Chapter 13

Paucus brought Tom all the known religious propagation books she could find, and gave them to him before dinner.

"What is this?" Tom picked up a copy of Nineteenth-Century English Religion Demystified, which looked like Muggle books, and it didn't look like there would be a book in their study.

- Ross never reads this kind of book. He had heard her call it 'superstition'.

"Take a look, I think this will help you." How awesome, she thinks everything can be found in books, and if she were a wizard, she might end up in Ravenclaw.

Ross poured herself a cup of tea and enjoyed it easily. Since that night, she has spent half a month looking for books in this area, almost all of London's bookstores and libraries, and she dares to say that some of them are rare collections, and they are now out of print.

Tom glanced at Priss and thought she looked serious, and in that case, the books should be really useful, and he believed her vision. He flipped through the two stacks of books in front of him, ancient Egypt, the Mayan civilization, ancient India, ancient Orient, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and some emerging religions in the United States. It took him ten minutes to read even the titles and synopsis, which were about forty or so.

He didn't understand.

Tom said, "Rose, why do you think I need this?" He remembered that he had ever said in front of her that he wanted to study this. Maybe it's because of the Hogwarts Church? Maybe it has something to do with the history of magic. History has always been insignificant in its history, and the influence of religion has always been overlooked.

He read it again, spread a few books on his lap, and said, "Thank you, but I don't think Hogwarts students will need that much." "Unless Dumbledore needs another Muggle religion class.

"No, it's for you." After drinking two cups of tea and eating a few chocolate chip cookies, she took a copy of the History of Christianity from his lap, opened it and said to him, "The last time we talked, I learned that you wanted to be a wizard god." It's certainly not that you have to be a god, I know, it's ridiculous. She waved her hand casually, as if she had just told a joke.

Tom wasn't sure if she meant to, but he focused, of course he remembered the last time they had talked, and since then he had been looking for a chance to talk to her again, but never got the chance, and she was always nowhere to be seen every day. He thinks she has a misunderstanding of him in some way. Although he had some opinions about Muggles before, he was now willing to make some changes, and he believed that they were negotiable.

"Say it, I'll listen." He sat forward a little.

In her posture against eight-year-old Red, she said solemnly, "Look, I think you can get a little closer." In the Muggle world, the leader of religion is almost equivalent to the status of a god, or a human agent, anything, in short, religion can mold a person into a god. I've noticed that wizards don't have gods, and although you always have 'Merlin' on your lips, I don't see a Merlin religion, and there are no temples for people to worship. I think you can give it a try. ”

"Try it?" Tom couldn't believe it, "You mean to make me a god?" "That's what she thinks? How does she see his ideals? It made him angry! Where's his wand? He's going to teach her a lesson! One, a clear water like a spring to make her sober and sober!

"Tom." Pauss looked at him as if she were going to get angry: "You can't call a clergyman a god!" It's a blasphemy! ”

him blasphemy! He'll let her know what real blasphemy is!

"Listen to me," she sighed, looking at him helplessly, "you have to admit the power of religion, many people believe in them. ”

"Yes." He said dryly, "But that doesn't mean I need to do this!" ”

Boss decided to skip this one and move on to the next step.

She ignored him and pointed to a chapter in the book and said, "See, Christianity advertises itself as an exhortation to do good, and says that if you believe in it, you will have eternal life and that all sins will be forgiven." She spread her hands, "It's useful." People make mistakes, and the more powerful and wealthy people are, the easier they are to sin, and it is a great temptation to believe that if they are forgiven, they can go to heaven and receive eternal life! ”

"Eternal life?" Tom scoffed, "I don't think Muggles can find the secret of eternal life. ”

"It's just a form of publicity." "But you really didn't get the word of eternal life, it's just because you're not religious enough." She immediately whispered again.

"It's fake!" Tom gritted his teeth and said! He couldn't believe that Pauss actually believed this!

"It's an advertisement! I repeat, it's advertising! Pauss slapped the table with her book, "Sit down now!" Listen me on! ”

Tom took a deep breath, this was Muggle stuff, this was fake, he didn't know what it would be worth!

He sat down and folded his arms to hear what else she had to say.

