Question 14: In your belief in God, you all have your own ideas and opinions. It seems to me that your ideas and theories are feelings of subjective consciousness, and are of the illusory category of things. We Communists believe that materialism and the theory of evolution are truth, because they are in accord with science. Our country comprehensively provides materialist, evolutionist education from elementary school through university. Why is this? It is to imbue all young people and teenagers with atheist and evolutionist thinking from an early age, so that they all stay away from religion, and stay away from superstition, and so that they can scientifically and rationally explain all questions. Take, for example, the question of the origin of life. People in the past were ignorant and backward, and believed such stories as Pangu separating heaven and earth, and Nüwa making humans. As for Westerners, they believe that God created the human race. In fact, all of these are mythology and legend, and are not in accord with science at all. Ever since the appearance of the theory of evolution that explained the origin of the human race clearly, how humans evolved from apes, the theory of evolution has thoroughly invalidated the legends of God creating man. All things have evolved naturally. This is the only truth. Therefore we must believe in science, and in the theory of evolution. You are all educated, knowledgeable people. How can you go and believe in God? Would you be able to chat about your views?
Answer: You Communist Party members believe that materialism and the theory of evolution are the truth, and you revere Marx and Darwin. Then why is it that ever fewer people in the world believe in materialism and in the theory of evolution? Of the whole human race, believers in God make up the majority. Of all the people who genuinely believe in God, none believe in the theory of evolution. Even among people who don't believe in God, there are not many who completely believe in the theory of evolution. Are there humans nowadays who believe in Darwin? Are there people who recognize the theory of evolution as truth? Perhaps there are not many of this kind of person. Do all of the people who believe in the theory of evolution acknowledge that apes are their ancestors? When they perform memorial ceremonies for their ancestors, do they perform obeisance to the apes? If even they don't perform obeisance to the apes, yet repeat over and over again that the theory of evolution is truth, they are not practicing what they preach, are they? You all venerate science, base everything on science, and use science to explain all problems. Then, may I ask: Is science truth? How did science come into being, ultimately? Why are many scientific theories published by scientists later refuted by other scientists? Do you dare to say that science is truth? So I ask you: Can science purify the corruption of the human race? Can science save the human race from Satan’s power? Can science cause people to cast aside sin and live a life of significance? Can science bring peace to the world? Can science bring the human race happiness and a glorious destination? Can science bestow safety and gladness upon people? Can science predict the development and destination of the human race? Science cannot attain any of this. How can you say that science is truth? So ultimately what is truth, do you dare to say for sure?
Because you believe in science so much, and praise science so highly, please explain for us: ultimately what is science? Science is a few theories in the realm of knowledge achieved by the research of the corrupt human race when faced with the universe and world that God made. It is produced completely from the brains of human beings. The corrupt human race does not possess truth. It does not possess the least bit of truth. How, then, can scientific knowledge produced by the corrupt human race be truth? Truth can come only from God. Only God is the Creator. Only the words expressed by the Creator are truth. Ever since God appeared and worked, expressing many words, the human race has experienced these words of God. They have been able to recognize that only God’s words are truth; they are the ever-unchanging fact. In the Age of Law, God proclaimed many words, leading humans to observe the laws of God, thereby obtaining God's caring protection, and blessing. Those who transgressed the laws were declared guilty and cursed. During the Age of Grace, the Lord Jesus was crucified for the sins of mankind, and became the Redeemer of the human race. By believing in the Lord Jesus, people's sins were pardoned, and they could enjoy the grace and blessing of God. With the arrival of the Age of Kingdom, Almighty God has appeared and done work, expressing truth to judge and purify the human race, thoroughly saving the human race to gain freedom from Satan's power, causing people to turn toward God, and gain God's blessing, bestowing upon people a wonderful destination. The facts of God's work suffice to show that the words of God are truth, and that what they bring to the human race is light, blessing, and salvation. For millennia, God has used words to lead the human race, to guide the human race to where they are today. God uses words to accomplish everything. Every one of God's words is coming true, they are all being made good. These are the facts that the whole human race can see. The Lord Jesus said, “For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or one pronunciation mark shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled” (Mat 5:18). “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Mat 24:35). Now the last days have arrived, and the majority of Christians have seen that the prophecies of the Lord Jesus have come true and been accomplished. This goes to show that only the words of God are truth, and only the words of God are the positive things. These are facts that no person can deny. Only God can save the human race. Only the words of God are truth, and can be the life of humans. Science certainly is not truth! Science has been developing until today, but what has it actually brought? From the outside, it appears that humans have achieved some positive results from the development of science. The standard of living appears to have gone up, and society appears to be thriving and prosperous. In reality, though, the development of science has brought about a crisis of belief to the human race, causing humans to distance themselves from God, to deny God, and to betray God. Because they believe in science, many people have not sought God, though they know He exists. Rather they pursue pleasures and enjoyment of the flesh. Under the influence of this kind of trend, the morality and character of the human race has increasingly declined, becoming more and more wicked and abnormal. The souls of people are ever more empty. People all seek excitement, and indulge lust. Drug addiction and suicide are ever more common. Is this not true? During the same time that the human race has developed science, it also has seriously damaged the ecosystem and environment, causing air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, food pollution, etc. This has caused the human race a great deal of harm. In particular, countries of the world are engaged in arms races, racking their brains to manufacture sophisticated weapons. Science has made nuclear weapons, guided missiles, and chemical weapons, which cause the entire human race to be faced with the danger of destruction. If World War III erupts, it will bring great calamity to the human race. It is possible to foresee that the day on which science develops to its pinnacle, that will be the end of the human race. I will fellowship with you a passage of the words of Almighty God. When you hear this you will know whether science ultimately has brought blessing or disaster to the human race.
