Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 1013 Complicated History

Although many people in later generations will think that the Roman Empire is great and rich.In fact, it can't be wrong.

However, only a small number of "citizens" can share this wealth.

What kind of people did the first Christians come from?
The poorest man in Rome.

Bankrupt freemen of all trades living in cities, or newly freed slaves.Slaves from every great estate, small farmers in the fields who were increasingly in debt bondage.

There is absolutely no common path to liberation for all of these people.For all these, Paradise is gone forever; the Paradise of the bankrupt freeman is that former city-state in which their forefathers were free citizens; Freedom before captivity and slavery; the paradise of the small peasant is the abolished clan system and communal ownership of the land.

Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, the way out could only be in the field of religion.

The theologian opened a gap leading to dreams in the depressed world.

Another world opens up.The continued existence of the soul after the death of the body gradually became an accepted creed throughout the Roman world.It is also increasingly accepted that the soul after death will receive some kind of reward or punishment for its actions in life.But the rewards were rather uncertain; the ancient world, with its strong spontaneous materialism, valued life on earth more than life in the Underworld; and the Greeks regarded immortality after death as a misfortune.

"Settlement after death" is simply overwhelmingly powerful compared to the original "Just World".In the spiritual field, it has the epoch-making significance of a nuclear weapon—in layman's terms, it is a spiritual atomic bomb.

"Death" is no longer simple, nor is it the end.As a result, human beings can finally overcome a little bit of fear of death and gain a little bit of fear.

This mechanism, which cannot be proved or falsified manually, becomes a "just" patch.

In the imaginary world, a reliable third-party supervisor appeared.

Thus, people in the world - those who have nothing, find someone to love, and they are loved by others.

God guarantees this love.

The doctrine of "love your neighbor," the commentary "The merciful is your neighbor," unites people who have nothing.

For the imperial people who worship all gods, believing in a monotheistic sect is equivalent to "atheism."It's a sin.

The malice of the empire did not destroy the mutual love of the people at the bottom.

……

--Love?

--Love?

Yuki sincerely wondered if he had read the wrong book.

what is love"?Does he really know the word?

Could the Six Dragons Sect be united by "love"?
Those six dragons...really love each other...love each other...

Yuki suddenly thought of Borshu again.Boershu was in pain because he knew that the love from Green Forest was sincere.The power of technology has also planted a deep-rooted love for his compatriots in the green forest in his consciousness.

In a sense, the green forest is also united by "love".

But "love" shouldn't be...

--calm down……

Yuki told himself so
"Love is not the answer" - this is what Xiang Shan has said to him repeatedly.After Boershu's death, Xiang Shan had specially educated Yuki.

"One cannot lack love, but love cannot be something that saves the world." Xiang Shan said to Yuki when he put a fragment of Bor's surgical armor next to the pillow of the strange girl in Dr. Hu's clinic.

Love is part of the means, but not the whole means.

Love should be included in the purpose, but it cannot be the whole purpose.

Love……

"Love is not the answer, but the Six Dragons chose love as its foundation, so does it take on the characteristics of a 'religion'?"

Yuki felt that his guess was quite absurd.

He was skeptical.As far as he saw along the way, the Six Dragons Sect are all like that... Vicious?
No, maybe it's because things like "love" are exclusive.

Yuki flipped to the next chapter.On the west side of Eurasia, when that religion was sprouting, and when it was entangled with the empire, on the east side of Eurasia, a sect was also born.Although in the next millennium, the two sects will develop into very different things.However, in the early days of their germination, they showed a surprising commonality.This sect spread in Bashu, with "life and death" as the core, using "fear of death" and "beautiful vision" as common topics to reconcile the contradictions of different groups under the rule.In its organizational form and daily activities, it exhibits characteristics very similar to Western religions.In the era of the Republic, the Orientals also gave this early sect a high evaluation.

The author obviously prefers to look for the "commonness" among different civilizations, and then discuss the reasons for the birth of "individuality" based on the "commonality".

The author of this book believes that perhaps this form of organization is the best answer that people of that era can give, and it may also be the most suitable.

