Chapter Forty-Six: The Unpredictable Gaia
Judging from the results so far, primitive intelligent life has one thing in common: that is...... Religion was born!
Is religion an inevitable consequence of social development?
There is too little sample data to draw a final conclusion. But from the perspective of the currently known intelligent civilizations, humans, indigenous lizards, Knicks, and Diggs have all produced religious ......
"The development of civilization affects the whole body, which is essentially a chaotic problem. Over a long period of time, as long as there are slight variables, it can produce a large-scale butterfly effect. ”
"Correspondingly, there will be a huge difference in the way civilizations think!"
The religious psychology of the Dige people is deeply rooted, and the biggest reason is because of the existence of the variable "Gaia creatures".
"Think about it, a modern person will be curious, he will sigh, he will want to study ...... when faced with a powerful Gaia creature"
"What if it's a primitive?"
When he sees something that he doesn't understand, he naturally thinks it's the work of the gods...... And this deity, from the ethereal to the real, religious thinking has become more deeply rooted. ”
A picture began to play on the screen of a group of indigenous people doing various religious ceremonies, "and from our point of view, their way of thinking is quite strange." Almost everyone is a fanatic, and when it comes to their god of the sea, they become quite fanatical......"
"Many ancient wars, and even modern wars, are caused by religion for the ...... The belief in the sea god is different! ”
"Some people call it 'Umoru', others call it 'Umoro', and each country has different beliefs, which leads to war......"
Yu Yifeng nodded: "Actually, it is not difficult to understand that this kind of war has also appeared in our development history. ”
People in every region like to describe the gods as they are. Europeans think that God is "white", and Indians think that Shakyamuni is "Indian". Anyway, the gods are their own.
When white people are not used to "black gods", black people are not used to "white gods". Black and white are bound to wage a desperate struggle for their own "true God", for their "faith", and for their "collective".
Of course, this kind of religious war is not only for religious beliefs, but also for the plundering of wealth and population...... Perhaps the latter is the main factor......
The hostess smiled and continued: "These religious stories that we have selected are from primitive times, and we don't know which ones are true or made up out of thin air...... It needs to be looked at dialectically! ”
The first religious story begins to play on the screen:
At that time, the whole civilization was still in the most primitive tribal period, and the coast was inhabited by a fisherman named "Tualdin".
Fisherman is a very noble and very important profession for the whole tribe, and it is an "honorific title".
Tualadin was a good fisherman, and with his keen instincts and dexterity, he could often find more seafood from the sea than the average person. In addition, he is the son of a chieftain and has a very high status in the tribe.
However, the natural environment at that time was harsh, and food was always the first priority of primitive tribes......
Because many marine creatures migrate seasonally, tribes have to migrate with them in order to be fed.
Migration brings unrest, there is no room for two tigers, and if different tribes are too close to each other, wars will occur.
In order to compete for fertile fishing grounds, to compete for land resources, or to rob slaves, etc...... There are always so many reasons for war.
"The survival resources obtained through gathering or hunting alone were very limited and quite unstable, so the average life expectancy of the Dige people at that time was only 20 years......
"Bloodshed and killing was the norm in those days. This is also the similarity of most primitive civilizations...... [When food and clothing have not been solved on a large scale, it is difficult to breed such a thing as morality. 】”
"It's a pity that Tualdin's tribe was defeated in a war, and he himself became a slave."
From being the son of a chieftain to becoming a slave is unacceptable to anyone...... The slaves went out early and returned to work late, but only a small half of the food they obtained was kept, and whether they could eat enough could only depend on the gifts of their masters.
"Have you forsaken us, O God?" Many slaves complained.
But Tualadin didn't think so, he was a fanatical believer in the sea god and was very disdainful when he heard these complaining words. He thinks that all of it...... It's just that the gods are testing themselves!
In order to show his piety, whenever he received food, he would secretly sacrifice one-third of it in a fixed area to the "god of the sea" in his mind.
Every few days, he would dig a pit in the beach and put food in the pit. Whenever the tide rises, the food disappears and the bunkers are filled up.
He thinks that it was the "Poseidon" who took this part of the thing, and the Poseidon accepted his gift!
One day, he came to the beach again and suddenly found that this small bunker had turned into a big bunker! Inside...... There were a few live fish!
God never forsakes anyone, but man forsakes God! 】
At the end of the story, it ends with this passage. Tell everyone to be a devout believer......
Well, very typically religious-style writing, rather nonsensical, confusing to read.
Yu Yifeng also frowned, if this story appeared on the earth, he would think that it was a ghost or a bear child's trouble.
But on the planet Digg 114, and that primitive era...... Then there is a certain possibility. Because the planet is different after all, there is also a sense of algae colony......
Did Gaia Creatures really do it, and why? Sympathize? Commiseration?
"I would like to ask, how much has Gaia's creatures interacted with the natives from ancient times to the present?" Yu Yifeng stood up and asked.
The host replied: "It's actually extremely rare, and it's always been extremely rare!" The story of Tualatin is the first written example of a 'miracle'...... It was at this time that the gods turned from virtual to real in their minds, and became real beings! ”
"Is it self-aware and really wants to be a god? It has a lot of compassion? One biologist speculated, "Maybe the story is just made up...... It's just a made-up story. ”
Since the results were not discussed, a second story played on the screen:
Since Tualatin, more and more people have begun to follow the example of sacrifice. And Tualadin himself, who became the "son of the god of the sea", escaped the fate of slaves.
But the sea god "Umoru" has an elusive temperament and rarely responds to such sacrifices, and no one has ever seen the true appearance of the sea god.
They only know that the sea god ...... Will be a gift!
The god of the sea has an elusive personality, but he is very generous, and often only needs a small price of food to get back many fish!
Sometimes it's just a few, sometimes it's ...... A pond! Fish ...... in a pond What a gift!
Although this "miracle" only occurs once in a few years or even decades, the Dige people still pray tirelessly, begging the gods for help.
The number of failures can only be said to be that I am not pious enough, and occasionally I will become a master if I succeed once in ten thousand! No one dares to go against the "son of the sea god"!
As a result, this beach became a place of blessing for the "gods......
More and more tribes heard about this rumor and moved here to try their hand at sacrifices.
They fought and wars became more and more frequent, and each tribe wanted to monopolize this territory and beat the other tribes out to prove ...... He is the "true son of the sea god"!
This was the original idea of the state, and after years of conquest, a small state was formed.
"It's very peculiar that the formation of the state is related to the gods. It has to be said that this Gaia creature promoted the development of primitive man to a certain extent. ”
Fortunately, because of the formation of the state, the various functions of the division of labor have become more concrete, and so many people have been miraculously fed......
But in the thirty-eighth year after Tualatin's death, a huge tsunami occurred that submerged many of the surrounding villages and caused heavy damage to the Dig people by the sea.
In this religious text, it is written:
[People's sacrifices are only about receiving gifts from the gods and gaining status, not about piety...... Because of the greed of the people, God became angry, and for ten thousand years, no one received God's gift. 】