Chapter 212: Power and Faith
An idea that has not been thought of, an idea that has not been heard. Fen sat back in her chair and crossed her feet again, regaining her delicate and cold expression. She pondered the difference between the two and said, "Tell me, what is your world, the belief in that god?" ”
This...... Is it about a history of religious philosophy?
All right. Anyway, every time she talked to this lich, she didn't ask others to make a long story short, and she could listen to nonsense for as long as she could. At most, when you can't listen to it, you can appreciate the back of a person with long hair flowing and twisting his hips.
It's just a lot of things, where to start? Lin squeezed his eyebrows and thought seriously for a while before he began to speak. This dull knowledge of course begins with the three major religions.
Is it talking about the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism? Of course not, that's only limited to the Chinese area. The three major religions in the world are Christianity, Christianity, and Buddhism. However, no matter what religion it is, Lin knows something, although he doesn't know it deeply.
Christianity, of course, tells some of the classic stories from the Bible. Maybe the sentence is not the original sentence in the Bible, but Lin just remembered it. At the beginning, I was tired of watching martial arts, so I turned to read the Bible and regarded it as a look.
I don't know how to teach it at all. It is probably also a bit of an explanation of the doctrine in which it was born from Christianity and the social environment in which it developed. And the war between the two monotheistic religions, which lasted for thousands of years, has also been written a lot. After all, the religious beliefs of the earth cannot be understood separately from the historical background.
Relatively speaking, Lin is more familiar with Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism, Hinayana Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, etc., bloom a few leaves, and countless sects have spread all over the earth. Each has its own way of understanding and practice, but the root of it is still the Buddha Shakyamuni.
The widespread religious beliefs were only halfway through, and Halumi and Kaya, who were hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, couldn't help but feel sleepy. The two sat back to back, napping on the floor. Drove the two little girls back to sleep, got some supper, and made a cup of coffee, before coming back and continuing to talk to Fen about the long history of religion, after all, the night is long.
Now that the three major religions have been mentioned, the next is some of the local beliefs that I know, as well as the myths and beliefs that have appeared in history, such as the absurd Greek mythology, the Norse mythology that ends with total destruction, the Hindu mythology where there are more gods than humans, the Mayan mythology where light and darkness contend with each other, the nocturnal journey of a hundred ghosts, and the Japanese mythology where the line between monsters and gods is blurred.
Finally, of course, there is the thousand-year-old history of the love-hate entanglement of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The myths of so many systems, the history of such a long country, of course, cannot be told in one night.
And all that the new world has to offer, not surprisingly, three girls, big and small, all of whom listen to everything with sparkling eyes. The difference between it and the maze is different from the novelty of the maze. Maybe there is no magic on Earth, and maybe there is a debate about the superiority and inferiority between science and magic, but the culture of Earth can be a few streets away, maybe a few light years.
The conversation box is opened, and some wine is added, and if there is a small dried fish with chili peppers, it will be perfect. Rather than giving lectures on the spread of the earth's information technology, Lin was more interested in the nonsense of only three listeners.
After talking about it for many nights, I finally gave a rough outline. The two little girls are squeaking, discussing the brains of earthlings about mythology. It is like a god who sleeps a cow and will give birth to a minotaur and run to sleep on a horse, and actually give birth to a horse with wings. This kind of completely irregular, nonsensical stories, but I have never heard of it.
Finn was not surprised by the strange memes, but paid more attention to the relationship between beliefs and social environment and historical background, which she did not consider.
If you think about everything you have experienced, you can see that it is more or less in line with the laws that we have learned through the earth, and that faith always reflects the current state of society and the environment.
If there is a difference between the earth and the earth, it is that the god of the earth is real. In the old days, in order to resist the treacherous environment, various famines and other disasters, people who were powerless could only pray to the gods in the sky. However, the old gods kept begging, it was not enough to give all their possessions, but also to sacrifice those around them, even themselves.
Will this lead to good results? The answer is only a pity......
The new gods of this era may have broken away from the bad taste of the old gods and began to insist on their personalities, unlike the capriciousness of the old gods. But there are still traces of what they did, that is, the difference between the interests of those bastards and people is that their interests are not vulgar gold, but the amount of power. But the actual existence of the new gods also avoids the extremes of worldly events to the greatest extent.
For the earth, the root of faith is the dissatisfaction of life. In the part beyond the ability, there is a little bit of luck, that is, in people's imagination, the gods of various functions. Recognizing this, Fen said with emotion: "It seems that there is really no god in your world. ”
"Yes, my world should be godless."