World religions in the South Asian subcontinent sprouted earlier.Six or seven hundred years before this, the first enlightened people had already explained the idea of ​​"all beings are equal" to the world of unequal birth.

Yuki quick review.He doesn't really care about the specific content of religion.He just wanted to find a template that could help him understand the template of the Six Dragons Sect.

However, he soon fell into confusion again.

Just turned over a chapter, and these early sects changed their appearance one after another.

The Eastern sects completed their surrender almost without struggle, and the process can be regarded as silky smooth.After it entered the upper class society, its past teachings and organizational structure were quickly abandoned, no longer discussed by anyone, and even dubbed "demon" and "ghost". "Talking about Xuan" seems to be the most doctrinal thing

And the sect that defined the origin of the old era became part of the empire.The issue that theologians were most concerned about was once the definition of the relationship between "the leader who is the origin of the chronology" and "God".They are willing to spend hundreds of years discussing this issue and may they be willing to divide for it.

Obviously the prophet made an annotation for "neighbors", so that people can try to love people far away, but later people are trying to close the door opened by the prophet and re-limit the scope of the definition.

Nor did they later see "mercy" in their dealings with those who were different from themselves.

— incomprehensible.

Yuki thought so.

He began to feel that he might not be able to find the template of the Six Dragons Sect from his past research.

Could it be that the Church of the Six Dragons was born out of a desire to save the world?how can that be?It's just too ridiculous.

Religion of the distant past, how many years did it take to reverse its position?
And how long has the Six Dragons Sect existed?

Yuki shook his head.

All kinds of thoughts came.Faced with all these thousands of thoughts, the young man couldn't make sense of it for a while.His brain doesn't know which part to prioritize.

Under this feeling of "big head", Yuki impatiently turned to the end, wanting to see what kind of summary the author will write at the end.

Somewhat surprisingly, the author is the first to admit that he is still very ignorant in this field.Although religion is something that came after the birth of human beings, it is also very complicated.Human beings have developed to this day, but they are increasingly unable to recognize their own appearance.

"Religion" is a very complex topic.

"...When African warlord countries were still hunting black slaves, there were Jesuit monks in Africa in the form of guerrilla warfare to rescue slaves... But it must also be noted that these slaves will be sold to countries that believe in God... …At the same time we also need to note that the Jesuits happen to be…an extremely conservative force…but judging from their behavior…I am therefore willing to believe the declaration of 'If Jesus lived, he would be a guerrilla'… "

"...The denominations known as 'justification by faith' and advocating that 'everyone has the right to interpret the scriptures', from the perspective of modern people, may be more progressive...but within the sphere of influence of the Kelvin sect, a Catholic The priest stood with the uprising peasants' events... How to interpret it from the perspective of class history is a topic worthy of our discussion..."

"...any religion is a social entity composed of religious believers, religious organizations and religious thoughts, and is a branch of the spiritual system of human society...it not only reflects the suffering brought by nature and human society, but also entrusts Religious people’s protest and lament for real suffering and hope and pursuit for ideal life. In different historical periods, religion has played different roles in promoting or hindering the progress of society..."

"Every religion has more or less such components: scribes who explore metaphysical thoughts in magnificent religious places, ascetic hermits who practice in the wilderness and deep mountains, rooted in the general public, and deeply connected with superstition. Folklore beliefs from different origins, clergymen who run religious places... A one-sided way to look at religion in general does not deepen our understanding of ourselves as human beings..."

Yuki slammed his head against the inner wall of the sub.

Not far away, Yin Zhewei thought it was funny and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I just feel that even people who lived in the past were so... so... 'unknown' about past religions..." Yuki pressed his head against the wall and turned his head: "The topic of religion is too complicated Thinking of analyzing the Six Dragons Sect by 'understanding religion' may be fundamentally a mistake."

Yin Zhewei's eyes lit up: "Oh, oh, that's it... You can come up with any ideas, and we can discuss them together. You know, we are scientific research knights anyway. We can barely be considered in this respect. Professional."

(End of this chapter)