Modern China's "Savior"

By Qi Ren

Li Hongzhi has repeatedly boasted that he is the "savior" of modern China, and the "Falun Gong" cult's teachings also emphasize this. But when Li's nature is exposed people see clearly that he is utterly different from a savior. Some people have denied that Li has ever said he is a savior, but there is too much evidence for his boasts to be covered up easily.

Where can one find a savior in this world? There have been several cult heads who have claimed to be ``saviors." For instance, Jim Jones, the leader of the a notorious People's Temple in the US, made his disciples write letters expressing loyalty and gratitude to him in an attempt to put a mysterious halo over him. The head of the Solar Temple called himself a new savior sent by God, and announced that his mission was to protect his disciples and lead them to the Holy Land at the suitable time. Shoko Asahara, the chief of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan, called himself the "final savior" with "supernatural powers." Li Hongzhi emerges as a similar charlatan. He has also said that he is the "only" savior who has great "supernatural powers," such as "the ability to move objects without touching them and to fix articles at whatever spot he wishes, control other people's thoughts and make himself invisible." He has even boasted that he can "lead people to the highest level of self- cultivation," "deliver people to the Heavenly Kingdom," help people "free themselves from the destruction of the world" and to "deliver mankind to the enlightened world."

From the above comparison it is obvious that "Falun Gong" has the special feature of worshiping the chief, which is convincing proof that "Falun Gong" is a cult. Like all other cult chiefs, Li Hongzhi has made himself mysterious by disguising and cheating to make his disciples worship and obey him willingly. Li Hongzhi, whose destiny is inevitably the same as that of other cult chiefs, is heading for his doom.

(Compiled by New Star Publishers, Dec., 1999)