Chapter 45: Religion and Belief
Lin Xuan's words obviously scared these teenage children. After he finished speaking, almost all the children were stunned. Enemies of the gods, this is something they dare not think of. After a long silence, Ray was the first to stand up.
"I am willing to follow the path of my teacher until the end of my life."
A simple sentence, but I don't know how much trust and courage it contains. This child, who has been in the slums since he was a child, regards Lin Xuan's words as the most important creed in his life. With Ray's statement, Katie, Lisa and others also stood up.
Lin Xuan was relieved by this. In his opinion, a magician who does not dare to challenge the supreme authority will never be able to truly comprehend the true meaning of magic. Learning, summarizing, doubting, and breaking through are the attitudes that magicians should have.
He looked back at the huge idol. Everything that Lin Xuan had done before could be said to be a great rebellion for this unknown god. But even so, Lin Xuan didn't feel the slightest strange aura.
"The most unbearable thing for the gods is mortal offense. But you are indifferent to everything that came before. Have you been so weakened? ”
Lin Xuan looked back at the hemp sparrow. "It looks like your prayers are not working, your God has forsaken you and forsaken everyone. Tell me what you believe? What are you believing in? Expect some god to come down from heaven and give you a loaf of bread or throw you a handful of gold coins. Lin Xuan turned to look at the surrounding believers again.
"We believe in the gods, and we are not alienated by the indifference of the gods, nor are we abandoned by the remoteness of the gods. We believe until we die. The Sparrow said the above words with difficulty, which had almost exhausted all his strength.
"Until death? That's what I'd like to hear today. You will soon be able to fulfill your vows. Lin Xuan's fingers moved, and the whole person was pulled into the air by an invisible force. Stick it on the wall in large characters.
"There was a legend of a certain god in my world. He walked the earth, suffering in the place of mankind, and receiving punishment in the place of mankind. Eventually, he was crucified by a mob. Yet he was resurrected on the seventh day and became the true God. It's just a legend, but what he did deserves respect. So if all of the above is true, I would admit that he is a deity. But what about your gods? What has he done for the world? What did he do when his followers suffered? He just enjoys the worship of the world, but he will not contribute to the world. ”
Faith itself is a very idealistic concept. Everyone has to have some faith. We believe in success, we believe in money, we believe in power, and even we believe in ourselves. Religious belief is another aspect, and in order to cater to the thinking and concepts of modern people, the religion we come into contact with is no longer pure religion. Instead, it has become a cultural phenomenon that adapts to trends.
Think of the religious battles of the past. What did those churches do in the theocratic era. They preach that a fictional being is the only true God, and that all other beings are pagans. Numerous wars, genocides were waged for this. Just to shut everyone's mouth.
They casually trapped women on crosses and burned them to death, or hung them. Then he said to the world that if she was burned to death, it proved that she was not a witch. She will prove her innocence. If she is not burned to death, it proves that she is a witch, a believer in demons. I just fucking wanted to ask how many witches those bastards burned. This only shows one thing, those guys are actually the ones who know best that witches don't exist. That's why they dare to be so unscrupulous and wantonly sell their rights. If witches really existed, they would definitely be on their knees and lick them at the first time. Pray for a little bounty.
Like mad dogs, they attack the wilderness. Slaughter all the savages just because they have their own sect. They slaughter innocent people in the name of their faith. They tell the world that it's a fight for faith. However, the dead or the living can no longer feel the so-called faith. Only those guys standing in the back got what they wanted, 'benefits'. In the name of religion, the benefits of stealing and plundering. This is how religion behaves when it reaches its extreme.
Lin Xuan was born in modern society, and he has his own beliefs. He believed in knowledge, in power. But he was not religious, and in his opinion all those statements that proclaimed so-and-so was the only true God in itself, the greatest heresy in itself. For example, the Chinese gods have an exclusive position at least at every level. The god of the door, the god of the hearth, the god of the mountain, the god of the river and so on. At the very least, it can be treated as a complete cultural system.
And then look at the religions. At every turn, so-and-so is the only true god, and everything else is a false god. Their gods are omnipotent, from the creation of the world to the eating and drinking of people. In the end, however, the upper echelons of the Holy See became rich one by one, and the believers who believed in them did not change in the slightest.
Therefore, Lin Xuan has always firmly believed that the believers with the highest status must be the least convinced of the existence of the so-called gods. Because if the gods really existed, the first people to be punished were those people.
Lin Xuan nailed the hemp finch to the wall in the shape of a large character. If there is another traverser, it is understandable, it is a picture of the crucifixion. The difference was that Lin Xuan didn't plan to resurrect him.
Lin Xuan looked back at his student and said in an unprecedented tone. "As a magician, we can have faith. We believe in knowledge, we believe in power, we believe in magic. But he didn't believe in the gods. I want you to remember what happened today. Crush them when one day a believer comes up to you with pride and accuses you of stealing the power of the gods. ”
A huge plum circle appeared at Lin Xuan's feet. At the same time, a strong tremor began to appear at everyone's feet. The crowd of spectators scattered in panic and fled. But several of Lin Xuan's disciples stood firmly by his side.
The earth seemed to tremble with Lin Xuan's spell. Huge cracks appeared on the ground, on the walls, on every load-bearing column. The millennium-old cathedral is on the verge of collapse. All the people of King's Landing felt the shaking of the assembly. They watched in the direction of the shaking. But to their horror, they found that the holy place in their hearts, the cathedral, was 'getting shorter'. In fact, not only is it getting shorter, but the whole church is gradually crumbling.
This is a magic developed by Lin Xuan using the principle of resonance to destroy buildings. It's an effective combination of science and magic. The first time I used it, it worked pretty well. The body of the Sparrow was buried with the collapse of the cathedral, and according to the resurrection rules of this world, even if his gods did act, they probably wouldn't be able to save him.