Chapter 883 Guiding Statement of Facts
How important is faith to a person?
What happens to a person if their faith is destroyed in one way?
What happens if, in one way, the foundations of faith in a society are destroyed?
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"The world's three major religions, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity, are the main body of belief of most people in this world, religion originated from ancient civilizations, although in the long years of development that followed, human migration was that the followers of each religion were all over the world, but in the world, the distribution of religions still has a very strong regionality."
“…… In the West, more precisely, in Western Europe and North America, Christianity is undoubtedly the main body of social religious beliefs, and can even be said to be the cornerstone of Western society, which can be seen from the Western-style wedding vows, as well as the oath taken by many Western heads of state to hold the Bible when they take office......"
“…… For non-believers of religion, religion arises from reverence for nature and from the overall aspiration of human existence, whereas for adherents of particular religions, religion is sacred......"
The above text comes from an article called "The Origins of Religion", which is signed by Adam, one of the first human beings who appears in the Christian Bible.
In fact, before the appearance of this article, there were many academic articles that traced the origins of religion, but these articles were often not widely disseminated, firstly, because they were too boring and boring for ordinary people, and secondly, because in the Western world, articles similar to this kind of provocation to religious authority would have an invisible behind-the-scenes hand to prevent their spread.
However, this "Tracing the Origins of Religion", written by a man signed by Adam, is somewhat extraordinary from the beginning, first of all, the content of this article, except for a brief discussion at the beginning, which is followed by a presentation of some facts that have been verified by the academic community, and in the process of presenting the facts, the author hardly makes any comments, however, the effect of this display is very subversive to the foundation of Christianity, and this subversiveness is for any Christian believer. It's hard to accept, but it's hard to refute.
Second, the dissemination of this article is somewhat interesting, it was not published in a religious academic journal, and its dissemination used the Internet communication method that was not widely popular at the beginning of the new century, and the first to see this article were some senior Christians and some anti-religious figures, and these ** are mostly old scholars, or slightly older people, they do not have a deep understanding of the emerging Internet information dissemination, and the traditional forces have a serious lack of control over Internet information dissemination.
Because of the particularity of the content of the article, it is conceivable that these two types of people with distinct views will inevitably have different reactions when they read the article "Tracing the Origins of Religion." Religious figures are like facing a great enemy, and anti-religious people are like receiving a treasure.
Initially, even anti-religious people did not think of disseminating the article on a large scale, but it was imperative to discuss the article in a targeted manner, to attack Christianity, and the discussion among those who disagreed with this idea was only academic and had a small dissemination.
However, the impact of this article is profound, because all the facts stated in this article are generally accepted, and most of the views in this article are even in support of Christianity, but taken together, the underlying views expressed are destroying the foundation of Christianity, and this point is used by anti-religious people to attack Christianity, while religious people have not been able to put forward a strong counter-argument, and even within them there are disagreements and quarrels because of this article.
And in such a context, a novel began to circulate on the Internet, the name of this novel is called "Creation Theory", although the novel is called Creation, but it is a popular novel, beautiful writing, wonderful plot, fascinating, so to speak, no matter how old or young, as long as this novel can patiently read a thousand words, you will be attracted by it, and you can't stop.
This novel quotes a large number of contents in "Religion Origins", which are cleverly woven into the plot, and the reason why it is clever refers to two aspects, first, the overall logic of these contents still plays a role in destroying the doctrinal foundation of Christianity, but in the novel, this kind of destructiveness is not directly displayed, but imperceptibly, without reading the novel, no one can feel the destructiveness of these facts before reading the academic article "Religion Origins", This ensures that even the most devout believers, when reading the novel, will not be disgusted by its essential anti-religion, on the contrary, these religious-related plots will attract them to read more deeply, but when they finish reading the last chapter of the novel, when the plot network of the novel is completed, the destructiveness of these facts cannot be ignored, which will bring them great shock, and even directly subvert their cognition and destroy their beliefs. The premise is that they believe that the facts described in the novel are true facts.
It's just that "The Theory of Creation" is a novel after all, so although it expounds the same views as "The Origin of Religion", but these facts are not true religious scholars who have studied religion deeply, and the general public generally cannot understand all these facts. The ideas expressed in the Genesis Theory are truly true.
Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, saying a fact that has been unbreakable since ancient times, that is, negative information spreads much faster than positive information, and for believers, the destruction of the doctrine finally expressed in the "Creation Theory" is undoubtedly the biggest negative information, although most believers because of their awe, after reading the novel, will keep their mouths shut and dare not talk nonsense, but there are also people who behave radically, after reading "Creation Theory", they feel that their beliefs have been challenged, Therefore, drastic measures were taken, such as posting online posts to argue against the author of the novel, and even worse, doing something out of the ordinary in reality to oppose the novel.
On the other hand, no one knows who the author of the novel is, because of the copyright relationship, the novel has not been published, even if there is a single print, it is only spread in a small area, from this point of view, the copyright awareness of the West is much stronger than that of the East, if there is such a novel in China, I am afraid that piracy has already been flying.
People are curious, only hear its name, not see its shape can arouse people's desire to explore, the novel has no physical version, but the electronic version can be seen everywhere on the Internet, therefore, many people who do not go online can't hold back their curiosity, and began to look for this novel on the Internet, the popularity of the novel is getting higher and higher, and it has reached the point of becoming a household name, and it is at this time that this novel that is in the same vein as "Religion Origins" has finally attracted the attention of religious people.
"The article 'Tracing the Origins of Religion' must not be seen by the general public."
Although religious figures are in a heated uproar because of "The Origin of Religion", the efficiency of reaching this consensus is extremely amazing, because they know very well that when the public knows all the facts of the views presented in the novel "The Theory of Creation", and if they professional and senior religious figures cannot give a reasonable explanation, the foundation of faith of Christian believers will collapse, and furthermore, the foundation of faith in the entire Western society will also collapse, and no one wants to see such a consequence.
In fact, the harm caused by the collapse of faith can be seen not only by the religious circles, but also by the anti-religious circles, as the invisible foundation and bond that maintains social stability, the collapse of faith will trigger a series of chain reactions, and then bring about a huge social crisis, which they do not want to see.
However, from the very beginning of this matter, there was an invisible hand behind the back, and the publication of "The Origin of Religion" was not decided by these old scholars, but by another very key person, this person is the author of "The Origin of Religion", the person with the same name as the first human ancestor in the Bible - Adam.
Would Adam not have made the "Origins of Religion" public, in accordance with the consensus reached by religious and anti-religious circles?
The fact is that Adam not only published "The Origin of Religion" publicly, but further, he also wrote another longer article, "The Origin of Creation Theory and the Origin of Religion", which is more popular, easier to understand, and more acceptable to the public.
What was originally an academic religious article, followed by the popularity of the novel "The Theory of Creation", quickly spread on the Internet, and when "The Origin of Religion" met "The Theory of Creation", it immediately had a strong chemical effect.
When devout believers realized that what they had subconsciously feared had happened, and when the sequence of facts described in the Genesis that was enough to destroy their beliefs was really all the truth, the faith of many collapsed, and a social crisis that no one had expected in advance and that swept the entire Western world suddenly erupted.