"Look, it gives food to the hungry and saves three thousand people with three loaves of bread. ”

Tom sneered, and Rose glanced over and said, "I know, you're going to say it's a story, right?" ”

Ignoring him, she continued, "It can cure diseases that are incurable at the time, with a gentle flick from the Son of God. ”

Tom waited to see what else she could say, and Rose sighed, closed the book, and said, "Tom, you only need to understand one thing, religion is to give people hope, it doesn't need to really do anything. She picked up another book, which was about Buddhism in India.

"Look at this, it tells people that if they suffer in this life, it's because they were guilty in a previous life."

"What then?" Tom sneered.

"Bear it." Bao Si naturally said, "Since it was a crime in the previous life, it is of course to suffer in this life." ”

Tom snatched the book and looked at it: "Does it really say that?" Isn't it true that money or power should be given to get believers? If it does this, will anyone believe it?

Ross leaned over and said sweetly, "That's what it means." People suffer and suffer sins in this life because they didn't do good things in their previous lives, and since they are all sinners, what else is there to ask for? If you want to live a good life, you must first atone for your sins, and you will have a good life in the next life. ”

Tom asked directly, "What if you are still unlucky in the next life?" "Of course, Muggles don't know how they're going to be in their next life, they don't even know what the next week will be like.

"That is, the sin is not atoned for." Grace said lightly.

Pauss also found other religions, such as ancient Egypt to determine whether a person is guilty or not by taking out his heart and putting it on the scale, and then putting a feather on the other end, if the heart is lighter than the feather is innocent, and the heart is heavier than the feather is guilty. The innocent can live, but the guilty will die.

"Basically, no innocent person will be found in this way, and all the guilty are guilty." Pauss stacked a book in Tom's arms.

"And these." She looked at it and said, "Look, Tom, how they do it." ”

"They hold regular gatherings to give the faithful some signs, burners or a small cross, so that they are not forgotten even when they are not in the temple."

Tom frowned sensitively, which reminded him of something about himself.

"It's like a slave." Bao Si added inadvertently, "Conquer them psychologically." ”

Tom couldn't help but wonder if she knew something.

- But she shouldn't know, right?

He hadn't given Natme Indontris a mark, and she couldn't have seen the other Death Eaters. Dumbledore loved her like his own child, he always protected people like an ignorant child, and he wouldn't tell her those things.

"Ahem." He cleared his throat and reminded her to look at him, saying, "What did you say?" ”

Baosi looked at him strangely: "Don't you know? Tom. She stood up, walked over to the bookshelf, took a book, and handed it to him.

He took it and read it, "Sick Psychology", Muggle Books, and he had already discovered from all kinds of books at home that Muggle studies were really all-encompassing.

"I don't remember the specifics of one of these chapters." "Psychology says that people can be domesticated, just like animals. Pavlov dogs combine bells with eating, and the dog will take the bell ringing as food. It's the same with people, as long as he gets used to something in a certain situation and forms a conditioned reflex, he will gradually be affected by it. ”

The cross, the prayer, the confession, the Amitabha, it's all the same.

"When it's in life all the time, slowly you get used to it, and then you believe it."

Tom unconsciously touched the book in his hand, he really thought at the time, even if the Death Eaters were not in front of him, he could control them, and they would be afraid of him.

- So, has he always done the same thing as Muggle religion?

The thought made Tom's brow furrow.

Pauche clapped her hands and stood up and said, "Okay, I think these things can give you a lot of inspiration. If you want to make a religious word in the wizarding world. ”

She went out to prepare lunch, and Tom unconsciously began to flip through the books, and of course, the more he read, the more angry he became.

Yes, yes. Regular meetings, believers, dark marks, oh, they also go out once in a while to do something, just like a church has the occasional Christmas parade or bazaar, anyway, to get people to know about their activities.

But they're going to kill Muggles!

Tom tore up the book in his hand!

He couldn't believe it! Is this what he's been doing all along? What is he doing with that Muggle religion that does everything possible to get people to convert? That stupid stick?

Suddenly there was a loud bang in Riddle's study! It's like there's a hundred wizard cannons exploding inside.

The elf in the kitchen shrank in fright, and it looked up at the mistress who was humming a little song and cleaning up the shrimp with gloves.

"Mistress, aren't you going to take a look?" It worries, "Who knows what's going on in the study?"

Bao Si brought a clean white porcelain bowl, put the peeled shrimp meat in it, and said, "It's okay, Habitt, you just need to take care of the oven, don't let us make a pie." ”