Christianity, to be effective in Japan, must change.
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We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress.
We need to understand that Christianity is about changing; it is not about a religion.
Christianity is in its nature revolutionary.
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
We need a new religion.
Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.
When I first began working in Japan, I had to confront the Japanese people's excessive worship for foreign goods and the fixed idea of what clothes ought to be. I wanted to change the rigid formula of clothing that the Japanese followed.
The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.
Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.
It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.