Great Construction

WHAT ARE THE THREE MAJOR SUPERSTITIONS?

　　The purpose of our religion is to create a new civilization just as I have ever stated; however, if third party people notice this, they would be somewhat mystified. That is because they might think we today are not in the primitive age, so it does not make sense to newly create a civilization now. But when you have read through this article, you will agree that it is not the case by any means.

　　From our standpoint, it is true that we now live in a civilized world which is surely advanced just in form, but in substance it cannot possibly be said to be a true civilization at all. The reason is that the whole thing is full of fallacies; these fallacies are divided mainly into three, which I will describe now.

　　(1) Medicine Superstition: About this I have explained all the time so fully that there may be no need to write about it over again, but I will because I would like third party people to know about it. Today what anyone who becomes ill most relies on is, no doubt, medicines, but you must not get surprised; it is the medicines that actually make human health weakened, produce diseases and even endanger human life, so there is nothing more terrible in the world than medicines. The question should naturally have arisen as to why people have been unaware of such a fearful fact until today. This is because they have totally fallen deep into Medicine Superstition. Therefore, in order to save humankind, there is no other way than to break down this superstition and make people awaken to the fact.

　　(2) Fertilizer Superstition: Our fellow believers know also about this, so there may be no need to write about it again, but yet I will write a little for third party people. Originally, the soil is what God have given superb power for human beings to make foods, and the soil itself is, so to speak, an invaluable substance which should be said to be an aggregate of pure fertilizer. However, surprisingly enough, at some time or other and in some way or other, people came to misunderstand this truth and kill the soil which is true fertilizer, and instead, taking a lot of trouble, squeezing money from farmers, use something unclean which obstructs the action of soil itself as fertilizer and helps reduction of farm production; thus people have fallen into absolutely astonishing superstition. Of all things, the present amount of rice produced in our country falls short of as much as twenty million koku of rice [one koku is about 180 liters] and the crops suffer from insect damage year by year. This is exactly because of using fertilizer, of which I have long been warning.

　　(3) Law Superstition: There is something different from the above two in this superstition. That is, the purpose of the law is, of course, to prevent crimes; however, the measures the law takes are mere crackdown and punishment. But by these measures alone, the law can never achieve its purpose, which we all know. Above all, the social situation today tells a lot about it. That's because nobody notices the fundamentally critical point at all. The reason is that they also have fallen into a kind of superstition: this superstition is that they have ignored the human soul which is, after all, the cause of a crime, they have fixed their objectives on the merely apparent results and made every effort only at them; this is a blunder. Therefore, it is too obvious that if we are actually to get rid of crimes, there is no other method but to upgrade human souls. While it is the very method to exert the religious power, so the authorities must realize this, and based on it, take measures to put an end to crimes. If you make out from the heart what I mean, first of all you should come in touch with religious feelings. However, traditional religions cannot be expected. This is evident seeing that education and morality have been more emphasized than religion until today. Such being the case, they have been obliged to adopt the principle of legal punishment as the only possible means, which has been not without reason.

　　To put it simply, there is no doubt that only if a truly powerful religion emerges which surpasses the total power of what traditional religions, morals and educations, etc. are brought together, the ideal society with no crimes will be realized, and if our World Messianity is the very religion, you should study it as soon as possible. You will be sure to know that there is no falsity in my words.

Eikoh, No.119, August 29, 1951 (the 26th year of Showa)