"Just as Father Mavey believes in the truth and takes truth as the name of the church, secrets are also our faith."
On the bench of the preaching hall, the long-haired man and his four companions sat down one after another, and started a heated doctrinal discussion around Ma Wei: "We believe that beings with powerful extraordinary powers should not have too much contact with human society, but It is to act as an observer and allow human beings to develop without interfering with or infringing on each other. This is the most balanced state."
"In our opinion, it is extremely dangerous for your church and other churches to interfere with the development of human society, because the power of gods is too powerful and will lead to imbalances in human society... For example, today, the Wisdom God Church and the Church of Truth interfered with Roman The affairs of the Novus Kingdom led to the outbreak of civil strife, and the aggressive war that just ended not long ago was also related to the gods."
"Doesn't all this prove that God's intervention in human society will lead to disaster? Therefore, we should stay hidden and exist in human society in a low-key manner until human beings encounter a life-and-death crisis, then show up to save them, and after the rescue , and should continue to be secretive.”
After patiently listening to what the long-haired man said, Ma Wei asked: "What's your name?"
"My name is Alberts." The long-haired man introduced the companions beside him and said: "Their names are Otanes, Arhan, Manali and Pantia. We come from the distant Qajar Kingdom."
Kingdom of Qajar....
Mavey had an impression in his mind. The Qajar Kingdom was a country located to the south of the Romanov Kingdom, bordering the Barbarossa Empire. Strictly speaking, the Qajar Kingdom and the Romanov Kingdom did not belong to the same area. They Have their own culture and religious beliefs.
Just like the real god Baji, she was not a god born in the Kingdom of Windsor, the Kingdom of Romanov or the Kingdom of Popang. According to Mawi's estimation, the land where Baji was born should be the current Kingdom of Alawi, which is the same as the Kingdom of Kaza. The territory of your kingdom is the same.
The Hermitage Church was probably one of the many small churches that fled to the Romanov Kingdom half a year ago.
The promulgation of the "Temporary Decree" half a month ago left these small churches hiding in the dark with nowhere to go. The secret police did not dare to take action against the Truth Church, so why not take action against them?
What order did Archbishop Henry give... Mawei didn't know, but the proposal in the "Provisional Decree" to review religious activities within the kingdom must have had a considerable impact on these small churches.
They were desperate and had no choice.
Either defect to the Church of Truth or the Cult of Wisdom... It is impossible to stand on their own. They have long lost their last chance.
Ma Wei felt a little lucky in his heart. If they had not been favored by Katerina, they might have ended up like these small churches, wandering around.
These small churches are like rabbits driven into a corner. In order to prevent their faith from perishing, they actually...
The idea came to my own head.
Ma Wei looked at the tired five Alberts in front of him, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, bent down to pick up Yunia, and said softly: "Alberts, is this your teaching?"
"Yes." The long-haired man Alberts nodded: "All disasters come from unequal forces. The life or death of a church can be determined by the strength of the gods alone. This is unfair, isn't it?"
"Do you want to pursue fairness? In your words, I feel your desire for equality. Equality is also the truth."
"But the world is inherently unequal." Alberts retorted: "Some people are born with disabilities, and some people are troubled by their gender. Do humans who can kill ants at will really think that ants are in the same status as them? Equality is nothing more than a weapon used by the inferior to fight for their own interests. Absolute equality does not exist at all."
That's pretty good...
Ma Wei nodded and responded: "You use ants as an example, but this premise is that ants have the ability to think independently. If ants are intelligent beings and can live in harmony with humans, I don't think humans will kill them at will. .”
"At the same time, I don't think a normal adult would have any thoughts about the ants crawling on the ground. As for children whose concepts of right and wrong have not yet been fully formed, it involves education issues. Let's leave this aside for now. What is being discussed is the evil act of cruelty and killing that comes from the heart, and it should be done from an adult perspective."
"There are many types of ants, such as fire ants and termites that are harmful to humans. If they do not harm humans, will humans kill them for no reason? The question you raised is not discussing equality, but asking powerful people to put down their weapons. , allowing others to bully you is extremely selfish, because you yourself are the weak one."
