Captain Lin.

Have they arrived?

Yes. They are en route.

Understood.

These three are the core of The Church of Almighty God.

We have tried to get from them

who the church leaders are and the whereabouts of its money.

But they have stayed quiet.

In particular, the leader Zhang Mingdao,

four years ago, we broke two of his ribs for proselytizing.

He did not say a thing.

When released, he resumed proselytizing.

He gives us nothing, no matter how much we torture him.

All we can do with someone like this is hand them over to you.

Give them a good brainwashing.

This is our only solution.

Almighty God, I don't know what the devil is up to.

I pray that You enlighten and guide me,

and help me see through Satan's tricks,

bear firm witness, and put Satan to shame.

Out!

Move!

Move!

Go!

Move!

Faster!

Move!

Newcomers?

Yes, three.

Zhang Mingdao, 205.

Move!

Xu Xiangguang, 207.

Su Zhiqing, 209.

In!

You're Zhang Mingdao?

Let me introduce us.

His name is Ma Bin, I'm Bai Ming.

We are both your coaches.

While you're here, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask.

Come.

Don't worry.

This is not an interrogation.

This is a course: Reform for Christians.

We promise no torture is involved.

The course will last two weeks.

You will study and reform here.

And at the end,

as long as you sign a statement of repentance, and a written promise to never again believe

in Almighty God, you can go home.

If you don't reform, you will stay here and continue training.

You fail again, you're thrown in jail for life.

Understood?

Please, settle down.

We invite Director He Hongchang

of the Panlong Municipal Legal Education Center right here to speak.

My students, good day.

More and more people seem to believe in God,

which is a real challenge for atheism.

This brings a crisis to our party and society.

The reformation of Christians has become a high priority for our government.

Therefore, the government has committed significant resources

to set up "Thought Education Reform Courses" all over China.

University professors and lecturers, and pastors

have been hired specifically to teach you Christians,

and to implement atheist education,

so that you may understand Marxism-Leninism and study science,

to eradicate your theist thought and perspective,

correcting your view of life and your values,

and turning you into atheists

who believe in the Communist Party, who walk with the Communist Party,

and merge into the family of society under Communist leadership.

Only this will bring you good futures.

You should thank the Party and government.

You should happily accept our country's education,

and strive to return to society as soon as you can.

I now proclaim,

The Panlong City Thought Education Reform Course for Christians has officially begun!

Here!

Next we invite Professor Sun Yongli of the Province Academy of Social Sciences.

Welcome!

Every student,

please don't constantly be on guard.

Listen and quickly reform.

In the classroom, I am your teacher,

but I am also your friend.

You must seriously consider everything I explain.

If you have any doubt feel free to ask.

I will use Marxist-Leninist atheism to help with questions and your doubts.

And now, we will formally begin.

Listen carefully.

All of you believe in God;

I believe in Marx and Lenin.

I have researched various religious beliefs.

Through my many years of research, I have discovered a problem.

All religions believe in God.

But for all believers in God, none have seen God.

Their belief is based solely on feelings.

I therefore have reached a conclusion about religious belief:

Religion is purely imaginary;

it is superstition with no basis in science.

Hear that?

In today's society, science is highly developed.

Everything must be based on science to not make mistakes.

The Communist Party believes in this.

We don't believe in God.

In The Internationale:

"There has never been any Savior of the world,

nor deities, nor emperors on which to depend.

To create humankind's happiness,

we must entirely depend on ourselves!"

The Internationale states

"There has never been any Savior of the world."

The reason that our ancestors believed in God

is mainly because that at the time,

they were facing phenomena such as the sun, the moon, and the stars,

with no scientific explanation.

Hence, fear and wonder arose in their minds about supernatural powers.

Thus the earliest concepts of religion were formed.

Also, when humans could not solve such difficulties as natural disasters and disease,

they sought spiritual comfort by paying respect to God.

This is the origin of religion.

We can see, this was not rational or scientific.

These days, we are more advanced science has come far.

In such fields as the aerospace industry, biotechnology,

genetic engineering, and medicine,

the human race has made much progress.

Before they didn't understand and did not have a way to solve problems.

But now we can explain everything through science,

and we rely on science for solutions.

