Baldwin nodded. "That's right. This is a poor place."
When their car passed by, two men reached out to stop their car. It was probably because they were in a luxury car.
The driver was not afraid of them, and the people who stopped the car did not show any disrespect. Instead, they nodded and bowed respectfully.
When the car stopped, the two men pulled up a little girl in her teens! Then, they signaled that as long as they could afford the price, the little girl could be 'sold' to the owner in the car for the night.
Xu Yun and Lin Ge saw all of this. The two of them could not understand the actions of these people. It was outrageous!
Natasha casually threw out some money, and the two men picked up the money recklessly. They did not care whether the little girl was taken away or not.
The car started moving again. Lin Ge was anxious. "Didn't you see that the two men wanted to sell the girl? Are you going to leave the girl there and not care? When people come later, they will sell the girl again! "
"Care? How? "Natasha's voice was without any hope." Do you think you can save the girl by taking her away? Those two men are her father and brother. If we take her away, they will find a way to get her back. Moreover, they will do it openly. Do you think you are God? You are the savior of the world? "
Lin Ge was stunned.
"There are many things that we cannot change." Xu Yun patted Lin Ge's shoulder, indicating that he should stop thinking about those outrageous things. This was indeed something that they could not change. It required the continuous progress of human society to change. Those ignorant things, those ugly things, those disgusting things, those ignorant things, those ugly things, those disgusting things, they would only disappear when human civilization continued to progress.
These things that had yet to disappear were not things that they could solve or change.
"But … just like this …" Lin Ge unwillingly raised his fist and smashed it on the car window.
"This is the loss of humanity, the loss of morality." Xu Yun: "But we cannot change all of this. We still have a long way to go. Human civilization still has a long way to go."
Lin Ge lowered his head and fell silent for a moment, "Man's nature is good at birth … I really should let them see more of this!"
"You're right." Xu Yun said, "But human nature is a kind of nature that is formed under a certain social system and certain historical conditions. It doesn't always stop at the point of 'human nature is good at birth', but it is influenced by the social environment. Therefore, human nature is the human nature that fundamentally determines and explains human behavior. "
"But once a person loses his humanity, what is the difference between him and a zombie? Can he still be considered a human?" Lin Ge said, "We should have killed those two inhumane bastards just now."
Xu Yun nodded. "Indeed, they are no different from zombies. They lost their humanity because they are poor … but this Mr. Baldwin in our car lost his humanity because he is rich. People can lose their humanity under any circumstances. "
Lin Ge was startled and looked at Baldwin. Baldwin was slightly nervous. He was worried that Lin Ge would impulsively attack him again because Xu Yun had planned him to lose his humanity.
"In the materialistic modern world, people fight for power and wealth. Material things become a symbol of status," Xu Yun said. "People who are lazy and hate work will lose their humanity if they lack material things. This is because compared to the rich, those with high social status, prominent status, and luxurious lives, they will be mentally ill and unbalanced. They will harbor resentment and even think that everything is caused by society. With that kind of inexplicable hatred, morality will be lost. "
Baldwin suddenly said, "So, they need faith."
Xu Yun nodded in agreement. "Why does the American Empire especially like the poor to have faith? Why do they like to have priests send spiritual comfort to the poor and nuns to distribute food to the poor? Because everyone yearns for a spiritual life that belongs to them. "
Creating faith was one of the means.
In a materialistic society, money and power were supreme. Material enjoyment was almost the only choice and pursuit for people.
After all, only a few people could realize this. Most people couldn't find their own spiritual home and couldn't face reality, so they lost their spiritual faith and pursuit of life. As a result, they gradually became dispirited, confused, and even numb.
So, they had to be given faith and have hope.
Most of the time, that was the effect of faith. It was a psychological adjustment.
There were also many people in Hua Xia who had faith and prayed to Buddha and God. To put it bluntly, all of this was really just a psychological effect.
Why did all kinds of burning incense and praying to Buddha still exist today? It was so that some people could have faith and not cause trouble. How many cases of monks causing trouble had been exposed these days? What kind of disgusting things did those monks do all day long? Why did the country still exist? It was because they could make a group of people believe in them, so that they wouldn't lose their spiritual pursuits and become dispirited, confused, or even numb and lose their humanity.
Therefore, although the disgusting and inhumane Monks of Wine and Meat deserved to die, the skin they draped over their bodies allowed more people to retain the humanity in their hearts.
This was a very contradictory thing.
Foreign priests and those disgusting monks in Hua Xia were the same kind of people. The things they did were more or less the same.
The minister was fond of saying that all who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
'Really?'
In reality, some priests had even greater evil desires than non-believers!
Priests liked to say that they had been crucified with Christ. Now, it was no longer me who was alive, but Christ was alive in my body.
To this, one could only say that it was bullshit.
Most of the time, those who pretended to be righteous and moral in public were often trash with a human face but a beast's heart behind their backs.
"I've always thought that the Bible that you Westerners like to read was very funny." Xu Yun: "The God in it would actually risk his life to protect murderers, rapists, bastards who kill their husbands and steal their wives, and devils who sell their wives and children. This is simply an evil book that promotes uprooting the weak and supporting the strong, burning, killing, pillaging, and committing adultery!"
Baldwin was stunned. He was also a believer, so he couldn't accept Xu Yun's words.
"Don't be unconvinced. It's just a book that was written by ancient people out of boredom. It was a blur of myths and history. Missionaries with ulterior motives and bastards who wanted to cover up for powerful criminals combined with the Western civilization's lead of more than a hundred years to package it into a brilliant and eternal book," Xu Yun said.
"You're reading too shallowly." Baldwin shook his head.
"Shallowly?" Xu Yun shook his head. "This is purely man-made packaging, the result of thousands of years of in-depth processing and updating. This book will definitely turn black and white upside down after reading it. It will make people confused, confused, selfish, and indifferent. If you knew how much more advanced China's civilization was in the world, you wouldn't say that I'm shallowly. "
Baldwin frowned. This was the first time that he didn't know how to refute a non-believer.
"This is a weapon that you Westerners use to brainwash people. Look at the great sects from ancient times. Which one of them isn't rotten to death behind their backs?" Xu Yun said in disgust, "Baldwin, you say that you're a believer, but you're not. You just want your subordinates to think that you're a believer and believe in you so that you can control them better. Am I right?"
"This is our faith. It's fine if you don't believe it, but there's no need to say such things," Natasha said.
Xu Yun didn't even look at her. "Don't talk to me about your faith. It's all bullshit. Because the only thing that you truly believe in is money, and that's that!"
"Then do you think that Hua Xia's monks are clean?!" Natasha retorted.
"They're not clean. When did I say that Hua Xia's monks are clean?" Xu Yun: "Many of the so-called masters who pretend to be sanctimonious are just guys who specialize in scams. Their main purpose is to make money. To put it bluntly, they're fake monks in real temples! They take tourists' money by hook or by crook, and they use disasters to scare people. There's nothing that I can't admit. I'm not one of those 'fake' monks who pretend to be sanctimonious. "
PS: I'm not talking about Buddhism. Believers, please don't blame me. I'm just disgusted by those fake monks who pretend to be sanctimonious because I've seen with my own eyes how they pretend to be pretentious and recite scriptures during the day, and eat skewers and drink in front of Buddha at night with their arms bare.
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