my stealth fighter

Chapter 668 Good and Evil
On the 22nd, he enjoyed coffee and desserts very relaxedly. The middle-aged man in front of him could not have unknown powerful strength, and his well-fitting suit was destined to be unable to hide guns, so he was as harmless as the fat geek man next to him, at least physically. I don't know if his thinking is dangerous or not.

She glanced at the book he took out from his briefcase. It was a thick book and very heavy. The reason for its weight was that every page was printed on delicate coated paper in full color. Seeing the barcode, it should not be an official published book.

"Is this the book you want me to read?" she asked.

"Yes, and no - what I want you to see is the content of this book, but as you can see, this book is printed in modern times, and its original version is too old, and the pages and binding are already in jeopardy. Some of the pages of the book are damaged and incomplete, so they cannot be taken out and moved around like this, so we can only use modern technology to take pictures of each page, print it and bind it into a book." He smiled and pushed the book in front of her.

On the 22nd, she cheered up and saw that the cover of the book was a blood-red pentagram outlined on a black background. She opened the title page with curiosity, but she was disappointed. The faster, until she turned to the last page, she finally confirmed that she didn't know any words in the whole book.

These ninjas have all learned various mainstream languages ​​and characters in the world, but not including the characters that are no longer in use. Their study time is very precious, and they will not waste time on this aspect. They are not archaeologists.

As if he understood her expression, or didn't expect a college student like her to understand ancient characters, Bruce smiled without ridicule: "It's okay, I can explain the content to you, but before that , I want to ask you first, what do you think about Satan?"

"Satan?" repeated Number 22.

"Yes, it is the Satan that people often say."

"Uh..." No. 22 didn't have any special views on Satan, but after thinking about it, the logistics ninja attracted the attention of the man in front of him by expressing a different point of view. She couldn't utter any well-founded insights, so she said ambiguously: "I think, in a sense, Satan is misunderstood."

"Oh? What's the reason?" He was also refreshed.

The 22nd is an old Jianghu, judging from his reaction, she took this step in the right way, but she would definitely show timidity if she said more, so she went downhill and said: "It's just my feeling, you just take this step." Think of it as...female intuition - don't underestimate my intuition, I'm pretty good at multiple choice questions in exams, especially the ones I don't know how to do."

"Fortunately, you are not my student, but your intuition is right." Bruce opened a page in the book, pointed to the unintelligible text on the 22nd and said: "This book records the truth, let me slow down Explain to you slowly."

"When Satan is mentioned, people's first impression is often a terrible demon, a villain who opposes God, right? This is the image that the Bible has ingrained in the public, but... think about it, Satan really did What heinous thing?"

On the 22nd, she thought about it, she had read the Bible, but if going against God is not evil in itself, then the other evil deeds clearly pointed out to be done by Satan seem to be nothing.

"Seduce Adam and Eve?" she said.

"If you regard this as evil, then there are no humans today." Bruce laughed. "Of course, let's forget about science and evolution for a while today."

No. 22 is poor, and I can't find other examples.

"Or to take a step back, even if Satan has done some bad things, how do these bad things he did compare to the destruction of the world by the flood? Could it be Satan who tried to purify the world through indiscriminate killing?" Bruce restrained his smile and became serious Get up, "I can give you more examples - Some say that Satan once possessed King Herod and killed all the baby boys in Bethlehem under the age of two, so that Bethlehem could never hear the baby cry Sound, but God also killed the firstborn of all Egyptians, Bethlehem is just a city, Egypt is a country. Of course, I emphasize again, let us temporarily forget about the science and history in the textbooks, and focus on discussing gods and demons.”

No. 22 admitted that his words were very deceptive and sounded reasonable, at least based on her understanding of theology, she was unable to make an effective rebuttal.

"When we believe in God, what do we believe in?" He quoted Haruki Murakami's classic sentence.

"……order?"

