Sun Ruixiang, a professional Taoist priest, an ordinary employee of the exploration department of the East Galaxy Company, before joining the company, was once the small master of the Mountain and Wild Taoist Temple of the Night Rabbit Country.

Because the Taoist temple is a primary school a few hundred meters away, there is the sound of reading aloud every day, so that he has received the enlightenment of science and technology since he was a child, and has become completely different from the traditional Taoist priests.

In fact, he may be the first immortal in the history of Taoism to truly have evidence of "ascending", and in December 2021, he ascended to the moon in person, preaching to the world, and even going to places such as Yingqi in the future.

For a Taoist priest in a godless world, Sun Ruixiang's success can be regarded as a major milestone in the history of Taoism.

"Mr. Advisor, I heard you were looking for me?" Sun Dao Changguang, who likes to wear Taoist robes, does not have the temperament of a Taoist master from the outside, and walks into the door with an ordinary smile.

Cao Chuan nodded and pointed to the screen, "Welcome to Daoist Sun, I noticed that you have published several books on the earth, such as "Guanghan Travels", "The Development of Taoism in the New Era", "Illustrated Taishang Induction Sutra"... I don't think you're a rigid and old-fashioned person, but you have a rich and innovative spirit. ”

"Recently, although we have strictly controlled the spread of cultural products and put an end to the entry of extremist religious elements, ethnic chauvinists, etc., we have found that we still inevitably face multicultural conflicts."

"If it's just internal, it might be fine, but unfortunately after our investigation, there are other countries trying to take advantage of this kind of blending conflict to stir up trouble and serve themselves, then we have to guard against it."

Cao Chuan said: "Therefore, the Moon City needs a non-governmental organization with combat effectiveness to become the backbone of this protracted culture war and charge forward. ”

"Listen to Mr. Advisor, this important task is going to be handed over to me?" Sun Ruixiang's eyes widened slightly, and then came the ecstasy in his heart, he patted his chest, "Poor Dao grew up in Taoism since he was a child, witnessed the rise and fall of Taoism for decades, and also did painstaking research, trying to find the key to it, and he also has a little experience in dealing with this kind of thing." ”

Sun Ruixiang began to tell Cao Chuan about his research results.

The beginning is undoubtedly history, starting from the earliest Taoist origin Taoist thought, and then to the Wudou rice religion in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism was born and grew as a religion born and raised in the land of Night Rabbits.

Unfortunately, almost at the same time, Taoism was invaded by foreign Buddhism, and the two religions had different cognitions and ideas because of their different doctrines, and then evolved into different cultures and customs.

Throughout history, with the change of dynasties, there are often situations where Buddhism and Taoism are eliminated from the other, sometimes it is the respected way, sometimes it is the forbidden way, the two sides come and go, fighting endlessly, and the decisive role in it is mainly due to the upward and downward effects caused by the king's preference.

Why the king? First of all, Buddhism and Taoism are both relatively peaceful religions, there is no Crescent religion, Cruciform has exclusivity, and it either has no concept of gods, or it is polytheistic, and does not preach the idea that divine power is higher than royal power, so it is an excellent tool for feudal rulers, resulting in no matter when, as long as the two major religions can please the ruling class and be established as the state religion, no matter how unbearable it is, it can be developed instantly.

Pushing the time forward to the modern era, when science and technology are flourishing, religion has lost its mystery, lost the support of the royal power, wants to expand its influence, and is not declared a cult, and the method is different from the past, and it has to carry out reforms according to local conditions to face the new environment.

At this time, Buddhism showed good adaptability, just Sun Ruixiang himself listed, including "burning incense and praying for blessings", "opening light", "Shaolin Temple", "Kung Fu" and many other concepts that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. At the same time, Taoism is still low-key, limited by its own teachings, always thinking about cultivating and becoming immortals, and even putting forward the remarks of "love to cultivate and don't cultivate and don't disturb the poor and become immortals", and did not want to expand its own power, so it fell behind.

If you count the number and scale of the well-known temples and Taoist temples in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land in the territory of the Night Rabbit Country, it is easy to find the gap between the two.

Fortunately, Sun Ruixiang found that the influence of Taoism in the past few years has actually improved slightly, not because of any wise leaders among them, let alone because of the fact that there are any people who have soared, but because of the unexpected explosion of novels, games, and movies about Xianxia culture in the cultural field.

Through the study of these problems, Sun Ruixiang has accumulated a lot of lessons and even published a book, the only pity is that he has not had the opportunity to practice so far, to verify his ideas, which makes him regret.

After saying this, he paused, because what Cao Chuan wanted to hear was actually how to win the culture war, not how to develop between the two major religions of Taoism and Buddhism, which were different concepts.

Sun Ruixiang then began to explain the connection between religion and the culture wars, according to him, religion is a powerful weapon in the culture wars, unlike the media, which is sometimes seen as the mouthpiece of the government; Unlike individual artists, there are few giants who are weak enough to influence the world or the times; There are also some new cultural fields, such as "LoveLive Cult", "Multi-Turret Cult", "Xiandang" and "Square Dance Cult", which seem to have a certain influence, but are by no means mainstream culture, and the scope of influence is actually limited; Not to mention the theories of "nationalism" and "nationalism" similar to religious concepts put forward by many thinkers in modern times, which seem to be good, but they are difficult to operate and are often spread under certain special circumstances.

Religion has many advantages, such as active propagation, deep roots among the people, a high degree of internal ideological unity, and a strong fighting spirit. From the perspective of the external environment, it will be found that the moon city is a pure land without religion, therefore, in the absence of peer competition, the development of religion has a bright prospect, and there is enough room for operation.

After listening to Sun Ruixiang's narration, Cao Chuan had to admit that he had found the right person, in the end, he was a professional god, and unless he simulated the scale of social science in depth, he would never be as good as the other party. Now that he has convinced himself verbally, let's take a look at what his specific plan is and whether he is the professional he wants.

"I'm going to start a Church of Scientology directly." Sun Ruixiang put forward his own idea, turned his back on Taoism, and decided to found Protestantism.

"The so-called Scientology is the supremacy of science and technology, and it is also implicitly in the current world, and the current situation that human science and technology lead the development of the world, which is relatively easy for people to accept."