PROOF OF GOD ~ 24 Answers from Chairman Lee Man Hee
The Joongang Daily News published an article on December 17, 2011 which listed a series of questions the late founder of the Samsung Group, Lee Byungcheol, asked about religion. The bold-print, front-page article has since been drawing a lot of attention around Korea because Mr. Lee directed his 24 questions about religion to a catholic priest a month before he passed.
The world is paying careful attention, not only because the questions were asked by one of the top leaders in the global economy, but also because no one has been able to properly answer them for the last twenty-four years.
The following article provides clear and definitive answers to Lee’s 24 questions about religion. It has been 24 years since these questions were asked, but the answers are finally being proclaimed to the public. Now, the people of the world can find the truth they have been seeking.
This is an English translation of a Korean newspaper article. Please see the very brief translation key and summary below to help you understand this Korean article written by Chairman Lee Manhee in response to the 24 Questions about religion that Lee Byeongcheol (founder of the Samsung Group) asked in 1987.
- Soul = house for the Spirit
- Flesh = house for the Soul (in turn the Soul houses the Spirit)
– As long as we have breath our soul remains with the flesh, and alive, but the spirit can come and go, it doesn’t remain with the flesh at all times.
- God = spirit – holy spirit OR evil spirit since there are two kinds of spirits in the spiritual realm.
- parent-god = spiritual father – either God, the creator, the Holy Spirit OR Satan, the created spiritual being that became the Father of all lies and death.
- child-god = spiritual child of the Parent-god – Each persons own spirit (spirit, soul + flesh that makes humans both physical and spiritual beings).
– We were intended to be God’s spiritual children but the explanation below will clarify why without God, our spirit is dead. We need the word of God to have life so that we can be reunited with God as his rightful children, after being separated from him since the original sin of Adam and Eve (Gen 6:1-8).
ANSWERS TO LEE BYEONGCHOEL’S QUESTIONS ABOUT RELIGION:
1. How can you prove God’s existence? Why doesn’t God clearly reveal himself?
Answer: Looking at oneself gives proof of God’s existence. God does not reveal himself to people because God and men have become enemies.
There are two kinds of gods or spirits: God the creator, who is life, and an evil spirit, who is a created being.
Each kind of spirit has both a spiritual father and a spiritual child. The spirit that exists inside a person is the spiritual-child. A person is like the house of a spirit.
A god is a spirit and the soul is life. Even if the spirit leaves, a person is able to breathe and live if he still has the soul. When both the spirit and the soul leave, the person dies. However, even if a body is dead, the spirit is still alive. We cannot know God if we do not know about religion. Man (Adam), who was created and was the spiritual child of the Creator (Acts 17:29) became a living spirit after receiving the breath of life (Gn 2). However, as a result of receiving the evil spirit of the dragon/serpent, who is a created being, the living soul and the evil spirit (spirit of death) became one. This caused confusion, anxiety, and pain. The soul and the spirit left (died because of an evil spirit) and the flesh returned to the dust and became dust (Gn 3).
People who are born with the genes of the first man (Adam) are the people who have been living on this earth until today. When man, who is the spiritual child of God, receives another spirit (not from God), the Creator, who gives life, leaves and the man dies after living the life they are left with.
As a result of inherited sin and personal sin accumulating on top of original sin, man’s sin increased and our lifespan became shorter (Gn 6:1-3; Ps 90:10). Because evil entered into life, pain and death also came into existence. By receiving another spirit (that isn’t from our parent-god/creator/God), sin was committed and because of this sin, the holy God of life left men. God cannot come to people because of sin, and people also cannot be with God because of sin. This is how there came to be a division between heaven and hell.
Confirmation: I am dreaming. My spirit that looks like me comes out from me, goes far away, and wanders around. The spirit wanders around and is able to see and hear. My body’s soul, which is still within my body, is not dead and is still breathing. The spirit (god) and soul (life) are separated. The spirit that left could even fly. The soul that remains in my body lies still and breathes. When the soul (body), which is the house of the spirit, is shaken, the spirit comes back immediately. The spirit then lets the soul know what it has seen and heard. The man’s spirit (child-god) cannot receive the help from God (the parent-god) as a result of sin. One cannot know God with worldly knowledge or wisdom.
Since there are two kinds of spirits (God – the creator and those who belong to God, and Satan – the Father of all lies and those who belong to Satan), which give two kinds of thoughts of the heart, it causes confusion, and after suffering under that kind of captivity and pressure, the spirit leaves, the soul also leaves, and only the body (house) is left to return to the ground (physical death).
Heavenly religion belongs to God, and it is education that is given to the spiritual child (child-god in humans). This education provides a way for the spiritual child to meet God and receive the breath of life. The spirit, which once became a living spirit as a result of the breath of life, became a dying spirit and soul as a result of receiving an evil spirit. How does it cause death? It sends all kinds of illnesses and destroys the inner parts of the body (house). Because the house is destroyed, the spirit leaves. By understanding religion, escaping from the evil spirit, and believing in God, who gives spiritual children life, the body will be judged and die because of the original, hereditary and personal sin, but the spirit will continue to live by being encouraged through faith. This is due to the separation between the spiritual child and the evil spirit, which was previously with the spiritual child (man).
In order to save mankind, who is in this kind of state because of the evil spirit (Satan), first the cost of sin must be paid (with the blood of a righteous man). The evil spirit must be overcome, and one must overcome oneself. This is when one is able to find oneself once again, escape from the evil spirit, and become one with God, who is the Creator and life. This is the path of religion. This does not occur simply by wishing for it, but rather, it is possible through the one who gives us the path and life (religion). It is similar to a reunification where an orphan baby is returned to and drinks the breast milk of his mother.
I have seen the God of heaven. I have heard his voice. I have dreamed dreams. I have experienced the spirit and the soul leaving my body. I have also experienced the spirit and the soul leaving and returning (to the body, which is the house of flesh) twice.
Both times I tried hard not to die. After the spirit and soul left, I did not think at all about the body, which was the house. With the same outfit that I wore while I was alive, I was traveling somewhere on earth. I was walking on a path by myself. I do not remember for how long I had left the flesh. I was going far away and the moment I thought about the body, I was back in the body and I came back to life again.
Conclusion: The proof of God is to look at oneself, who is his spiritual child. How can the son say the father does not exist because he has not seen him? The reason why God does not show himself is because the spirit of man (spiritual child) has sinned by uniting with a spirit who is not its rightful parent (a spirit that is not from God). This is why the holy spirit has been groaning (Rom 8:19-27). If I wrote based on the evidence recorded in the Bible, I would have a lot more to say, but I have explained as you could see above so that people who do not believe could understand.
Q2
by Lee Byung-Chull, founder of Samsung Group
How can it be proved that
God is the creator of the universe and all living things?
Lee Man-Hee, chairman of Shinchonji Church of Jesus
A2
by Lee Man-Hee, chairman of Shinchonji Church of Jesus
One cannot say a king does not exist
simply because he has not seen the king in the palace.
The proof God created all things is creation itself.
How can anything grow if there is no seed
and how can anything sprout if nothing has been planted?
The Creator is life,
and the words of God, who is life, become the seed to create all things
(Lk 8:11; Jn 1:1-4).
The creation of heaven and earth is like
the son existing because the father exists.
The son knows his father.
The reason why a son may not know his father is because he is not the son.
Lk 8:11
This is the meaning of the parable:
The seed is the word of God.
Jn 1:1~4
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men
Columban Luser, left, Abbot of Stift Gottweig Benedictine Monastery in Austria (2012)
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