Three days later, when he returned to the village from the locust tree incident and ate Princess Linada's breakfast, Qian Baimo felt that his life would be shrouded in the terrifying shadow of toast omelette.

For the first time, Qian Baimo really understood that the quality of taste is not the highest level of cooking, and when he saw his roommate come in with toast, Qian Baimo couldn't help but feel a cramp in his stomach again.

"Qay, we're going to have a masquerade party in the evening, are you coming?" the roommate walked over to the cabinet with his toast and began rummaging through his clothes.

"Okay, what time is it?" Qian Baimo, who was half leaning on the bed, looked at the "Ten Chapters of the Blessing Covenant" in his hand and replied casually.

"Tonight at 19 o'clock, in the newly bought courtyard of Adili; by the way, why hasn't Princess Linada come to you these days?"

"I guess I'm going to participate in the spring hunt of the royal family. ”

"That's good. The roommate said and took out a set of dresses and said to Qianbaimo: "Qian, what do you think of me?"

Qian Baimo looked up and continued to read: "It's too classical, not brilliant enough." ”

"Oh. The roommate then began to pick up his clothes again and asked, "Qian, what are you going to wear to the prom?"

"Well. Qian Baimo closed the book after thinking for a while, then got up and said, "Don't pick, let's go to the street to buy new clothes." ”

"Oh. The roommate looked back and saw that Qian Baimo was sorting out his coat, so he also closed the wardrobe and sorted out his coat......

After spending more than half an hour in the carriage of the academy to the nearest market town, the two spent half a day choosing a new dress for the ball, and after storing the dress, he said to his roommate: "You go back first, I'll go to Bishop Cross." ”

"Okay, then we'll meet at the evening dance. ”

"Dancing will meet. ”

After the two parted ways at the entrance of the dress shop, Qianbaimo went to the cathedral in the center of the market town, and after confirming that Qianbaimo was a student of Guresmann Academy, the attendant led the way to Bishop Cross's study.

"Qian, why are you free? Bishop Cross said as he got up from his desk and sat down in the guest chair.

"Bishop Cross, I'm here to ask some questions. Qian Baimo then sat down beside Bishop Cross.

"Oh. Bishop Cross picked up the glass on the coffee table and poured a glass of water for Qianbaimo and said, "Qian, then do you have any questions that you need to pass on to the Holy Lord?"

"I wonder what a fair trial of faith is?"

"Fair trial?" Bishop Cross was stunned.

"Yes, as in the first sentence of the opening chapter of the Covenant, if the Lord says, 'Whoever believes in me is blessed by the light, then who am I?'

"Well, of course, the Almighty Holy Lord. ”

"Since it is the Almighty Holy Lord, what is the standard for us to believe in Him?"

"The standard, of course, is the virtues of love, forgiveness, and self-reliance. Bishop Cross took a sip of water.

"Are these virtues our own, then, or have they been given to us by the Lord Almighty?"

"This. After taking another sip of water, Bishop Cross replied: "Virtue is the greatest gospel that the Lord has given to all the world, but the world will be blinded by the ugliness of the world, so we need to guide the world back to the arms of the Lord." ”

"In that case, when there is a conflict between the virtues bestowed by our Lord and the sanctions of the Holy Lord, do we respect the virtues or obey the Lord?"

"Obedience to the Lord is, of course, the greatest virtue. Bishop Cross replied without hesitation.

"Is obedience the greatest virtue? Qian Baimo got up and bowed to Bishop Cross and said, "Thank you Bishop Cross for his teachings, don't bother the students if they still have something." ”

"Qian, you are one of my favorite students, and you must not be blinded by the temptations of the devil. ”

"Yes, Bishop Cross, the students must always listen to the Lord. ”

"Well, that's fine, you go first. ”

"Bishop Cross, the students take their leave. After saying that, Qian Baimo got up and left.

After leaving the church, Qian Baimo took out his pocket watch and looked at it was nearly 4 o'clock, considering that there would not be too many staple foods at the evening dance, so he went to the aristocratic restaurant not far from the church to eat something first.

Since it was not the punctual time for the meal at this time, Qian Baimo casually found a table to sit down, and after ordering the meal, he jumped on the table and communicated with his divine sense: "Master, did you believe what Bishop Cross said just now?"

"Of course not. ”

"Then how did you go?"

"Because I suddenly found it stupid to talk to a strong believer about questioning his religion. ”

"Oh, master, are you questioning that holy master?"

"Then no, how to say it, the Holy Lord is like the rotation of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there is no so-called questioning problem at all. ”

"This, what do you mean, master?"

"The Lord is the so-called gospel, have you ever heard that the four seasons turn to spread the gospel and take the initiative to teach people to sow and reap?"

"This ......"

As Bishop Cross said, virtue is the gospel that God has given to all the world, just as the seed is the hope given to the world by spring, but how to turn the seed into the food of reality requires people to discover, summarize and pass on it themselves. ”

"I understand that the master means that the so-called gospel of the Lord is like a seed, a virtue that the world itself discovers and summarizes, and then passes it on in the form of the gospel?"

This should be the case, but the same seeds, the same conditions, will grow different fruits in different hands. ”

"Master, do you mean that someone deliberately twists the gospel for selfish desires?"

It is not necessarily the case, just like the two-sided nature of things, the so-called virtue is directed at the instinctive desires of man, and in the case of Ashled's "Treatise on Human Nature", virtue is equivalent to human nature, and instinctive desires are animal nature, and the main purpose of the gospel is to proclaim the virtues of human nature. But the key is what is human nature? What is a human being who is free from animal nature?"

“......”

"If we elevate human nature to the social level, then human nature is the basis for building a civilization system, just like the difference between ant groups and human groups, ants are social relations established by animal nature, so although they are tightly organized and divided, after hundreds of thousands of years, they still cannot form a civilization system. Humans appeared later than all living things, but they were the only creatures that formed a civilization system. ”

“......”

Therefore, the foundation of religion should be based on the needs of social humanity, then there will inevitably be a problem in religion, that is, to protect the big and give up the small, and when there is a conflict between individual humanity and social humanity, it can only sacrifice individual humanity to maintain social humanity. ”

"Oh, what does the master mean that those inquisitions are actually to maintain the humanity of society, so they will sanction all kinds of individual humanity?"

"Basically, this should be the case, but individual humanity and social humanity are like the two sides of a knife, you can't say whether the back of the knife is correct or the blade is correct; if you blindly pursue the correct back of the knife, it will be an ordinary piece of iron, and if you want to pursue the right blade, it will be a decoration that will break when touched; how to balance the back of the knife and the blade, this may be the problem that all religions and human beliefs have to face. ”

"Has the master found a way to balance that?"

As Shakyo said before Nirvana: The Dharma cannot be preached, and the Tao cannot be taught. What we know and think is just a dust in the sky, everything is just a peep in the tube, no matter what you say, it is wrong, and we can only rely on ourselves to comprehend the "Wordless Book of Heaven". Just as a person who is completely detached from animal nature is a saint, can a group of saints really build a civilization system?"

"This ......"

"Forget it, with what I've seen and experienced now, it's not time to comprehend these things, and I'm afraid that if I think about these things, I'm afraid that I will fall into the horns of the bull and go crazy. ”

"Oh. ”

"Alright, let's do it for now. After Qian Baimo glanced at the waiter who came over with the tray, he put away his senses.