Man is said to be the lord of all creation. We know that "lord" means "the center representing the values of all." Man, great or little, wise or foolish, has the desire to be the center of everything, the center of infinite value. If there are other creatures in the world, man would like to be the top among them, and if there is an absolute center man wants to unite with it. Thus, it is our human nature to crave for something better.

Why then does our heart have such a tendency? Because man represents the total value of the historical age. \Therefore one should know that such craving is prevalent in the fallen world..

Whether God created man and woman, the lords of all creation, to represent the center of the whole of earth and heaven or just as part of them is the main issue. God did create man and woman, the lords of all creation, to represent the center of the whole of earth and heaven. Therefore, every human being has sovereign rights. One should know that there is not such a thing in the world of anthropoid apes, not in that of lions, not in that of tigers.

What does the lord of creation mean? Who is the lord of creation? It is said nowadays that it is the human being; but in reality it is God, isn't it? \You know that man has spirit. Man, as the lord with spirit, can have a direct connection to God, and so is called the lord.

Man alone cannot be the lord of all creation. How could he become a lord of all creatures in the light of his being himself a creature created by God? Creatures are relative end-products. The cause cannot be reached by looking at the end-products alone, nor can one occupy the origin, but rather the creatures are occupied by the cause. You are the end-results. We should know that "lord" means the center of spirit, implying that God and man were originally united.

A. Differences Between Humans and Animals

What are the differences between humans and animals? In eating, in sleeping there is not much essential difference between them, although there is a little difference in clothing. Also, there is not much structural difference in eyes, or noses, between them. What is precious about humans, then? What gives them value? Bodies, noses, living styles? What is it? There are religious and secular among human beings. To my way of thinking, man consists of spirit and body. These two combine to form a unity. In secular life man is not much different from animal: he eats, sleeps, then seeks after food, just acts like an animal. What is the difference? I am asking again, what's the difference?

We can easily deduce that if there is any difference, that will be the different value, the precious value which distinguishes man from animal. If man is called to be precious, it is not in the secular life but rather the spiritual. That is, to say that the spiritual is precious means that it is different from the secular.

Or, to say that the spiritual is more valued means that the secular is less valued. It means that these two are different in nature.

Let us now compare man with an ape. Man and the ape are different in origin. An ape primarily groans for food, eats, sleeps, and brings forth its young. Does an ape get homesick? Does an ape sacrifice its life for its brother and parents? How about man, then? Does man sacrifice his life for others or not? He does! They are different species. Do monkeys come together to discuss matters about what their ancestors have accomplished and about God? Do they think about the spirit world? Do they dream dreams of this universe-the peaceful world and the unified world of oneness and the world of love flourishing? Apes and humans, then, are quite different species.

Man is not centered around himself but rather centered around others, centered around something greater than himself. Man is never to live longing for the inferior. It is an entirely different story.

From of old, from the very beginning, rather, humans have worshipped God. There is not even one tribe in the world which has not worshipped God. Man has lived worshipping God, thinking, "Better world, better cosmos." Can a ape with such a brain think those things? It is utterly impossible even if a million reprocessing stages of apes were to pass. How can a strong, reinforced force ever be infused into an ape? It's just unthinkable!

B. God's Absolute Object: Man

What kind of a creature dare reveal itself in the presence of God adorned with absolute value? Think about it! Is it an insect or a cute little puppy which sleeps in our backyard? Could such possibly be a being of absolute object? If the puppy were it, then the ape which is more intellectual would accuse it.

Then, could it be the ape? Nowadays, people believes that man, homo sapiens, evolved from anthropoid apes. What if I persuade college students to greet professors, "Ape professors, how are you? You have ape's brain and ape's bone." You professors may not like to be greeted that way. You would scorn them, saying "You're an immature idiot!"

It is true that human bones are like an ape's, but they are in a different species, on a different level. Man with spirit is different from ape without spirit. The origin of man and that of ape are different. The forms of hands and of food are not much different between men and apes. It is because many likenesses between man and ape are found that people tend to believe that man evolved from the ape. This Mr. Moon hates even hearing about apes.

Ironically I was born in the year of the ape. I think I was born in the wrong year, I dislike apes that much. There are many differences between man and ape in anatomical aspect, but it is believed in the theory of evolution that mutation caused the ape to change into man. The theory sounds very plausible. It is so subtle that it leads people to believe it. But one should know that there is some magic in the theory, hidden by the atheists. That is why we Unificationists have fought against communism with the theory of Victory over Communism. You should not believe that false, untrue, absurd theory that the ape changed into man by mutation in a process of evolution.

If an ape is placed in the presence of the absolute being, God, as an absolute object, how much would man rebuke the ape, saying, "Look at that ape, God's object which cannot even control its bowel movement, and which walks with four legs!" To walk with four legs is to be incomplete.

When we are infants we walk with four legs. Therefore, the ape is in an incomplete stage in its shape. Man does not walk with four legs but rather walks with two legs. That means that man has more ability to be stable than does an ape.

Man is the agent of communication between heaven and earth. Man can cross a line not zigzagging but going straight; therefore, there is a content in man that is connected to oneness.

C. The Reason That Man Walks Upright

Do you know why man walks upright on two legs while all walking animals walk with four legs? Why is it? Because he is the vertical representative. Man is to know God, and his thinking is to reach from the bottom of the universe vertically to the infinitely high spirit world, since he is the only creature among all God's creation who can stand upright and walk on two legs.

Therefore, man, walking upright should keep his dignity. The value of a tree standing upright expands because it stands upright and because its trunk faces the sun. The value of man expands because walking upright, he is to adore the radiance of God's love. This one should know. Does man long to be of low rank or of high rank? There is no question. The answer is, of high rank. Such is man.

Among all moving and walking creatures, man is the only one who walks upright on two legs. \It proves that every standard centers on a vertical direction. Then, the standard of value of everything in God's creation depends on the angle it makes with respect to the vertical.