It was a point of view that he had never thought of before, an idea that he had never heard of before. Fen sat back in her chair, crossed her legs again, and regained her delicate and cold expression. She thought about the differences between the two and said, "Tell me, in your world, what's the matter with the belief of God?"
This … Was he going to give her a history of religious philosophy?
Fine. Anyway, every time she talked to this Lich, she never asked him to keep it short. She would listen for as long as she could. At most, when she couldn't listen anymore, she would give him a view of her long hair fluttering and her hips swaying as she walked away.
It was just that there were so many things, where should he start? Lin winked and thought seriously for a long time before he started. This boring knowledge, of course, started with the three major religions.
Was it about Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism? Of course not, that was only limited to the Chinese area. The three major religions in the world were Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism. However, no matter which religion it was, Lin knew something about them, although he didn't know much about them.
Christianity, of course, was about some classic stories from the Bible. Maybe the sentences weren't originally from the Bible, but Lin only remembered the general idea. Back then, he was tired of reading wuxia novels, so he turned to the Bible and read it as a novel.
He wasn't familiar with Judaism at all. He only gave some explanations about the doctrines of Christianity and the social environment in which it developed. The war between the two monotheistic religions that lasted for thousands of years was also written about. After all, the religious beliefs on Earth couldn't be understood separately from the historical background.
Relatively speaking, Lin was more familiar with Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism, Hinayana Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and so on. Countless sects had branches and leaves all over the Earth. They each had their own understanding and cultivation methods, but the root was still that Buddha — Shakyamuni.
He was only halfway through the wide-ranging religious beliefs when Hallumi and Kaya, who were eavesdropping outside the door, couldn't help but feel sleepy. The two of them sat back to back on the floor and took a nap. He hurried the two girls back to sleep, made some supper, and brewed a cup of coffee before returning to tell Fen about the long history of religion. After all, the night was still long.
After talking about the three major religions, the following were some of the local beliefs that he knew, as well as the myths and beliefs that had appeared in history, such as the absurd Greek myths, the Norse myths that ended with total annihilation, the Indian myths that had more gods than people, the Mayan myths about the confrontation between light and darkness, the Night of a Hundred Ghosts, and the Japanese myths that blurred the line between monsters and gods.
Finally, it was the thousand-year history of the love and hatred between the three sects. There were so many different systems of mythology and so many long histories of different countries. Of course, it was not something that could be explained in one night.
Moreover, the various things about the new world unsurprisingly attracted the three girls. Their eyes lit up as they listened to everything. The difference between the Lost Land and the Lost Land was different from the novelty of the Lost Land. Maybe there was no magic on Earth. Maybe there was still a debate between science and magic, but the culture on Earth was much better than that of the Land of Lost.
It would be perfect if they added some wine and chili and dried fish. Compared to the lecture that was meant to spread the Earth's information technology, Lin was more interested in talking nonsense with only three listeners.
After talking for a few nights, he finally had a rough idea. The two little girls were chattering away, discussing the imagination of the people on Earth regarding myths and legends. For example, when a god slept with a cow, he would give birth to a minotaur; when a god slept with a horse, he would give birth to a horse with wings. These kinds of stories that did not follow any pattern and did not make any sense were unheard of in the Land of Lost Land.
Fen was not surprised by these strange stories. Instead, she paid more attention to the relationship between beliefs, social environment, and historical background. These were all directions that she had never considered before.
Thinking about everything that she had experienced, it more or less fit the pattern that she found through the Earth. Beliefs always reflected the current social and environmental situation.
The difference between the Earth and the Land of Lost Land was that the gods in the Land of Lost Land were real. In the old era, in order to resist the dangerous environment, famine, and other disasters, the powerless people could only pray to the gods in the sky. However, the old gods kept asking. It was not enough to give up all their wealth. They also sacrificed the people around them, and even sacrificed themselves.
Would there be a good result if they did that? The answer was very regretful …
The new gods in this era might have broken away from the bad taste of the old gods. They started to have some persistence in their personalities, unlike the old gods who were capricious. However, there were still traces of what they did, and that was that those bastards had their own interests. The difference between them and humans was that their interests were not vulgar gold, but the amount of power they had. However, the existence of the new gods also prevented the world from going to extremes.
For the people on Earth, the root of belief came from the dissatisfaction of life. The part that exceeded one's ability was a little bit of luck. In other words, in people's imagination, there were various gods with different duties. After recognizing this point, Fen said with emotion, "It seems that there really are no gods in your world."