"Should?" The lich, who was just extending more questions for himself, didn't know how to answer, heard such an uncertain word, and his whole voice was raised an octave. His eyes were as sharp as a sword, as if he was about to nail someone. She asked, "What do you mean by using it?" ”
"Hmm......" As if stepping on a landmine, Lin said cautiously, "You know that I am a believer in science." ”
"Yes."
"Do you know what the basis of science is?"
"Huh, math?"
"That's fine. But the most basic sentence of science is: there is a little evidence, how much is said. ”
"There is some evidence...... Fen savored the sentence, in fact, how is magic. Lin continued:
Therefore, to use the scientific method to prove God, that is, we have no evidence to prove the existence of God. Of course, this refers to the earth. ”
There was nothing wrong with that, so Fen nodded in agreement.
Lin smiled slyly and said, "The place of paradox is here." Again, we have no evidence that the God of the earth does not exist. ”
The delicate face froze, and Fen looked at someone in amazement. Lin continued: "This is a very basic if-and-only in logic. For example, you can get the idea. It was raining, so the ground was wet. That's right. ”
Well, no problem. So Fen nodded with the two little girls listening next to her.
"Then because the ground is wet, there must have been rain just now. Is this true? ”
When Halumi heard this, he jumped up and shouted, "It's not right. If I splash water, the ground will get wet. It doesn't have to be raining. ”
"That's right, girl, you've got the hang of it." With a little compliment, let a triumphant little girl sit back on her stool. Lin said: "The logical requirements for cause and effect are very rigorous, and the things that cause and effect cannot stand the test. Speaking of the gods who have returned to Earth, since I can't prove that they don't exist, is there any possibility that supports their existence? ”
"Is there one?"
"Maybe I want to be utilitarian, that is, what kind of coffee am I on Earth. Out of billions of people, I'm only a little better than scum. So even if there were gods, they would not appear before me. That's pretty much the same in the maze. Whether it is a god or a king, those who are high up will not easily show their faces in front of the common people. ”
"That's right." Knowing the urine nature of those gods, Fen agreed.
"But I guess the more likely scenario should be something else. And to say this, we have to explain it from one of the teachings of Buddhism that I mentioned earlier. The Mahayana Consciousness Sect has the so-called Eight Consciousness Heart Kings. The first seven senses are not the point, so I will skip them. The eighth consciousness, the alayya, must be carefully explained according to the Buddhist scriptures, and it will not be possible to finish it in a few days and nights, so I will talk about my thoughts. ”
Coughing and clearing his throat, Lin began to speak: "Alaya consciousness is a kind of collective consciousness of the whole universe. It brings together the consciousness of all people. When people have a thought, this consciousness divides the seeds and forms the fruit of others. To put it bluntly, everyone exists because of the motivation of other people, so he exists. ”
At first glance, Fen's brain couldn't turn around, and he looked at someone in smugness with a blank expression. Lin Shi took advantage of the victory to pursue and continued: "If the alayas are true, then as long as someone thinks that God exists, then He really exists. And the more people who believe, the more secure their existence becomes. In some parts of the earth, the term "power of faith" is used. ”
"Faith ......" Fen seriously pondered such a term and redefined it.
There is also faith in the lands, but faith is only one of the ways to give the gods more power. Homo sapiens, with or without believing in them, were not too important to the gods of the Lost Land. They value someone who can handle human affairs for them more than the little strength they contribute.
Unless the number of people really reaches an order of magnitude, and the level of devotion is not easy for ordinary people to reach. That's not a prayer for three days of fishing and two days of drying nets.
But seeing the lich's serious expression, Lin smiled and said, "But I don't think I need to care so much. Just because I believe so much, I became a god, and then my time is really terrible. In the past, there had to be some story of punishing adultery and eliminating evil, and righteousness was thin and cloudy, so that he could have the opportunity to receive incense and spread it by word of mouth. But I live in an era where the entertainment industry is developed, and the popularity of various two-dimensional characters and movie fictional characters is unimaginable, let alone fanatical fans. If what I just said is true, then it is estimated that the two most powerful god systems on the earth in the 21st century are called Hollywood and the other is called Akihabara. So just listen to these words. ”
"Then your second master Guan jumped out and cut a god, what's the matter?"
After several days of talking, Lin Ke was stunned for the first time. "What are you talking about?"