Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 402 Scientific Research on Heavenly Father, Get Rid of Feudal Superstition

Facing Brother Patrick's questioning, Guo Kang couldn't give any good explanation.

After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the two sides were actually not on the same channel.Therefore, he does not need to reject the other party's advice.Thinking of this, Guo Kang also had an answer.

"Your suggestion is very good." He nodded: "But what we are concerned about now is not the struggle for power between women and men, but the development of new fields. This is different from the previous situation."

"Our goal is to make women more powerful," he said to Brother Patrick. "We all know that women who are left unchecked can cause great disaster, but since the Father created women, he must It has a purpose."

"We are all mere mortals, and we cannot directly guess His will. But there is no doubt that everything He left us is to guide us to learn, understand and use it correctly. We must continue to work hard in this direction to be more powerful." Understand the world, approach the truth of the Father and where the Kingdom of Heaven is."

"This... is indeed true." Brother Patrick thought for a while and asked again: "But do you really think that a woman's character can be reformed?"

"Of course not." Guo Kang shook his head directly: "We are not the heavenly father, how can we have the ability to change the nature deep in the soul? All we have to do is to adjust the current organizational method and make use of this nature."

"You have seen the steam shrine I made before, you have seen it many times." He said.

Father Patrick nodded.

"Steam will make the lid of the cooker jump around. Like a shrew, it will make a huge noise and movement. If it is not done well, it will lift the lid and even hurt people. But if we make a design Reasonable equipment comes out, but steam can provide reliable power." Guo Kang gave an example.

"During this process, did the characteristics of the steam change?" He asked the other party again.

"No." Brother Patrick is also a smart person, so he probably understands it.

"You see, people in ancient times knew about steam from boiling water; philosophers in the classical era have also discovered that steam can push the lid of a pot and drive all kinds of interesting gadgets; but until now, we It was only when we started researching that it could have more practical value," Guo Kang said.

"In the same way, you should have seen our power generation device. Thunder and lightning are one of the most feared powers of the ancients. In Greek legend, it is the authority of the main god, but what do you see now? We can also gradually master and use it. .”

"Heavenly Father is strict, but he loves human beings after all. As long as we obey certain rules, He will mercifully allow us to use these powerful powers." He also said from the theological point of view: "Our worship of God has proved that , and there is no Zeus, the main god of thunder and lightning. In this case, what are the mysteries of other powers? They are all the wealth left by the heavenly father to mankind."

"Therefore, we should refer to the experience of the ancients, but we still have to consider what the ancients were afraid of, and we don't have to believe it all." He warned Brother Patrick: "When we study theology, we must not ignore experience, but we must not become superstitious."

"Thanks for Brother Constantine's warning. I will pay attention to it." Brother Patrick still agreed with this point.

Although it sounds strange, the word "superstition" is a term commonly used by the church to refer to the opposite of "righteous faith".For example, folk witchcraft worship can be classified into this category.

Both Taoism and God-worshiping religions have this kind of activity against folk obscenity, so until now, Guo Kang casually said that he wanted to "oppose feudal superstition", and the priests all expressed their support-in everyone's understanding, this is against European culture. The meaning of heretical sects supported by feudal lords and nobles.

Within the church, there were actually related disputes in the early years.When Patriarch Zhang first established the constitution, some priests who also came from the East put forward the theory of "Brother Tian going down to earth", thinking that since Brother Tian has already gone down to save the world, he will go down to earth more than once, but he often does not disclose his identity. So mortals don't know.

On this basis, the "Heavenly Father Upper Body Heavenly Brother Theory" was developed: because the conclusion of the Trinity is too abstract, even Patriarch Zhang's interpretation of the scriptures has relatively high requirements for readers' cultural level, so some folk monks It is believed that, in fact, the divinity of brother Tian comes from being taken up by the heavenly father, so he has both humanity and divinity at the same time.Therefore, later generations believed that he was both the father and brother, and then proposed the theory of the Trinity.

Some people are more radical, thinking that the heavenly father and brother are obviously two people, and both of them can descend to the mortal world, and they can also get on their bodies.The divinity of the saints of later generations is brought by the upper body of the heavenly father and brother.The ability of a saint to intercede can only be obtained by contacting the heavenly father and heavenly brother; but how to fully contact the heavenly father and heavenly brother?Of course it's just the upper body...

In addition to these few, there is a more in-depth "Holy Spirit Possession Theory", which believes that the Holy Spirit is the source of divinity, so the heavenly father and heavenly brothers can be on the body, because the Holy Spirit is constantly possessing other people. .

However, Patriarch Zhang insisted that righteous gods do not know how to get on their bodies, and the same is true of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother.For this reason, he had a fierce dispute with some other priests.

Some priests have always believed that the theory of possession is more beneficial to maintaining the legitimacy of Rome. After all, no matter how you interpret the scriptures, and claim that your beliefs are pure and your understanding of the scriptures is close to ancient times, it is better to directly declare "I am the Father".Therefore, they were unwilling to make concessions, and the two sides quarreled bitterly.

In the end, Guo Gai and others came to persuade them one after another, and then the matter was settled.But after that, Patriarch Zhang and his family have always been vigilant, and others will try to avoid such accusations.Brother Patrick naturally had to pay the same attention.

Speaking of this, Guo Kang returned to the original topic.

"We don't want to use scriptures and preaching to correct women like the Celestialists." He told the monks: "What we have to do is to use practical actions to change the entire social environment, and then, to ensure that under the new social environment, Women can play a greater positive role."

"You see, what we have changed is only the various relationships in society, not anyone's nature." He concluded: "Isn't this much simpler and more feasible?"

Brother Patrick showed a look of sudden realization.

"We don't deliberately support anyone, because if we use favoritism to force differences, it will only lead to more injustice." Guo Kang emphasized: "So, this plan was never to help women. Like before The conscription is not to help the Slavs."

"Our goal is only one, and that is to make society more efficient, so that more people can achieve greater benefits for the whole of Rome at a lower cost. For this reason, we have to let the Slavs get rid of the cruel and inefficient village society, to allow women to participate in advanced technological production. These actions have the same goal.”

"Like you, I don't think that you can get any good results simply by giving women more power." He glanced at Brother Patrick's expression and comforted him: "This will only spoil people and make women The most treacherous and laziest people in the world will get the greatest benefits. Selective favoritism is tantamount to letting the inferiors eliminate the superior ones. Such a result is not difficult to guess."

"And what we're trying to do is change the environment and unleash the power of all -- women just happen to be included in it. It's the opposite of 'women empowerment', which emphasizes specificity."

"As for whether they can get more, even better than men, that's not what we should consider. We just try our best to do everything the best, so that our civilization can get the best support. Just give it to the Supreme Heavenly Father." Guo Kang finally concluded.

"Actually, even the scholars in the classical era just observed the phenomenon and made some conclusions. It is a bit exaggerated to talk about the essence of the soul." He shook his head: "What is the difference between the nature of men and women? , Can it be redeemed, is it something we can argue? I think only the Heavenly Father who designed human beings has the right to judge all of this. What do you think?"

Brother Patrick fully agreed this time.

"I don't think there's any problem with this." He agreed, "Discussing with you is really beneficial every time. I'm going to talk to other brothers and make a plan quickly."

"I'm sorry to bother you." Guo Kang replied politely, watching him run back again.

(End of this chapter)