"No, it's fear." He shook his head, "If you think about it carefully, in the classics of Buddhism, Christianity, or other religions, the most pages are describing the punishment for rebelling against God and the Buddha. How terrible the eight hells are, the God in the Bible puts all those who resist him to death lightly. Yes, people believe in God, but they are actually afraid of God, fearing that his cruel and merciless punishment will fall on themselves, The entire contents of Buddhist and Christian classics can actually be summed up in two words, obedience—those who follow me will prosper, and those who disobey me will perish, and they will perish miserably, through such intimidation to force the public to convert.”

"All but one fear God."

Number 22 finally understood what he wanted to say, "Satan?"

"Yes, some people have raised objections. In John Milton's famous "Paradise Lost", God represents a corrupt ruler, while Satan represents a rebel who resists tyranny and pursues freedom—maybe You would say that this is a literary creation, but in this book..." He patted the book on the table, "This ancient book reveals more truths."

I have to admit that this person is eloquent. No. 22 came prepared, and he was still a little swayed by what he said. If it was replaced by someone who is more easily bewitched, such as a real ordinary college student, he might be completely swayed Three views.

"Satan is the only person who dares to take the lead in rebelling against God. He is described in the Bible as a heinous devil, but what did he do wrong? His mistake is that he lost a war without justice, and history and handed down classics It is always written by the victors, and the victors are the ones who have the say."

In his mouth, Satan became a tragic hero, who was knocked down by God countless times, and stood up unyieldingly countless times. If the background is changed to the modern world, it is a proper template for the protagonist of the young blood manga, and it is easy to hook If you add some ambiguity to the interaction between Satan and his demon friends, you will be sought after by countless rotten girls...

However, No. 22 is well-informed, and she may indeed be unable to refute his arguments based on classics. She also admits that there are not many far-fetched elements in what he said. She cannot judge whether God or Satan is good or evil. Maybe they are not good birds, maybe, as he said, those religious books really use fear to force people to choose sides, but at least one thing she is sure of, even if the methods of religious books are not bright, but at least they It is using unsightly means to force people to be good, and it is hard to say what the followers of Satan have done.

On the surface, she seemed to be attracted by his words, she listened attentively, her eyes sparkled, and she didn't even touch the coffee when it was cold, but in her heart she remained calm and did not forget her mission for this trip.

"And Messiah, you've heard of Messiah, right?" The more he chatted, the more excited he became.

"Of course, the prophesied savior?" she responded cooperatively.

"This is also a complete lie." He shook his head regretfully, and pointed out the busy window, "Do you think this world needs to be saved?"

Looking sideways on the 22nd, in the winter afternoon, the streets are full of people coming and going, a scene of singing and dancing, many people are looking forward to the arrival of Christmas, with smiles on their faces, although more are looking forward to the holiday And gifts instead of commemorating the birth of God, people are so realistic.

"I don't think it's needed, at least right now," she said.

"Let me tell you, the Messiah is not the savior, on the contrary, the Messiah is the destroyer of the world - if you think about it carefully, the Messiah always comes with disasters and kills [-]% of the people in the world first , and then save the remaining [-]% of the people he thinks are worthy of saving, it is like drowning all the creatures in the world, and then only save pairs of creatures that can fill an ark, this is considered a savior? Hypocrites!" He lightly angrily He tapped the table lightly.

"It's very clear in this book that if there is no Messiah, there will be no disasters, so if it were you, what would you do?" He stared at her fiercely, "Have you heard of that' The trolley problem' No? A madman straps five people to a tram track, a runaway tram is coming, but you can pull a lever and the trolley will go onto another track where only the One person—given the above, would you pull the lever?"

Seeing her hesitation, he further added conditions, "What if people from all over the world are tied to one track, and only one person is tied to the other track? Blood on your hands? Even the blood of innocent people?"

No. 22 realized that this question was extremely critical, she was not allowed to evade it, and she was not allowed to be sloppy, her answer would determine the success or failure of the mission.

Although she doesn't want to do this kind of problem in her heart, if she encounters this kind of thing in reality, she will give priority to saving whichever side has people she knows. If there is no one, she will think of other ways. But such an answer is certainly not acceptable.

She thought about it with a tangled expression, bit her lip and said, "I am willing."

He smiled again.

(End of this chapter)