If people have no faith, there will be no pursuit, and life will be muddy, faith is a kind of spiritual sustenance and a good thing that can guide people to be positive.

Whether it is Christianity in the East and the West or Buddhism and Taoism in the East, they can be regarded as a kind of spiritual sustenance for human beings to pursue themselves.

Australia does not oppose any religion and supports the freedom of religious belief of individuals, but the premise is that you must obtain a license issued by the Bureau of Religious Affairs, and you can only establish a conversation or Taoist temple after passing the examination.

What is qualified, first of all, the first is to immigrate to Australia for one year, there has been no reactionary speech, love Australia, support the Australian government's governing strategy, etc.

In addition, the missionary must also be fluent in Chinese characters, and the teachings of the propaganda must guide people to be positive and strive to live.

If it is some nonsense to advertise something that can become an immortal after practicing divine skills, it is within the scope of the country's severe crackdown.

Although there were no churches and temples in Australia at first, this did not affect people's worship of their beliefs, some European immigrants would put a statue of Jesus at home, and go home every day to pray to him, and immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, the gods enshrined were a bit varied, what Guan Gong such as the Buddha that should be.

The public has always attached great importance to the question of religion, and there have been many ambitious people who have used the veneer of religion to achieve their own personal goals throughout the ages, and even the wars in various European countries during this period had religious elements, and the wars between the new religions and the old religions were innumerable.

Therefore, the establishment of the Religious Affairs Bureau has almost unanimously agreed that the rational management and restraint of religion will always be like a laissez-faire, such as in the Middle East in later generations, because of the continuous wars between sects, this is the result of the government's laissez-faire management, so that religious leaders are beyond the control of the state, and even have a higher influence than the government.

Of course, this kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable to the people, and it is never allowed to exist, they don't want the huge empire they have worked so hard to build in the future to be overtaken by a group of religious leaders, so religion must be regulated by the government, this is a policy that has not changed for a hundred years.

Although the Bureau of Religious Affairs is designated as a bureau-level unit, its regular staff is basically a part-time civilian member of the Department of Homeland Security, and Liu Yun is also the director.

Unlike the Department of Homeland Security's office, the Department of Religious Affairs' office is located in a 200-square-meter building on Manchester Boulevard, and is decorated with luxurious and exquisite houses, both on the outside and inside, in stark contrast to the low-key simplicity of the Department of Homeland Security.

In the director's office on the second floor of the Religious Affairs Bureau, Liu Yun has a document in front of his desk, and in front of the desk opposite him, there is a European man, judging from his appearance, the man is about 40 years old.

"Dear Mr. Director, I heard that my application report has been approved, and I have come to apply for a missionary qualification." The European man asked with a smile on his face and expectant eyes.

"Yes, Mr. Gruss, oh, no, you should be called Pastor Gruss, now that you are a priest officially registered with the State Administration for Religious Affairs, you will be qualified to preach, congratulations." Liu Yun stood up and stretched out his hand to congratulate the other party, and then motioned for the other party to sit down.

"This is your qualification, the government has always taken a respectful and free attitude towards the people's beliefs, and I hope you can guide the people to be positive, so that everyone can love life more and make more contributions to Australia."

Gruss nodded repeatedly, he was originally a Protestant in England, but because of the war at home, he had to embark on a ship to leave his homeland and come to the East, first stopping in Batavia for a while, and then coming to the mainland on a large ship in Australia.

Don't look at Gruss as a clergyman, but he is very knowledgeable, and he is involved in astronomy and geography, which is also related to the origin of many sciences in ancient Europe, and many famous churches have some important books and navigational materials.

Because of his excellent research in geography and astronomy, he was arranged to teach geography and astronomy at Manchester Primary School.

At the beginning, his original intention was to bring the seed of God to Australia and establish a church here, but after arriving in Australia, he learned that the government here has no restrictions on religious beliefs, but to become a clergyman, he must obtain permission from the government, and not obtaining a missionary qualification certificate is equivalent to illegal proselytizing, which can be judged as a crime of subversion according to the law.

In this case, Gruss did not give up what a clergyman should do, but accepted the job assignment given to him by the immigration office, while consulting on how to establish a church mission.

Two months ago, he formally submitted his application for the establishment of a church missionary qualification, and it took two months for this report to be reviewed, and it was not until yesterday evening that he received a reply under the notice of the owner of the neighborhood committee, asking him to go to the Religious Affairs Bureau today to apply for the qualification certificate.

"Pastor Gruss, the government is also very supportive of your new job, and I hope you will continue to work as a teacher in Manchester Primary School in addition to your mission, you have no problem with this." Liu Yun asked in a tentative tone, after all, the other party had met all the conditions and could not accept the government's arrangement.

"Well, of course, there's no problem," Gruss readily agreed, there was nothing wrong with being a teacher, and he could still preach in his spare time.

"In this case, I am telling you the good news, I see that there is no small three-story western-style building near the square, that house is a church specially approved by the government, the interior decoration inside has been basically completed, you can move in tonight, and this church will be managed by you in the future."

Liu Yun pointed to a house built in imitation of Notre Dame Cathedral not far from the window and said, although the scale of this house is not as authentic as the one in Paris, it is definitely a luxury building in Australia.

"Is this true?" Gruss looked incredulous, the house had been built a few months ago, and he hadn't noticed anything wrong at that time, knowing that he had only discovered that there was something wrong with this house when it was getting closer to the end recently, and now when he heard Liu Yun's words, he couldn't believe it.

"Oh, don't be surprised, there are many Christians in the government, but when the catastrophe occurred in Australia, many of our clergy sank with that island before they could escape, and I am also a Christian myself, I hope you will not live up to the expectations of the government and everyone for you."