All Things Ordained by God Are Positive Things

Another aspect regarding the definition of positive things relates to what is ordained by God, and the scope of what is ordained by God is quite large. In broad terms, for example, the lifespan, appearance, innate nature, and genes of various living things, as well as their ways of survival, their patterns of activity, their methods of securing food and reproduction, and their living patterns for adapting to the four seasons, which involve their migration directions and activity ranges; in addition, the four seasons, locations of mountains, rivers, and lakes, and forms of existence of various living or non-living things on earth ordained by God, and so on—people should also respect these things that fall within this scope, give them space to survive, and not use human will or artificial means to eradicate, interfere with, or damage them. For example, tigers are born to eat herbivores; zebras, antelopes, elk, and some small animals are all prey for tigers. This is a creature’s way of securing food, and the scope in which it does so; this is a rule of its survival. So, what does this rule of survival involve? It involves God’s ordination. Since it is ordained by God, no matter how people view it from a notional perspective—whether they see it as wonderful, or as bloody and cruel—it is certainly a positive thing. This is absolutely certain, and you cannot deny it. Even if you feel in your heart that a tiger hunting animals is very bloody and cruel, and you can’t even bear to see such a tragic scene unfold, you should respect the way of survival in the animal world. You should not hinder or restrict it, much less artificially interfere with or damage this ecological environment. Instead, you should let things take their natural course, and protect the survival environment of the animal world. You should not strip various animals of their right to survive. Carnivores hunting and devouring herbivores or other animals is a rule of their survival, and this rule of survival was created by God and ordained by God. Mankind should not interfere with or damage it but should let things take their natural course. What does it mean, then, to let things take their natural course? It means that when you see a tiger or any other carnivore hunting an antelope or other prey, if you have enough courage, you can watch from a distance and not interfere. If you are timid and cannot watch this scene of bloody, deadly combat, then don’t watch, but you should not condemn the hunting behavior of these carnivores because you can’t bear to see the bloody scene, much less should you complain that it was a mistake for God to create these carnivores; this is an act lacking in reason. It is normal that you do not understand this, but you should not strip carnivores of their right to survive. Some people ask, “Then should we artificially protect them?” By not doing anything to interfere or cause damage, you have already fulfilled the responsibility of a human. There’s no need to artificially protect them, because animals are also creatures made by God; and given that they were created by God, God has already endowed them with the ability to survive—they do not need you to interfere or help. Besides, can you help them? Can you replicate the ferocity with which they hunt their prey? People don’t have what it takes. At most, people can only use weapons to kill a few prey, which is far from meeting the needs of animals. Moreover, some animals do not eat dead prey; they only eat live, fresh meat. You should not interfere with or damage the survival rights of carnivores, nor should you protect herbivores from harm; it is enough that you do not harm or hunt them. The survival of all kinds of animals has its laws, and they will reproduce and live on according to the rules ordained by God and the laws established by God. They have their own laws of survival, and their own abilities to survive, and in many ways, their survival abilities are even superior to those of humans. Although they cannot make or use weapons and tools, their ability to survive independently is still superior to that of humans in some regards. If humans were to live in the wild, it would be difficult for them to survive; some would even die of thirst, starvation, or cold, or be eaten by wild beasts. It is clear that the ability of humans to survive independently in the wild is inferior to that of animals. And why is this? This is also related to God’s ordination.

