Faced with Brother Patrick's doubts, Guo Kang could not give any good explanation.
He thought about it carefully and found 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 idea for an answer.
"Your suggestion is very good." He nodded: "But what we are focusing on now is not the struggle for power between women and men, but the opening up of new areas. This is different from the previous situation."
“Our goal is to make women more powerful,” he told Brother Patrick. “We all know that unchecked women can cause great disasters, but since Heavenly Father created women, they must It has a purpose.”
"We are all just mortals and 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 in order to be more Understand the world and get closer to Heavenly Father’s truth and where the Kingdom of Heaven is.”
"That's true..." Brother Patrick thought for a moment and then asked, "But do you really think that a woman's character can be changed?"
"Of course not." Guo Kang shook his head directly: "We are not Heavenly Father, so how can we 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 must have seen the steam shrine I made before many times," he said.
Father Patrick nodded.
"Things like steam will blow the lid of the cooker around. Like a shrew, it will make huge noises and movements. If it fails, it will flip the lid and even hurt people. But if we make a design With reasonable equipment, steam can provide reliable power." Guo Kang gave an example.
"Have the characteristics of the steam changed during this process?" he asked the other party again.
"No." Brother Patrick was also a smart man, so he probably understood what he said.
"You see, people in ancient times knew that boiling water produces steam. Steam can push the lid of the pot and drive all kinds of interesting gadgets. Philosophers in the classical era have also discovered it; but until now, we We just started researching it to make it have more practical value," Guo Kang said.
"Similarly, you should have seen our power-generating device. Thunder and lightning were one of the most feared powers by the ancients. In Greek legends, it was the authority of the Lord God. But what do you think now? We can also gradually master and use it. .”
"Heavenly Father is strict, but after all, he loves mankind. As long as we abide by certain rules, He will mercifully let us use these powerful powers." He also said from a theological perspective: "Our God-worshipping religion has proven , there is no Zeus, the main god who can arbitrate thunder and lightning. In this case, what is so mysterious about other powers? They are just the wealth left to mankind by the Father."
"Therefore, we must refer to the experience of the ancients, but we still have to consider the things that the ancients were afraid of, and we may not necessarily believe them all." He warned Brother Patrick: "When we study theology, we cannot ignore experience, but we cannot become superstitious."
"Thank you Brother Constantine for your admonition. I will pay attention to it." Brother Patrick still agreed with this point.
Although it sounds strange, the word "superstition" is a common term used by the church to refer to the opposite behavior of "righteous faith". For example, folk witchcraft worship can be classified into this category.
Taoism and God-worshipping religions both have this kind of activity to crack down on folk obscenity, so until now, Guo Kang casually said that he wanted to "oppose feudal superstition", and the priests have expressed support - in everyone's understanding, this means opposing Europe It means a heretical sect 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, a priest who also came from the East proposed the "theory of Brother Tian descending to earth", believing that since Brother Tian has descended to earth to save the world, he will descend to earth more than once, but he often does not disclose his identity. So mortals don’t know either.
On this basis, the "Teaching of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother" was developed: Because the conclusion of the Trinity is too abstract, even Patriarch Zhang's interpretation of the Bible has relatively high requirements for readers' cultural level, so some folk monks I concluded that Brother Tian’s divinity actually came from being possessed by the Heavenly Father, so he had both human nature and divinity at the same time. Therefore, later generations believed that he was both the heavenly father and the heavenly brother, and then proposed the theory of the Trinity.
Some people are more radical, believing that Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother are obviously two people, and that both of them can descend to earth and ascend to the upper body. The divinity of saints in later generations is brought by the upper body of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother. The ability of saints to intercede can only be obtained by contacting the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brothers; but how to fully contact the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brothers? Of course it’s only the upper body…
In addition to these, there is also a more in-depth "Holy Spirit Possession Theory", which believes that the Holy Spirit is the source of divinity, so Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother can possess the body, because the Holy Spirit is constantly possessing other people. .
However, Patriarch Zhang insisted that the righteous gods would not get involved in the body, and the same was certainly true of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother. For this reason, he had fierce disputes with some other clergy.
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 Bible, no matter how much you claim that your faith is pure and your understanding of the meaning of the scriptures is close to ancient times, it is better to directly declare "I am the Father." Therefore, they were unwilling to give in, and the two sides started to quarrel.
Finally, Guo Gai and others came to persuade him and settled the matter. But since then, 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.
At this point, Guo Kang returned to the original topic.
"We are not trying to correct women with scriptures and sermons like the Seris philosophers." He told the monks: "What we have to do is to use practical actions to change the entire social environment, and then ensure that in the new social environment, Women can play a greater positive role.”
"You see, we are only changing the various relationships in society, not anyone's nature." He concluded: "Wouldn't it be much simpler and more feasible this way?"
Brother Patrick looked enlightened.
"We will not deliberately support anyone, because if we use partiality to forcefully make up for the differences, it will only lead to more injustice." Guo Kang emphasized: "So, this plan has never been to help women. Just like before The conscription was not to help the Slavs."
"We have only one goal, and that is to make society more efficient, so that more people can achieve greater benefits for the whole of Rome at less cost. For this reason, we need to get the Slavs out of the cruel and inefficient village society and allow women to participate in advanced technological production. These actions have the same goal."
"Like you, I don't think any good results can be achieved simply by giving women more power." He glanced at Brother Patrick's expression and comforted: "This will only spoil people and make women miserable." The most treacherous and lazy people among them will get the greatest benefits. Selective favoritism is equivalent to letting the inferior ones eliminate the superior ones. Such a result is not difficult to guess."
"What we need to do is to change the entire environment and release the power of everyone - women just happen to be included in it. It is exactly the opposite of 'empowering women', which emphasizes speciality."
"As for whether they can get more, or even be improved more than men, that is not what we should consider. We just need to try our best to do everything best and let our civilization get the best support. The rest, we should pay attention to Just give it to the Supreme Father." Guo Kang concluded.
"Actually, even scholars in the classical era only observed phenomena and made some conclusions. Talking about the deep nature of the soul is still a bit exaggerated." He shook his head: "What is the difference between the nature of men and women? , is it something we can demonstrate whether it can be redeemed? I think only the Heavenly Father, who designed human beings, has the power to judge all of this. What do you think?"
Brother Patrick fully agreed this time.
"I think there will be no problem in this way." He agreed: "I benefit a lot from discussing with you every time. I will go and talk to other brothers and finalize the plan as soon as possible."
"Sorry to trouble you." Guo Kang replied politely, watching him run back again.
(End of chapter)
