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Would it not provide
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ONLY
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planarion .for presenr world condi–
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rions,
which you. as head of state.
must consider? And. remember, you
agreed to listen."
Chairman Mao:
"Yes.
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willlisten.
No matter how erroneous and fool–
ish your theory might be. this world
is in such a frighteningly tragíc
state.
1
would listen to almost any–
thing. For
1
admit that ncither
l.
nor
any political-economic ystem. can
today give the PERFECT answer to
the cause of this tcrrifying WORLD
STATE. Of course. when all the world
becomes Communist, we shall have
peace. But mattcr has
a!ways
cxisted
- and we know there is NOTIIING in
existence
excepr
ma ttcr."
Myse(f:
" You must know that the
very presence of radioactive ele–
ments and the FACT of radioactivity
PROVES there has becn no past eter–
nity of matter. There was a time
when matter did not cxi t. Th en
carne a time when matter carne into
existence."
Chairman Mao:
" J have not in–
víted you toan argument. Mr. Arm–
strong. but to LISTl:l' to your
fictitiou scenario."
(smiling)
"Go
on."
Myself:
"Thcse two supernatural
SPIRIT BEINGS were endued wíth cre–
ative powcrs. But, as even human
minds think. plan and design -
cven putting thcir rlans on paper
before starti ng to build or consl ruct
so th esc two super-Beings
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' '' admit that neither /,
nor any political-economic
system, can today give the
perfect answer to the
cause of this terrifying
wor/d state. Of course, when
al/ the world becomes
Communist, we sha/1 have
peace. But matter has
always existed- and we
know there is nothing
in existence except
matter. ,,
thought, and planned. and de–
signed. There was no hurry. They
might have thought and planncd for
many millions of years. as we count
years. before starting the actual
MAKI
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G. or CREATING.
"first. being SPIRIT BEINGS them–
selves. compo ed of spirit. they dc–
signed and produced a type of spirit
being somewhat like themselvcs.
only naturally of far lower degree.
These beings we will call angels.
They were of three or more lcvcls of
power and ability in thought -
si mpie angels. a higher grade of an–
gels caUed seraphs. and thc highest.
cherubs. of which there werc on ly
three - inferior only lo thcir Makers
in mind and in power.
"Bul right here we come toa very
significan! distinction.
"There are. in general. only TWO
philosophies, Or WAYS OF LIFE,
which one- whether God, angel or
man - can travel. The one is th e
WAY Of LOVE - Of giving. helping,
serving. sharing. with love first of all
to one's superior expressed in obcdi–
ence - because his superior rules
only in LOVE. Love may be defincd
as an OUTflowing
concern
for the
welfare of others.
1
simplify it by
calling it the way of 'give.' and the
opposite WAY that of'get.'
"The created beings - angcls
were equipped with MINOS
ability
to THJNK, reason. form conclusions.
make decisions. set CHOICES. Th ey
were made holy. instructcd in thc
WAY ofLOVE."
Chairman Mao:
"An interesting
rheorr.
a t leas t."
M.Í·se(f:
"There was. as yet , NO
MATERIAL UNIVERSE as we know it.
including our earth. with the planets
of our solar system as part of our
ga laxy. which is only one of
unknown countless galaxies in the
UNIVFRSE. Matter was created with
many propcrties. known. of course.
lo physicists and chemists. lt con–
tains force. energy. gravity. Man has
developed from it the power of nu–
clear cncrgy.
"Thcsc two supernatural Beings.
which wc will call GoD. were of
cqua l powcr. but one exercised su–
prcmc AUTHORITY over the other.
He is called 'God.' The other is
called ' the WoRo.' because God crc–
ated all things
by
and
rhrouf!.h
'the
Word.' Since they thought precisely
alike in perfect harmony. 'the
WoRo' created all things preci ely
a directed by God. Thus God cre–
ated all things BY
Of
THROUGH 'the
WORD.' who was the Spokesman.
Since they wcrc SPIRIT BEINGS, thc
power of their SPIRIT produced
whatcvcr 'thc Word' directcd.
·He
SPAKE. and it was done.' as quotcd
from Psalm 33:9.
"But 'the WORD. was also God.
though a scparate Personage. lesser
only in authority. Both had always
existed. There never was a time
when they did not exist - or coexist.
The Hebrew name for God.
Elohim,
is a uniplural - more than one Per–
sonage forming ONE
God.
" In creating matter. it was God's
purpose to leave much of the com–
pleting of created objects to the an–
gels.
1
will use a modern object to
illustrate. One building contractor
might be commissioned to build a
steel high-rise building of
50
stories.
His phase of the construction would
consist merely of the foundation
and the steel framework that sup–
ports the entire structure. A second
contractor might be commissioned
to FINISH the construction- the out–
side walls. the interiors - the walls
and ftoors. walls of corridors and
rooms, wall finish. door and window
casings, and then the final wall cov–
cring. ftoor coverings. carpeting. fur–
niturc. furnishings. etc.
"What God created in this earth
and all planets in the universe was
PERFECT, just as the foundation and
The
PLAIN TRUTH March 1977