Almighty God says, “Since mankind’s contrivance of the social sciences, the mind of man has become occupied by science and knowledge. Science and knowledge then have become tools for the ruling of mankind, and there is no longer sufficient room for man to worship God, and no more favorable conditions for the worship of God. The position of God has sunk ever lower in the heart of man. Without God in his heart, man’s inner world is dark, hopeless and empty. … Science, knowledge, freedom, democracy, leisure, comfort: these bring man only a temporary consolation. Even with these things, man will inevitably sin and bemoan the injustices of society. These things cannot restrain man’s craving and desire to explore. This is because man was made by God and the senseless sacrifices and explorations of man can only lead to more distress and can only cause man to exist in a constant state of fear, not knowing how to face the future of mankind or how to face the path that lies ahead. Man will even come to fear science and knowledge, and fear even more the feeling of emptiness. … If the people of a country or a nation are unable to receive the salvation and care of God, then such a country or nation will tread the road to ruin, toward darkness, and shall be annihilated by God” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God Presides Over the Fate of All Mankind).
“They continually carry out scientific exploration and dive deep into research, and then ceaselessly act in such a way as to satisfy their own material needs and desires; what then are the consequences for man? First of all, the ecological balance is broken, and when this happens, people’s bodies, their internal organs, are tainted and damaged by this unbalanced environment, and various infectious diseases and plagues spread across the world. Is it not true that this is now a situation that man has no control over? Now that you understand this, if mankind does not follow God, but always follows Satan in this way—using knowledge to continually enrich themselves, using science to ceaselessly explore the future of human life, using this kind of method to continue living—can you recognize how this will end for mankind? (It will mean extinction.) Yes, it will end in extinction: Mankind draws ever nearer to its own extinction, one step after another!” (The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique VI). Everything that Almighty God's words reveal is fact and truth. Isn't this what we now see as the consequence brought to the human race by developed science? The corrupt human race all venerates science. This is very dangerous! Science developing like this has brought calamity and destruction to the human race!
God is the Creator. Only God can save the human race. Almighty God of the last days expresses truth, and does judgment work for the purpose of purifying and saving a deeply corrupt human race. Almighty God says, “My final work is not only for the sake of punishing man, but also for the sake of arranging the destination of man. Moreover, it is so that all people may acknowledge My deeds and actions. I want each and every person to see that all I have done is right, and that all I have done is an expression of My disposition. It is not man’s doing, much less nature, that brought forth mankind, but I, who nourish every living being in creation. Without My existence, mankind will only perish and suffer the scourge of calamity. No human being will ever again see the beauteous sun and moon, or the verdant world; mankind shall encounter only the frigid night and the inexorable valley of the shadow of death. I am mankind’s only salvation. I am mankind’s only hope and, even more, I am He on whom the existence of all mankind rests. Without Me, mankind will immediately come to a standstill. Without Me, mankind will suffer catastrophe and be trampled underfoot by all manner of ghosts…. The disaster originates with Me and is of course orchestrated by Me. If you cannot appear as good in My eyes, then you will not escape suffering the disaster” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Prepare Sufficient Good Deeds for Your Destination). Only by submitting to God's judgment work of the last days, accepting all truth expressed by Christ, can one's corrupt disposition attain purification, and can one submit to God and worship God. Only in this way can one be preserved from the end-time destruction by God's protection, to get into God's kingdom.
—The movie script of The Lies of Communism
