Volume 2 The Iraqi People Go North Chapter 18 Talking about the Heavens

"Whew, it's finally out, I'm not used to being in a place like this where candles are lit in broad daylight. Alwyn breathed a sigh of relief, and after saying that, he glanced at O'Nian, "What about you?"

"You know, there is often an opposition between the imperial power and the ecclesiastical power, so I was taught from a very young age to be always on the lookout for the rise of the church. "But if you want to say that there is such a thing as 'faith', I think the answer is yes." ”

"Why? Is it because of the so-called hell that they preach? But don't the wicked still do evil there? I don't hear where these so-called gods came into the world, where they appeared, and how they saved the world. Alvin said.

"There is always nothing wrong with persuading people to do good. "But you're right, those so-called heaven and hell always feel that the church uses them to control people's hearts. Rewarding the good and punishing the evil is more reliable than the law. Morality... After all, it is unreliable. ”

"Indeed, the church has a need for its existence," Alvin thought for a moment and said, "but human nature is the least worthy of testing, so morality based on human nature is, to put it bluntly, to be in front of people." ”

"I once read that the morality of an action does not depend on its outcome, but only on the intent behind it. O'Ann said.

"Hah, incisive!" said Alwin, laughing, "human nature is such a complex and profound thing, so it's good to find some dogma to bind the world." ”

"Ouch, we two poor people who have to find someone to solve the problem of food and clothing, what are we going to do with these Raushzi. Alvin suddenly turned his mind and sighed, "Hey, you said that the two of us would really starve to death, does it prove that these so-called gods who save the world and purify all living beings do not exist?"

"So didn't they send you Elder Ria? O'Ann winked at him, teasing.

"Oh~" Alwyn deliberately dragged out the end of the note for a long time, "That's right, then let's say less bad things about these gods." ”

"At least this 'universal honor' treats us well. Then he smiled and tapped his finger on the black cover of the book of the Teachings of the Universal Venerable.

"Then two hundred Luni should save some flowers," Onien teased, "You can't finish your painting, so you ask people for paint money, right?"

"Heh, even if I ask for it with a shy face, people may not give it. Didn't you listen to the old guy and say that there will be additional rewards only if you are satisfied. Alvin said.

"Have you figured out what to draw?" asked Onian.

Alvin shook his head, "Let's find a place to sit first, I'll have to take a look at the book." ”

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Enjoying the envious glances of the men on the street, Alwin led Onian into a tavern that looked good.

"It always feels like walking with you, special swagger. Alvin sighed as he sat down.

"Where's the swagger?" Onien looked at herself, puzzled.

"You look so eye-catching, it's a kind of swagger. He explained.

Onie Ann was stunned for a moment, then smiled, indicating that her praise for Alwyn was very useful.

To the polite waitress, Alvin restrained himself and ordered something to eat, not at all like his usual personality. As O'Ann said, you really have to plan your life for the rest of your life.

"I'm thinking, in fact, many of the primitive desires in the depths of human nature, such as the desire to exert violence, cannot be suppressed, and if you blindly try to suppress them, it may backfire. For example, as long as it involves a problem between people, the first reaction in our mind is to resort to force to solve it, which is inevitable, everyone will think about the problem in this way, and then return to rationality and think in the long run. "So I don't understand, why most of these religious tenets are for the masses to suppress these primitive desires?"

"That's why I said earlier that these religions are still necessary. O'Ann said.

"I have roughly read the deeds of this universal venerable, and I always feel that his actions are nothing more than persuasion to the world. Isn't it telling us what to do and what to do to bring sin, and what's the difference between that and the religions I've been exposed to in the past, which start listing canons and crimes at every turn?" said Alvin sarcastically, "I remember that the Orthodox Church alone defined greed and lust as one of the major sins. I wondered why the gods of these religions never let the world look directly at their innermost desires, or are human nature too evil, from the moment we were born, so these gods are actually saving us?"

