Third-rate unethical scholar engaging in 'self-promotion' - Shoichiro Takahashi (Kokugakuin University) should immediately cease his blasphemous acts that lead to hell.

In the July 30 issue of Weekly Shincho, philosopher of science Shoichiro Takahashi (Kokugakuin University) continues to slander spiritual messages. Mr. Takahashi, who repeatedly defames sacred faith, should stop his foolish 'self-promotion' and jealousy towards religion.

Mr. Takahashi is the unethical scholar misleading modern people.

So far, Mr. Takahashi has tried to deny the truth of spiritual messages using 'worldly events' as if stamped weekly. A typical example is in the first issue on June 25, where he questioned the past lives of Dr. Obokata (Hippocrates, Galileo, Madame Curie) using her alleged theft as a breakthrough.

However, spiritual messages are a type of divine revelation from the other world, aiming to see the 'soul's path' that cannot be measured by finite standards such as a person's words, achievements, or societal evaluations. Despite this, Mr. Takahashi's obsession with worldly events and his blind ignorance towards the eternity of the soul make him appear like the cave-bound residents in Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave,' who mistake shadows for reality, which is pitiful beyond words.

Humans are children of God and spiritual beings with great potential. By denying this undeniable fact and writing frivolous self-promotional columns, isn't Mr. Takahashi the unethical scholar misleading modern people? Is it really acceptable for such a third-rate scholar who blasphemes religion to be affiliated with Kokugakuin University?

It's Mr. Takahashi who should fear the anger of Muslims.

In this column, Mr. Takahashi nonchalantly states, 'If they saw a 'spiritual message collection' of Allah or Muhammad, some Muslims might consider it blasphemous and become enraged.' Could it be that Mr. Takahashi is unaware that the Quran itself is a 'spiritual message collection'?

As I wrote previously, Islam began with spirits descending upon its founder Muhammad, allowing him to speak the words of Allah. The Quran itself can be considered a type of 'spiritual message collection.'

The Quran describes Allah taking Muhammad to Jerusalem, ascending to heaven, and conversing with Jesus, Joseph, and Moses. Mr. Takahashi cites an example where a spirit supposedly unable to speak English used fluent English, exposing the medium's lies. Does this mean Mr. Takahashi considers the Quran, which features Jesus and Moses who supposedly couldn't speak Arabic, to be a sham? As a philosopher of science, Mr. Takahashi should clearly answer whether the Quran is a bundle of lies.

It's Mr. Takahashi, the 'scholar of hell' who denies spiritual messages and blasphemes religion, who should fear the anger of Muslims.

Is third-rate unethical scholar Mr. Takahashi a 'puppet' of Editor-in-Chief Sakai?

Finally, Mr. Takahashi introduces Weekly Shincho's Editor-in-Chief Itsushi Sakai, who expresses anger over having his past life as a 'executioner of Christ' exposed. In this column, Mr. Takahashi writes, 'Many people are probably outraged at having their names used without permission (in spiritual messages),' inadvertently revealing that the 'instigator' behind the continuous criticism of spiritual messages is none other than Editor-in-Chief Sakai himself.

Editor-in-Chief Sakai seems to be quite offended by having his embarrassing past life revealed and is determined to deny it by obsessively treating spiritual messages as a sham. However, if Editor-in-Chief Sakai is leading the charge in blaspheming religion, it wouldn't be surprising if he were one of those who spat on Christ and mocked him as 'King of the Jews' before executing him.

Furthermore, if Mr. Takahashi is pandering to such a hellish tabloid and participating in the editor-in-chief's personal vendetta, it wouldn't be surprising if he were called a 'third-rate unethical scholar.'

Shinchosha should stop its futile struggle.

In the end, both Mr. Takahashi and Weekly Shincho seem to be 'bundles of jealousy,' displeased with the bestseller status and social credibility of spiritual messages. Particularly, Shinchosha, unable to stop the decline in circulation following the discontinuation of the photo weekly magazine Focus in 2001, seems unable to bear the fear of eventual discontinuation, resorting to religious bashing instead of publishing nudes in 'sealed bags.' They should realize that such 'insult marketing' will never save Shinchosha from its precarious situation, where the word 'bankruptcy' looms.

※ Regarding Weekly Shincho, the following publications are available from Happy Science Publishing: 'Research on the Demon Nesting in Weekly Shincho' open_in_new'Weekly Shincho Editor-in-Chief: Demon of Radioactive Contamination' open_in_new'No Longer Human: Shinchosha President Takashi Sato's Runaway to Ruin' open_in_new'Phenomenon Edition of the Buddhist Sutra of Demon Subjugation: Patriotism for the Demon of Shincho' open_in_new.

Tomoo Takama, Director of Public Relations, Happy Science Group