In this age of science and technology, to believe in God,

isn't it ignorant?

Don't you think you will be left behind?

All we can believe in is science.

Would you agree?

Yes.

We must believe in science.

Professor,

I would like to discuss my perspective. May I?

Very good, very good.

You can share whatever it is you have to say.

Zhang Mingdao, please speak.

Professor,

you say our belief is due to people not understanding science,

and comes from fear and wonder in the face of the supernatural

and is superstition.

This is incorrect and unfounded.

Well, in that case, will you please enlighten us?

Religion and the superstition of which you speak are different.

You Communists condemn and ban religious belief by calling it simply superstition.

I think that's absurd.

Of the main world religions

including Judaism, Catholicism, and Christianity,

they all believe in God and the Lord Jesus.

Only this is authentic religious belief.

Three thousand years ago,

the work of God during the Age of Law gave rise to Judaism.

The Israelites heard the voice of God, knew His name.

All along they prayed to Jehovah God,

obeying the commandments proclaimed by Jehovah.

They all worshiped Jehovah God.

We can ascertain that

Judaism began because of the work of God during the Age of Law.

When the Age of Grace arrived,

God became incarnate as the Lord Jesus, and began to work.

He atoned for the human race when He was crucified.

Many professed belief in Him,

and the church of the Lord Jesus was formed.

After several hundred years,

Christianity, Catholicism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church evolved.

They are the largest religions in the world.

All of them originated from the Lord Jesus' work of redemption.

Almighty God of the last days has expressed truth and judged,

and has conquered and saved many people.

People who truly believe have heard His voice

and have come before God's throne.

Thus The Church of Almighty God arrived.

Amen.

Be quiet!

These facts prove that

religious belief was produced completely from God's appearance and work.

God's appearance and work is verified by the life experiences of countless Christians.

No force can topple or ban the church of God or God's chosen people.

This is fact.

Since the beginning of history,

God has been at work guiding human beings, redeeming us, and saving us.

The appearance and work of God leads us all to move forward.

These facts can't be denied by anyone.

Professor,

you specialize in research of religious belief.

You should understand these things.

Why would you distort historical facts,

saying that religious belief is a product of ignorance?

Aren't these statements rather absurd?

Professor Sun,

you have studied religious belief for so many years.

But there seems to be no positive result.

You can't even distinguish superstition from religion.

This shows you don't understand religion.

Watch your mouth.

These days, more and more believe in God.

More than one-third of the world's population believes.

Many of the world's greatest scientists have been Christians,

like Newton, Galileo, and Copernicus.

Would you call these people superstitious?

They didn't believe in science?

Science produces results in research of the material world,

but is powerless to explore the spiritual realm.

Our belief in God is not based on science.

Rather our belief is based on the words and work of God.

The Holy Bible is the witness of the work of God,

and is historical record of humanity's experience of God's work.

Prophets in the Bible predicted

thousands of years ago what would happen in the last days.

These prophecies are coming true,

which shows us God's appearance and work is real, (Amen!)

and that it is God who rules the human race, and the entire universe.

This cannot be denied.

Amen.

Don't say that. Settle down.

You claim God created and rules everything.

I can't see this.

Science has not verified it,

I won't believe it.

I only believe that everything is created by nature and evolution.

As the saying goes,

"Words are but wind; seeing is believing."

That which cannot be seen, cannot exist.

Let's consider believers in God.

No matter how many people believe,

who has seen God?

To whom has God appeared?

No one has seen God.

This simply proves that God does not exist.

If God does exist,

why is it that scientists, with all their instruments,

have not yet seen Him?

Can you explain this?

If not, your belief in God is simply based on human imagination.

It is like the saying, "if you believe, it exists;

if you don't, it doesn't."

In my opinion, all belief is like this.

Pro—Professor,

Let her.

You claim if people can't see God, He does not exist.

But when you burn imitation money and kowtow at graves,

do you see the soul of the dead?

In seeking evil spirits and psychics to tell fortunes,

can you see the realm of departed spirits?

If not, then why do you burn imitation money, kowtow, find a fortune teller?

You say over and over that God doesn't exist,

and preach atheism on a large scale,

but in private, you believe in fake gods and worship evil spirits.

Aren't these actions spreading lies and deceiving your people?