"We are not weak." Alberts blushed: "We also have gods! Killing is very easy!"
Sure enough, if a god comes, it will be much easier...
"Compared to ordinary people, you are indeed very powerful, but compared to the Church of Wisdom and the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny... you are not even a little bit worse." Ma Wei said calmly: "You want the strong to let go It's good that weapons don't hurt the weak, but have you ever thought that what the weak really need may not be protection, but strength?"
"What do you mean?" Alberts asked confused.
"In the eyes of those of us at the bottom, the aristocrats and capitalists are the source of oppression and exploitation. They are the strong ones who use their own power to bully the weak. According to your teachings, the aristocrats and capitalists should lie dormant. Let's not talk about this for now. It’s unrealistic, but have you considered the consequences of this behavior?”
Alberts and his four companions all looked confused, not understanding what Mavey meant.
"It seems that you have really not considered the consequences..." Ma Wei sighed: "What you want to do is essentially a kind of class consolidation. The strong will always be strong, and the weak will become weaker. Even if the strong put down their weapons, it will not change. The fact that the weak themselves are not strong enough!”
"This is not the truth at all. You just want to ensure your own status. You are doing despicable things under the guise of being sanctimonious. How can there be believers in such a church?"
"You were bullied by the strong, just like a group of children who were bullied by the older children. They came to the adults crying and tried to use the power of the adults to fight back. Doesn't this behavior itself violate the teachings you believe in?"
Ma Wei shook his head and said to the completely stunned Alberts and others: "Let the weak take up arms, become strong, and break class barriers. This is the truth. This is what the Truth Church wants. Things to do!"
"As weak people, not only do you not support the Church of Truth, you even come to our door to persuade us... Alberts, I am very disappointed in you. If you still have even a shred of ability to think independently, you should do your best. Think about what I said."
With that said, Ma took Alberts' palm and said softly: "The truth will not reject every believer who wants to follow it. The goddess of truth, Yunia, is tolerant and kind. She loves her believers deeply. I am willing to bring the light of truth to the world, including you who have gone astray..."
"I...I..." Alberts opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
He felt something collapsed in his heart, and the reactions of several other people were similar to his.
"Today was just a doctrinal discussion. You did a good job, but I hope you can think about the meaning of truth after you go back..."
Mawei took out a translation of the "Book of Truth" and handed it to Alberts: "Read it carefully. The Church of Truth will open its door to you at any time."
Alberts and the others didn't even know how they left. They walked out of St. Basil's Cathedral in a daze and numbness. The sun was so dazzling that they even forgot to take their suitcases.
"Christopher."
"Father."
"Find someone to send them the suitcase."
"Understood..." Christopher agreed and suddenly asked, "Should we send someone to follow?"
"Don't send people, send cats." Ma Wei turned his head and shouted towards the garden: "Xiao Hei!
! "
"Come on, meow...come on, meow..."
Xiao Hei, who was enjoying Li Wen and Daniel's "sword show" in the garden, heard Ma Wei's shouts, and trotted over with Xiao Hei in a cat-walk: "Master, what are your orders, Meow?"
"You take a few cats with Christopher to the hotel where Alberts and the others are staying, and keep an eye on them. It's best to find out the information and location of the Hidden God."
"Wrap it around me, meow!"
After Xiao Hei and Christopher left, Ma Wei breathed a sigh of relief, but there was a trace of worry between his eyebrows.
"Dad, we should be happy when a small church comes to our door!" Yunia said: "Why are you so worried..."
"Because I don't know if there are shadows of the Free Association and the forces behind the scenes behind the emergence of these small churches." Ma Wei patted his forehead and said with a headache: "When we needed help the most, the small churches appeared. This This phenomenon... is terrible.”
"There is also the "Provisional Decree" promulgated by Archbishop Henry. He used the secret police to start a search operation against small churches as if he had premeditated it. The Wisdom Cult and the Free Society are definitely not in the same group, but their actions... ..It’s actually very similar.”
"It's like the whole world is acting with us. This feeling is very bad and makes my skin stand on end."
