"It's a heavy topic." Jeanne smiled awkwardly.

"It's heavy, but it's all relevant to us." Tuhuan reminded them: "What do we say about the ancients now, and people will say the same about us in the future." ”

"That's why I just said that instead of caring about the bloodline, think about how you can do it better. Our people are not the people of Western Europe, they are not happy, they are really going to die. ”

Theodora knew these words. However, she had been concerned about Guo Kang's answer before, and she didn't seem to be thinking about it this way. Jeanne was a little surprised.

"It's the first time I've seen a big nobleman think like this." She commented: "It's really ...... strange"

"I'm not good at it, you ask him, I also learned from him." Tuhuan immediately pointed at Guo Kang and said, "Our Guo Banxian knew five hundred years before and five hundred years later. He knew these things very well. ”

"I'm not a half-immortal." Guo Kang corrected: "I just know a little more about history than you. ”

"The history of Europeans is too short. If you look at the history of Rome, you will see that this civilization is actually very ...... Tender. We say that force is the foundation of everything, but only force cannot last long. ”

"The problem with ancient Rome was that it lacked enough time to build up its civilization."

"Master Wang, do you remember the last time the Roman Catholic envoys came, we refuted their accusations about Genesis, and gave an example?" He asked, turning his head.

"Of course I do." Grand Lama Wang nodded and relayed to the others: "At that time, the bishop said that we had changed the Book of Genesis, which was outrageous. We told him that this was because even the Book of Genesis had been misinformed and indiscriminately adapted by the ignorant in later generations, and it could no longer reflect God's original intention. ”

"One of the most straightforward reasons we give is the issue of age."

According to the scriptures of the world, it is possible to calculate the time of creation. Orthodox and Catholic scholars have done a lot of research, and in Greece and Rus' regions, it is also popular to use the calculated time of creation as the first year, and then arrange them in order. ”

"Theoretically, there is only meaningful time in the world after the creation of the world, so it is most appropriate to start with this."

"But the problem is that, according to the calculations of the Greeks, the creation of the world was about 5,500 years before the birth of the Heavenly Brother. And according to the calculations of the Catholic Church, it should be much later, only 4000 years. At this time, there is nothing wrong with Europe, but if you compare the chronology of Seris, this era is too late. ”

"They appeared before the creation of the world, didn't they?" Jeanne didn't seem to be surprised.

"yes. If we compare the earlier accounts, Seris's chronology goes back 10,000 years, or even more. The king said, "It cannot be said that the Seris people have been under the rule of the three emperors and five emperors, and it has been thousands of years before the Father of Heaven came to create the world." ”

"It's part mythology, isn't it?" Jeanne asked.

"I've heard businessmen say that Indian mythology is much more exaggerated than that. But these differences are only a matter of belief in the Father, belief in the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, or belief in Hindu gods. She struggled to deduce.

"If you believe in the Father, you can't directly acknowledge pagan myths. The use of the myth of Seris to refute the theory of the church is just a dispute between two religions, and they do not admit it. ”

"But it's not as simple as a myth." Tuohuan shook his head and told her, "In Seris, history plays a much more important role than Europe. It is not only a piece of knowledge, but also plays a part of the religion on our side. ”

"For example, the Seris distinguish between inside and outside, not by looking at religious similarities and differences, but at ancestors and history. This is why everyone is trying to rub their ancestors on the Yellow Emperor. Because it's a 'religious identity' of theirs. ”

"I specifically asked the masters from the Ming Dynasty. On their side, all dynasties like to worship the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Yan, Yao, Shun, etc., which is actually similar to worshipping the Father on our side. How so...... It is probably because you go through this process that everyone recognizes you as a parishioner, and your regime is considered a formal local regime. ”

"So, it's not that their history is a myth, but that history itself has taken on the function of a myth." He deliberately made the following distinction: "Even if the ancient history is tinged with mythology, it is different from the completely empty religious story. Because history has gradually been promoted as a myth, not made up out of thin air. ”

"The most direct evidence is that the Seris were able to dig up ancient things from the ground. Brother Kang told me that he knew where the ruins of these ancient cities that were more than 5,000 years old were. Tuohuan was very energetic: "You see, these can support my statement." ”

"Actually, not only Seris, but also Egypt's civilization is longer than that. Even the ancient Greeks may have been older than this. Guo Kang reminded: "That's why we say that the previous scriptures are full of errors. Because it's not just Ceris that's not right, it's the same everywhere else. ”

"The main thing is that this kind of mistake is too obvious. That's why we think that these scripture passages as a whole can't be used anymore. Guo Kang spread his hands: "Otherwise, the story will become strange, right?" ”

In the early years, it was also believed that Seris was a relatively late maturing of the oldest native civilizations. But with the increase in archaeological discoveries, by Guo Kang's time, it was difficult to judge who was older, which is why he said these words.

"What's this strange method?" Jeanne seems to be interested in this kind of story.

"You think, if the time is not right, the Heavenly Father will become halfway here." Guo Kang reminded her: "In that case, Heavenly Father would not have created this world, but should only be a part of the world and transform it according to his own will - and this transformation will probably have nothing to do with Seris, because that side is the territory of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and it can't be controlled." ”

But after the transformation, the results were not ideal, and there were accidents again and again. Believe it or not, the examples of demons doing harm recorded in the scriptures all happened one after another after the reform. ”

So, according to this logic, we can infer that Heavenly Father may be some ancient god from outside, but his transformation plan went wrong, causing the demons to follow. After that, Heavenly Father couldn't solve it, so he could only simply run away, leaving this mess to Heavenly Brother and mortals in the world. ”

"You see, even if it's not like our church, where we directly delete the problematic parts, but acknowledge these settings and make up for them, it's okay. Isn't that the end of the circle now? He thought for a moment and looked a little proud: "It's probably more impressive than our current teachings." I think it's a good place to write a collection of stories as a worldview setting. ”

"If you are afraid of being tracked down by the church, change your name, for example, the Heavenly Father is called the Super Ancient Holy Spirit, and the Yellow Emperor is called the Dragon Emperor or something...... Guo Kang proposed: "Anyway, those stories are thrown away, it seems that it is really too wasteful, but you can continue to write them." ”

(End of chapter)