Regarding what is ordained by God, the principle people should abide by is not to artificially interfere with or damage it. Take the treatment of animals, for example: People do not need to protect them out of kindness. As long as you don’t disturb them, damage their living environment, or undermine their rules and laws of survival, you have fulfilled the responsibility of a human. If an animal is injured or encounters some difficulty and seeks help from humans, should people help them? (Yes.) This help is not considered artificial interference, but rather is a responsibility people should fulfill. Why is this a responsibility people should fulfill? Because this is something humans are capable of doing. In this situation, people should show love and do their best to help, because both humans and animals are creatures. It’s just that in God’s eyes, mankind is the object of His salvation, a higher-level creature, distinct from others. Since all live together in this material world, in this space, helping each other in times of need does not violate any principles. This is a character that humans should possess at the very least, and it is something they should be able to achieve. If there really is some injured animal that comes to you for help, it only does so because it holds you in high regard and trusts you. The fact that it can seek your help proves it is not foolish; it is capable of thinking, and it knows that although humans are different from them, humans have ways to help it survive. Since other living things hold humans in such high regard, should humans not play the role of the master of all things well and fulfill the obligations they ought to? (Yes.) This is the principle of practice. To play the role of the master of all things well, it’s not enough to just have this wish—it requires practical action. When other living things face difficulties or have needs, you must extend a helping hand to assist them. If they are destined to die or to face some great calamity, and you cannot help, then there is nothing to be done, and you should just let things take their natural course—you just need to do your best. If you see them encounter difficulties or danger, that is when you should fulfill your responsibility and obligation. If you don’t see it, there’s no need to take pains to search it out—that is not your responsibility. They have their own destiny, and you need not proactively make an effort in this regard. Conversely, if they are faced with difficulty and seek your help, it is your bounden duty to extend a helping hand; you’d better not refuse. For example, should you encounter a wild goose on the road blocking your path and trying to stop you from leaving, if you have a loving heart, you should realize that the goose is in trouble and has come to you for help. What should you do at this time? (Follow the goose to see what’s wrong, and help if we can.) That’s right. Follow the goose, see where it leads you, and what difficulty or danger it has encountered that requires human assistance. You should do all you can to help it—you can’t just leave it in the lurch. This is the sense of responsibility that humans should have. To cherish the various living things created by God, to cherish all things that God has created—this is the character of loving positive things that people should possess. Some people ask, “Is this accumulating merit and doing good?” No. The saying “accumulating merit and doing good” is not valid. There’s no need to spout such high-sounding words. To put it bluntly, the whole idea of accumulating merit and doing good is nonsense! This is fulfilling the obligations of a human; it is the most basic sense of responsibility people should possess. Once you have helped the goose, your responsibility is fulfilled. You don’t need it to thank you, nor do you need it to repay your kindness—what you did was something humans are obliged to do. To fulfill this obligation and have this sense of responsibility is to follow God’s words—all things created and ordained by God are positive things, and we should cherish them. God’s charge is to cherish all things He has created. This is part of the common sense of humanity that humans, as the masters of all things, should possess at the very least. Specifically, it is the sense of responsibility that they should possess at the very least. Do not interfere with other living things, do not undermine their rules of survival, and do not strip them of their right to survive; additionally, there’s no need to artificially help them live a certain way or guide and regulate them to survive a certain way. Instead, respect their laws of survival and their rules of survival. When they need help, if you see it, you should not evade them or turn a blind eye, just watching on as they are harmed and die, but should extend a helping hand to fulfill the responsibility and obligation humans ought to fulfill. By helping them out, you save them. This won’t tire you out, nor will it require you to pay a great price or expend a lot of energy, much less to lay down your life to protect them. It’s no skin off your back; it’s something that you are supposed to do as a human. If you were asked to protect them with all your might, that would not be easy to achieve, but you should be able to let things take their natural course—not interfering with them, not damaging their living environment or undermining their rules of survival, and not stripping them of their right to survive. If you cannot even do this, then you are non-human, you are not the reincarnation of a human, and you have no humanity. What does having no humanity mean? It means you lack even the conscience and reason to protect animals, care for them, and respect the living things God has made. If you are always thinking of harming them, eating them, and stripping them of their right to survive, then you are not a human but a wild beast. Is this clear now? (Yes.)

