So Dai Xiaoshan continued:

After Xu Zhi finished translating again, the dean's grandmother muttered for a moment, and then said to me that if there was no financial problem---- this was what he told me word by word, and she said that the church in Macau, Guangzhou, Shaoguan, and Huizhou Church of the Brethren churches and almshouses, several places combined, several places combined, can adopt seven, eight, or even ten children every month.

Moreover, there are still many orphans in the churches in the mainland today, among which mainly girls, these girls may eventually be bought when they grow up, and there are relatively few boys, but because of the war in recent years, there are more orphans for boys.

Of course, it's mainly girls, especially baby girls, Ingres told me and Xu Zhi that she used to spend a lot of time in churches in the mainland, because the locals are patriarchal, and often throw babies into the swamp and drown because they are born with baby girls, and sometimes, the cries of those baby girls will attract wild dogs and jackals, and even when these babies are still breathing, they are eaten by wild animals, and there are such girls in her orphanage, and they are lucky to be rescued by the grandmother in the local church.

However, due to the limited conditions, most of the local baby girls end up feeding the mouths of these wild animals.

Mama Angels told me that in those days, she would go to the swamp or the water's edge every day, hang baskets on the branches, and leave a note saying that if you don't want the babies, please don't kill them, put the babies in the baskets, and then she would go there regularly to collect the baskets......

However, this did not work very well, because most of the locals were illiterate, and not only did the notes have little effect, but even the bamboo baskets hanging from the branches of the trees were taken.

At that time, Mama had to go to the swamp or the water's edge almost every day to patrol back and forth, and whenever she met people who wanted to drown the baby girl, she would beg those people to give her the baby......

As a result, she has adopted many baby girls, but even then, only about one-third of them have barely survived to adulthood.

However, later, there was a local saying that the church took the children for alchemy, so some people sued the church to the government, accusing the church of smuggling people, shocking the world, and plotting against it, so that many churches could not gain a foothold in the local area, and finally, Ingres was forced to leave there......"

When Dai Xiaoshan said this, he suddenly couldn't go on, and at this time the restaurant was also silent, seeing that everyone didn't speak for a long time, at this time Xu Zhi continued to introduce Dai Xiaoshan's words to everyone:

So Mama Angels told us that the adoption figures we just mentioned were only a lot higher---- if the government hadn't forced the church to close.

Then I asked, is the government really going to close the church? The answer was yes, and the officers and soldiers did forcibly close many churches, and removed the crosses on the roofs of the churches, not only to drive out the clergy, but also to often suppress the Han Chinese congregants......

However, Mama told us that fortunately, these officers and soldiers did not come every day, especially after the church carried out some kind of activities on the upper echelons of the local government, this situation was alleviated, especially recently, it is said that a certain concubine of King Pingnan Shang Kexi first converted to Buddhism, and then converted to Christ, because of this relationship, the Eastern Church has a certain relationship with King Pingnan.

In addition, the king of Pingnan is now opening a private market to collect money, and the prince knows that the church is a help in trade with the Yi people, so at present, in several prefectures and counties around Guangzhou, the church can still operate normally, but also because from time to time there are local gentry who resist and obstruct it, and the government and the king of Pingnan are mostly in charge of the big and small, and the thick and small, and some places are still beyond the reach of the whip, so at present, these churches can only barely operate in many places......

At this time, everyone listened a little relieved, and many people in the venue began to discuss:

"Why did the government drive out the church?"

"Culture clash!"

"I'm afraid I'm worried that the people will gather to make trouble, right? The magistrate is afraid of these things......"

"Is there an economic dispute? Like land or something. ”

"I heard that there is still a gap between believers and non-believers......"

"Could it be that the daily activities of the church are disturbing the people?"

"Could it be that religious ceremonies are mysterious, and various ritual activities make the people around them feel uneasy?"

"I remember a big guy in the old world wrote a book called The Clash of Civilizations, and that's probably an example, right?"

Hearing everyone's discussion, Duan Leyue smiled and shook his head, he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then Xu Zhi's words continued:

Actually, I also asked this question to the dean in person at that time, and Mama replied that there are many reasons for closing the church to expel the congregants, including of course, some of the things that everyone here just said, that there will indeed be all kinds of disputes between the church and the local residents, especially with the non-religious residents, and there will always be all kinds of contradictions when people get together, and these are inevitable.

However, I think that Ingres's point of view is somewhat different, and that she and the Oriental Bishop of Macau agree that the differences in economic problems and customs do cause dissatisfaction among the locals, but this is only a superficial reason.

Madame Angels told me that as the head of the house, she had traveled to many provinces along the coast and inland, and she told us from personal experience that although the situation in the interior was very complicated, one thing was obvious, there were very few local scholars among the Christians, because these people who grew up reading the Four Books and the Five Classics did not accept the teachings of Christianity, but those ordinary people who had not been influenced by the Four Books and Five Classics had a higher degree of recognition of Christ, so the church was often attacked and discriminated against by the gentry.

There is another great contradiction that cannot be resolved: those who have been officials and those who are studying are very, very disliking the teachings of Christianity.

Because believers only bow down to God and do not worship idols, whether software or gods, a true and devout Christian does not bow down to idols.

In other words, Christians are actually disrespectful to ghosts and gods, and as for meeting officials, Christians are even more reluctant to kneel or take the initiative to kowtow.

Because the doctrine is very clear: there are no rich or poor before God, they are all the lambs of God, so once they meet more serious believers, they are really unwilling to bow down to these officials.

Therefore, the officials accused the Christians of being unworthy and unrespectful, and even extended that the Christians were a group of people who did not accept the Three Principles and the Five Constants, and in the eyes of the Confucian tradition, they were a group of people who had lost their humanity.

Ingres told us clearly that, in fact, this is the fundamental reason why the government doesn't like us. ”

Dr. Duan Leyue's words made the discussion more enthusiastic, and many people nodded in agreement, yes, if that doctrine is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it will definitely shake the ruling order, and the emperor and the kings will definitely not want the people under them to breed even the slightest sense of equality, because this will fundamentally shake the rule of the emperor and the kings!

"The dean's mother really can see through it......"

"Alas...... If the thinking is too advanced and not very good, this kind of person will be seen as an alternative, and then he will be persecuted......"

Someone in the crowd sighed and commented.

"Is it advanced in thinking? Well...... It doesn't seem that advanced, does it? You just need to read the words of the Bible a little more thoroughly, look through the superficial words, and think a little about it to understand the true meaning of the Bible. ”

Gu Jin also nodded at this time and responded:

"The most astonishing thing is that it is a religious doctrine from 2,000 years ago! It can be seen that this idea of equality of human beings has existed for a long time, and the Enlightenment that emerged in modern Europe has only brought into play the wisdom of the ancients......"

Gu Jin usually had a rare interjection to respond to everyone's discussions, so Captain Gu's words immediately made everyone nod their heads frequently.