"Giggles, are you trying to wrap yourself in?" Onien laughed, "Didn't you just say that, don't say bad things about these gods." ”

"It can't be helped, you can't let me read it alone and then don't say anything, right?" said Alvin as he began to flip through the book again, "It's like we're husband and wife, and if I think anything about other beauties, I'm committing a crime?" You see, in this book, it is said that the universal lord once transformed into a beautiful woman to seduce a noble man with a group of lovers, and then when the two were entangled, he or she conjured the face of an eighty-year-old woman, and scared the noble man badly, and since then the noble man has suffered from heart disease, and later cut off contact with those lovers. ”

"This universal venerable is also quite magical, you can mold any kind of body you want. But I bet it certainly didn't really have a man's body, or it might have understood the aristocratic man. "I can see that in the eyes of those who wrote this book, this flesh is the source of all iniquity." Therefore, this universal venerable simply has no physical body. ”

"No, you've said a lot, what the hell are you going to say?" said Onie as she looked at Alwyn with a smile on her face, a streamer in her golden eyes, "You're trying to tell me that even if you sometimes think about your little red-haired lover, I shouldn't blame you, do I?"

"Because your flesh is so evil, can't you? You can't control it yourself, can you?" O'Nian lifted the corners of her mouth, "I found that you are like this, telling some big truths in a serious way, and at the same time being able to make small calculations for yourself, and by the way, brainwash me." Your skills are much better than those missionaries and priests, and the name of the bishop is too small, I think you should start a sect and crown yourself a pope, oh?"

"Haha, am I so shameless and black?" Alvin laughed loudly, and at the same time opened his palms and pinched the temples on both sides, in fact, he wanted to cover the helplessness in his eyes, and sighed that a smart woman is really loved and hated, especially with such a charming face.

Just as Alwin laughed at O'Ann's words, a young man at the table behind him couldn't help but laugh out loud, apparently he also clearly heard how O'Ann teased Ayven's hypocrisy.

The man turned around and saw that Alvin and Onian both cast unfriendly glances, so he immediately got up and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really didn't eavesdrop on you, it's just that you are talking louder, and I sit close... ”

It's already afternoon, there are no customers in the shop, it's quiet, in fact, Alvin and O'Ann don't talk much, but it's so close that it's hard not to hear.

Alvin knew from the beginning that there was such a person sitting behind him, but at that time, he saw that the man was drunk, his cheeks were red, and he was covered with an overcoat, and he was slumped in his seat, so he didn't care, and chose the current seat.

After all, Alvin has a preference for window seats on the street, and it has to be in the middle of a row. Of course, no one expected that this drunk would be woken up by the "love words" between the two of them when he fell asleep.

"Your Highnesses, I'm really sorry. After the young man stood up, he still shook his head a little, obviously the wine was not too sober, but the attitude of admitting his mistake was still quite good, and he vigorously said that it was his own fault.

Although the young man had not drunk too much, his brain was still turning very quickly, and he looked at the two of them here, the man was powder-faced and red-lipped, and the woman was bright-eyed and picturesque, so he immediately changed his mouth and used an honorific title. Because he instinctively felt that the identities of these two people must be unusual.

And the conversation between the two of them was full of disdain for the gods, and I felt more and more that these two people were different. Because according to the current world, the streets are full of aristocrats who have been fooled by the major churches. Regardless of rank, age, gender, whether they believe in the Holy World, the Xindu Religion, or the Ecumenical Religion, these nobles are in awe of the so-called gods. This is not the case with the two young people in front of him, especially Alwin, who is ruthless in his rhetoric and does not seem to take these so-called churches into account at all.

Seeing the drunken man's earnestness, Alvin and O'Ann both smiled politely and said that they were okay. The main thing is that this is not to be done at all.

"Contemptible Chi Chi Batim, listening to the conversation between the two Highnesses just now, it was really interesting, so I kept silent by the side, it was really rude. Let me take the liberty of asking, but which priest or missionary of the universal church has provoked two of them when he is preaching?" The young man looked at the book of the Universal Commandments that Alvin was flipping through in his hand, and asked with a smile, "That's why you arrange them like this?"

"It's all a joke. Alwyn looked at Chi and smiled, "It's just a complaint, but you don't have to take it seriously. ”

Chi Yan smiled and nodded, making a closing gesture.

Alwin took a closer look at the young man, and he knew that the other party had clearly heard that he was talking about more than universal teaching, but from the ecumenical teaching, he knew that the other party was a smart person, so he invited him to sit down with him.