Misfortune of Mankind Under Materialism

Young Tyang Chang
July 1970

It goes without saying that over-matured humanism has come to make most people say that there will be no necessity of any religion around them.

Particularly many we can easily find entrance of new type of materialism in Europe.

Of course, there may be suitable reasons for it.

For example, individual poverty has necessarily brought ignorance, social disdain, unmedical treatment etc. to him and poor nations have been aggressed by the richer countries.

But suppose what such a materialistic slave will finally result in.

What can we find other than endless avarice, merciless hatred and struggle and severe competition?

It has been a historical lesson that there has been no destruction and bad circulation of warfare but followed materialism.

So as to be out of such a misfortune, there may be other to stand about materialism.

Love only enables us to avoid destruction. Marxists have incited 'have-nots, to kill 'haves' and rob them of their property whereas Jesus advises 'haves' to share what they possess with have-nots.

Through the saying of Jesus, we came to realize the necessity of spiritual revolution and fraternal efforts of possessors above all.

Fortune will come next door to where possessors are choked with tears for neighbors and whole mankind because everything comes from God.