), Tokyo

From a Mind to the Spiritual World

Radio waves cannot be seen, but they provide visual and audio signals, and motion pictures and sounds are reproduced through a TV receiver.

In the human brain, electrons are moving through brain cells, generating electromagnetic waves.  And it is thought that the electromagnetic waves reproduce motion pictures and sounds in the human brain.

What's more, spiritual waves must be working and be exchanged between the human brain and the spiritual world, although the spiritual waves cannot be seen.  And when a man dies, the last portion of spiritual waves sticking around the dying human bran must fly to the spiritual world or Heaven.

So, when a man dies, he will be revived in the spiritual world as taught by Christianity.

With a TV set, none denies the existence of radio waves although radio waves cannot be seen.  With the human brain, none cannot denies the work of electrons and minuscule electromagnetic waves in the brain, although they cannot be seen.  Therefore, with mind, none should deny the existence of spiritual waves being exchanged with the spiritual world.

Accordingly, one should believe that when a man dies, he will be revived in the spiritual world through the last and full ascending of the spiritual waves from his mind to the spiritual world, as taught by Christianity.


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M't:9:25: But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
M't:9:26: And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
M't:9:27: And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

"when Jesus came into the ruler's house" - The Priority of the God

Around the Tokyo Station

The Priority of the God

The mission of the mankind is to clearly and correctly understand the mission the God gave to mankind from the beginning of the history of the mankind.

And, in this context, it is very kind that Christ Jesus told men what to do.

Lu:10:27: And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

But what does it mean to love the God?  From the beginning, this teaching assumes that men have the ability to know the God and love somebody.

However, men mostly spontaneously love themselves and money but not the God.  So, for men to love the God, they must be taught to love the God by somebody with authority.  Therefore, the first step for men to live right life or correct life is to see authority in Christ Jesus.

In the human history, the God has never appeared before men in a manner where men can easily see the God.  But the God sent certain prophets to a certain tribe or sent angels or holy spirits to certain men of certain religious groups.  In other word, the God sent Abraham, Moses and other prophets to the Jewish people and Christ Jesus or His Son to some Jewish people, etc. who became the early followers of Christ Jesus in addition to Muhammad.

And, if the reason why the God created the mankind is to make them love the God but the mankind do not love the God sufficiently, it is naturally expected that the God will abandon and destroy the mankind someday.

However, it does not mean that Satan defeats the God.  When all the men die, there will be no room for Satan to survive by occupying minds of the men.  So, it is possible that the God abandons and destroys the mankind only to exterminate Satan with the mankind.  But if the mankind duly find their mission and love God, they may be allowed to further survive and Satan will be defeated.  So, in any way, Satan will be lost with men or without men.

And the God might dislike to see the mankind fully contaminated by Satan.  The God might like the mankind to perish with Satan.  And from the beginning, the target of the God might be Satan, and the mankind may be just involved in this process where the God destroys Satan.  In other word, salvation of the mankind may be the secondary matter for the God, and the priority of the God may lie in defeating Satan.

In any way, it seems to be reasonable that the God loves a man when he loves the God more than Satan.       


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M't:9:23: And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
M't:9:24: He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
M't:9:25: But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

"all things are possible to him that believeth" - Interpretations of the God and the Bible

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Interpretations of the God and the Bible

Where is the God?

He is outside this universe, inside this universe and in the nature, and also in men's minds, since He is omnipresent.  But it seems that we are expected to think that the God is in Heaven.

Heaven is the place where Satan's influence cannot reach, and men's souls and spirits as well as angels are all protected from Satan.

Thinking from a different angle of views, the God is the source of everything men see, think, and imagine.  The God is the source of existence of everything and otherwise non-existence.

However, the God is also the source of every possibility and otherwise non-possibility.  And the God is the source of every rule and order.  But the God does not have to follow any rules and order He has set.  The God is the source of love.  But the God does not only create Heaven but also the hell.

The God creates everything positive in its nature, but  the God is also the source of everything negative in its nature.  But did the God create Satan?  Or who created Satan for what purposes?

However, even if the God created Satan who then created evil, who could blame the God?  And even if it is so, all we have to do when we are troubled by evil is to ask help from the God.

In other word, the God is the source of good and evil, but we are requested to ask help from the God when we are attacked by Satan.  The true meaning of the relationship among the God, Satan, and men is beyond men's intellectual ability, but it is apparent that we are requested by the God to hate Satan and love the God.

To make it clear, the God sent His Son, Christ Jesus, to the human world.  And the Bible was written as a record of the incident.  This is one of interpretations of the human history. 

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Mar 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
Mar 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
Mar 9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Mar 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

"my son, which hath a dumb spirit" - This people honoureth me with their lips

Tokyo

This people honoureth me with their lips

The first question is, of course, whether or not you believe existence of God.   It is said that about 70% of Americans believe in God.

However, according to an article of Christian Today (a Japanese net media sit) in 2018:
Those who believe in God among American Protestants: 76%
Those who believe in God among American Catholics: 64%
Those who believe in God among American Jewish people: 30%

Globally, more than 70% of the mankind believe in existence of God, according to a Filipino paper.  However, among 68 countries targeted in the survey, China has the largest ratio of people who don't believe in God: 67% of Chinese don't believe in God.  Next to China, Japan has the second largest ratio of people who don't believe in God: 29%.  Following Japan, the ratio of atheists is 28% in Slovenia, 25% in Czech,  23% in South Korea, and so on.