Regarding what God ordains, there are some other situations. For example, the rules of survival of some animals are somewhat different from or even opposite to those of other living things, such as owls, bats, and some other animals whose rule of survival is to sleep during the day and become active at night. This was ordained by God, and even if special circumstances occasionally cause these animals to temporarily change this routine, under normal conditions their laws and rules of survival basically don’t change. People are always thinking about changing the rules of these animals, making them diurnal like humans. They conduct research into the genes and blood serum of these animals, their activity patterns, and so on, thinking of every which way to change and undermine their rules of survival and activity patterns. Is this good? (No.) Is this kind of behavior, this kind of thinking, a positive thing? (No.) This is a negative thing, and something non-humans do. Through scientific research, these living things do get changed somewhat, but they end up living extremely painfully and abnormally. Normal people can’t bear to see this. There are also some people who say, “There are so many rats now; it would be great if dogs could catch rats. Dogs could guard the house, and we could save on dog food because they’d eat rats, and we wouldn’t need to keep cats. It’d be three birds with one stone. Wouldn’t that be great?” Then they research how to merge the genes of cats and dogs, so that dogs have both dog and cat genes and become a dog-cat hybrid that can both guard the house and catch rats. Is this idea good? (No.) Why not? (Because they always want to undermine what God has ordained and violate the laws ordained by God. This is exactly what Satan does and what corrupt humankind does.) Such ideas are wicked. Where do wicked ideas come from? They come entirely from Satan and evil spirits. Thus, such corrupt people are non-humans. They always want to change the positive things that God has ordained, and to change the original functions, activity patterns, and laws of survival of various living things ordained by God. They always want to undermine the forms of survival of living things ordained by God, they always develop some wicked and outrageously rebellious ideas, thoughts, and viewpoints, and they always want to undermine the various things ordained by God. Such people are non-humans; they have no humanity. Their thinking or actions are never within the scope of conscience and reason, but rather, they always want to exceed the scope of normal humanity—this is a manifestation of being non-human. They do not, within the conscience and reason of normal humanity, respect or uphold the rules of survival and forms of existence of all things ordained by God. Instead, they always want to undermine, disturb, and change the rules of survival ordained by God, to change the ways of life of other living things. They want to make cats no longer cats and dogs no longer dogs, turning them all into aberrations, wicked things, making them develop in a wicked direction. They always want to undermine the existence of positive things, and always want to undermine the forms of survival of positive things. Are they not non-humans? (They are.) The thoughts and viewpoints produced and possessed by non-humans are negative things, and they are antagonistic to positive things. Since their viewpoints are negative things and are antagonistic to positive things, are the items they produce and the results they bring about in their professions not negative things? (They are.) These things are negative things. Although some things do not directly have any adverse impact on or cause any harm to mankind, as long as they are antagonistic to what God has ordained, as long as they violate the laws and rules ordained by God, and as long as they have a different way of survival or a different law and rule that has come about as a result of man’s artificial interference, processing, and undermining on the basis of the laws and rules ordained by God, then these things are negative things. Regardless of how many people accept and acknowledge the existence of such a thing, or how many people’s lives or survival it brings physical pleasure to, if it’s not in the original form ordained by God, and if it’s not in the original state ordained by God, but rather the ordained structure, form, or the laws and rules of its survival have been changed and undermined, then it is a negative thing. This is because it has been processed, damaged, and changed by Satan, and has been infused with concepts, thoughts, and viewpoints from Satan, and even some of Satan’s poisons or Satan’s schemes. Even if people cannot see through this, it is still a negative thing. In short, so long as it’s something that goes against the original thing ordained by God, something whose original form, structure, or the laws and rules of survival as ordained by God—whether a living or non-living thing—have been undermined and changed, and which has at the same time had various additional things from Satan infused into or added into it, then it is a negative thing, and it has already been denatured. No matter what kind of quantitative impact it has on the physical life or survival of mankind, as long as it’s undergone a qualitative change, and its quality has been altered, then it is a negative thing. This is absolute, and not at all false. As long as something is a negative thing, no matter how long it has existed in this world or how long it has been accepted by mankind and society, if it is not the original thing ordained by God, it is not recognized by Him, and if it is not recognized by God, then it is a negative thing.