"Yes, there should be no gods in my world."
"Should?" The Lich, who had been wondering how to answer the questions that had popped up in his mind, suddenly raised his voice by an octave when he heard the uncertain word. Her eyes were as sharp as a sword, as if she wanted to pierce through someone. She asked, "What do you mean by 'should'?"
"Well …" As if stepping on a landmine, Lin said carefully, "You know that I'm a believer in science, right?"
"Yes."
"Then do you know what the basis of science is?"
"Well, mathematics?"
"That's something. But the most basic saying in science is: you can say whatever you want based on the evidence you have. "
"What evidence …" Fen carefully savored this sentence. In fact, magic was the same. Lin continued, "That's right.
"So, for gods, using scientific methods to argue, we have no evidence to prove the existence of gods. Of course, this is referring to Earth. "
There was no big problem with such a statement, so Fen nodded in agreement.
Lin smiled slyly and said, "That's where the strangest part is. For the gods on Earth, we also have no evidence to prove that they don't exist. "
Fen's delicate face froze, and she looked at someone with some astonishment. Lin continued, "This is a very basic if and only if in logic. You can understand with an example. It's raining, so the ground is wet. This sentence is correct, right? "
Yes, there was no problem. So Fen nodded to the two little girls who were listening next to her.
"Then because the ground is wet, it must have rained just now. Is this sentence correct? "
When the impatient Halumi heard this, she jumped up and shouted, "That can't be right. If I splash water, the ground will also be wet. It doesn't necessarily have to be rain. "
"That's right, little girl, you're enlightened." With a little praise, a certain little girl, who was proud of herself, sat back down on her stool. Lin said, "In terms of logic, the requirements for causality are very strict, because the matter of the fruit can't withstand examination. Speaking of the gods on Earth, since I can't prove that they don't exist, is there any possibility that supports their existence? "
"Is there?"
"Maybe it's more utilitarian. That is, I'm nothing on Earth. Among billions of people, I'm only a little better than scum. So even if there are gods, they won't appear in front of me. This was probably the same in the Mystic Lands. Whether it's gods or kings, those high and mighty people won't easily show their faces in front of the common people. "
"That's right." Knowing the nature of those gods, Fen agreed.
"But I think that the more likely situation should be something else. And to talk about this point, I have to start from a doctrine of Buddhism that I mentioned before. The Mahayana Solitary Awareness sect has the so-called Eight Senses Mind King. The first seven senses are not the focus, so I'll skip over them. The eighth sense, Alaya Sense, needs to be explained according to the Buddhist scriptures, and it won't be finished in a few days, so I'll talk about my thoughts for the time being. "
After coughing and clearing his throat, Lin began to say, "Alaya Sense is a kind of collective consciousness of the entire universe. It gathers everyone's consciousness. When people have thoughts, this consciousness will split into seeds and form the fruit of others. To put it bluntly, everyone's existence is because of other people's thoughts, gathered together, and thus he exists. "
Hearing this, Fen's brain couldn't wrap around it, and she stared blankly at someone who was proud of himself. Lin Yi took advantage of the victory and continued to say, "If Alaya Sense is true, then as long as people believe that god exists, then he really does exist. And the more people believe in him, the more stable his existence is. In some novels on earth, the term 'power of faith' is used. "
"Faith …" Fen seriously thought about such a term and redefined it.
There was also faith in the land of mystery, but faith was only one of the ways for the gods to gain more power. Homo sapiens with or without faith were not too important to the gods of the land of mystery. Compared to the little bit of power contributed by the believers, they valued people who could help them deal with the affairs of the human world more.
Unless the number of people reached a certain level, and the level of devotion was not easily reached by ordinary people. That was not something that could be counted as three days of fishing and two days of prayer.
But seeing Lich's serious expression, Lin Yi smiled and said, "But I don't think it's that important. Just because there are a lot of believers, they became gods. Then my era would be too scary. In the past, there had to be some kind of story of punishing evil and righteousness to have the opportunity to be worshipped and passed down by word of mouth. But in my era, the entertainment industry is very developed, and the popularity of all kinds of 2D characters and virtual characters in movies is unimaginable, and there are even more fanatical fans. If what I just said is true, then the two most powerful gods on earth in the 21st century are called Hollywood and Akihabara. So these words are just for show. "
"Then what's the deal with your Guan Yu jumping out and killing a god?"
After talking for a few days, Marco Lin was confused for the first time. "What situation are you talking about?"
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