However, this kind of survey on belief in God must be useless in Islamic countries.  Even Osama bin Laden was once popular among Muslims as a kind of Islamic savior, although he was the mastermind of the 9/11 Terror.  God or Allah cannot approve such a killing.

Men have freedom to deny God.  Men have freedom to sell their souls to Satan.  And Satan is in money that is wanted by everybody.  So, if a man said he believed in God while seeking wealth, we cannot believe his word or he does not understand God and Satan.

Those numbers of the ratios of believers in God in various countries are, therefore, not so reliable.  Some don't understand what God means; others don't understand what believing means.  Even we have to doubt the Pope in this context as he puts on expensive clothes.  Also we have to doubt any leaders of Islamic terrorist groups.

M'r:7:6: He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

To prove that a man believes in God, probably he has to be poor with less money, which is Satan, than religious people who might be, could be, and actually are betrayers of God.


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M'r:9:17: And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
M'r:9:18: And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

"can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" - Advanced Robots and Machines as Extraterrestrial Intelligences

Tokyo

Advanced Robots and Machines as Extraterrestrial Intelligences

Are there extraterrestrial intelligences or spacemen?  However, they must not be a kind of living organisms but robots or machines.

The diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light years.  Probably, no living things in the universe can live 100,000 years with the ability of traveling at the light speed.  But advanced robots or machines can live a million years or their memories can be easily conveyed by other versions of robots or machines.

For the human beings on the earth in this solar system,  the nearest solar system is more than 4 light years away.  It is impossible for men to travel to the nearest solar system during their life time.  If they travel to other solar systems to find other earths where intellectual living things live, it would take time for 1,000 or more generations of them.  But one generation of advanced robots or machines might function and live in the time needed for interstellar travel.

Advance robots or machines invented by spacemen or living organisms in another planet of another solar systems, if any, would live and travel in the space for 1000 years or more through their generations or versions.   But probably, living orgasms in another planet cannot live such a length of life, as implied by us, the humankind.

So, if we should encounter extraterrestrial intelligences, they must be advanced robots or machines, which means that we will meet advanced robots that were created and built, say, more than a million years ago by living things in another planet in another solar system that might be already extinct.

If there had been such living things in the universe, they should have created advanced robots that would reach the earth over space travel taking, say, a million years.

But as we have not yet found, in the space around us, any signs and traces suggesting any trial for contact with us, it is likely that we are the only advanced intelligences, probably, in the Milky Way Galaxy at least in these one million years.

However, in other word, we, the mankind, will crate and build advanced robots or machines that will make interstellar travel without minding how much it will take to reach another earth in another solar system.  And these advance robots or machines will appear before another mankind in another planet as extraterrestrial intelligences.  But by such time, we, the mankind, might perish.

It will not be any living organisms that will conquer the universe but advanced robots or machines.  And we, the mankind, might be now marching the way to the status where finally we, living things, will be taken over by advanced robots and machines.  And even after the end of life time of the species of our mankind, advanced robots and machines will go on making interstellar travel.

The matter at issue is how these advanced robots and machines will find and revere the God.

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Joh:9:16: Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Joh:9:17: They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

"but sinners to repentance" - Like Homo sapiens and Australopithecine, New Name and Christianity

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Like Homo sapiens and Australopithecine, New Name and Christianity

Australopithecine, the so-called ape-man, appeared 7 million years ago. 　This creature walked with two legs and is regarded as the direct ancestor of the modern men. Then around 2 million years ago, Homo erectus appeared and started to use fire.   Finally, 200,000 years ago, Homo sapiens, namely the only extant human species, was established. It means that in these 200,000 years, we, the mankind, have not evolved or changed biologically.  And around 160,000 years ago, Mitochondrial Eve was born in Africa, whose mitochondria has been alive even in every man of today.

And, what's more, 100,000 years ago, some of the mankind left Africa.  And, 50,000 years ago, some of them reached Australia.

But 38,000 years ago, it is said that a kind of intellectual revolution occurred among the mankind.  They started to create mythology.

Then each tribe created its mythology, and mythology of the mankind is divided into two types according to a theory: one that does not include a story of creation of the universe and another that includes such a story.

According to the former type of mythology, the universe or the world existed from the beginning.  According to the latter type of mythology, gods or a god created the universe or the world for men.

For a man to think that the universe or the world was created by gods or a god, he must have had a civilized view on the world.  And the human civilization of today seems to have been established based on the latter type of mythology.

So, the history of the mankind can be said to go back to the era 38,000 years ago.  Before that era, it was the history of a specie of animals that later became the mankind.

Then, 4000 years ago a tribe appeared that believed that they had some strong tie with one and only god.

And 2000 years ago, some people came to believe that God sent His Son to the human world to save people.  And, a major part of today's civilization has been built by those who believe this mythology.   But there are also other types of people who think that they can deny the son of God, as long as they believe in the one and only god.

However, if the mankind should exit, say, 100,000 years later, it is still unknown which type of people with their unique belief will survive or perish.  As the only one type among various types of primates became the modern mankind, only one religion should survive.

And, it may be soon but not 100,000 years later that the God will send His Son to the human world again.

However, even in such a case, the surviving religion might not be called Christianity but some new name.  It is just like Homo sapiens, we the mankind, is not called Australopithecine any more.


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M't:9:11: And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
M't:9:12: But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
M't:9:13: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.