Alien Knights

Todd asked Abel softly: "In the kingdom of heaven, have you seen everything you want to see?"

There was a pious expression on Abel's face: "Yes. I never thought that one day I would be so close to God's abode. In the kingdom of heaven, everything appears so perfect, too perfect."

Todd held his chin with his right hand, looked at Abel and said, "I have a question, you were once a member of 'Jade', why did the other three abandon the path of religion, and you are the only one who stayed?"

Abel pointed to the top of his "no blade of grass" head, and said in a half-joking tone: "Because I am smarter and think more than the other three."

Hearing the other party's words, Todd couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "If Terrence hadn't left, there might be a lot of quarrels here now."

Abel bowed to Todd, and said slowly: "People often say that truth is an endless road. In fact, the farther you go, you will find that there are thousands of roads in this world, and truth is only one of them. just a small part of it.”

"When people are young, what they see and hear is just what others instill, and few people think about the essence of things; when they are young, human beings begin to come into contact with knowledge and cases, and under the teaching of others, they begin to recognize this. At this time, they are easily misled by speech, mistakenly thinking that what others say is true, and what they see and hear is everything.”

"In the future, as people grow older, people will come into contact with more and more unexplainable and completely contradictory things, and even begin to doubt all the common sense they have learned in their lives."

Yarborough paused for a while, and then said: "Only at this time can it be said that human beings are really trying to understand the world."

"Terrence's stubborn old man often said that the truth can explain everything. But he never thought that when a problem is explained by the truth, there will be more unexplainable problems, just like a jar full of worms is opened In that way, they are crawling everywhere. Some of them can be explained with the truth, while others are completely contrary to the truth.”

"They say that the world is made up of particles, so if you open these particles, what will be inside?"

"They say that this world is a sphere located in a galaxy. So what does it look like when you jump out of this galaxy? Will there be a wall at the far end, announcing the end of space?"

"They say that the creator of man is not God, but nature. So who is the creator of nature? And who is the one who created this creator?"

Todd leaned forward and asked Abel, "It sounds like you don't agree with the truth?"

Yarberle said: "No, on the contrary. I am not against the truth, nor do I deny religion. For me, most of the content of this world is unknown. It is an imprecise guess and inference."

Todd looked at the bishop's robe on Yarborough and said, "So, you are an agnostic."

Yarborough touched the top of his head with his palm, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Agnostics believe that the world cannot be known, and any human attempts to understand the origin of the world are futile. But I oppose this view, and I admit that The progress brought about by trying. No matter how small and humble human beings are, they can finally solve all the mysteries of the origin of the world through continuous learning and cognition. Therefore, I yearn for the truth and believe that the truth can give human beings the power to move forward; but I am also fond of religion, and hope that human beings can use religion to overcome themselves.”

Todd asked: "Using religion to overcome oneself?"

"Human beings are composed of body and mind. They do not have the powerful insight and tenacity of gods. When facing the unknown, they can only choose more calming options to escape and comfort themselves. But this calming option, often causing a delay in human progress.”

"I use death as an explanation."

"For those who do not believe in religion, the end of life is a cruel and terrifying result. At the time of death, all senses, including taste, touch, hearing and sight, will be disabled, and people will be placed in a dark place. In the bottomless space, the concept of time is lost forever, quietly waiting for the arrival of death. When the last breath is swallowed, the person is buried in the soil, the corpse will become food for maggots, and the thinking will completely dissipate with the withering of the brain .”

"People will completely disappear in this world, and nothing will remain."

"The kind of thinking held by non-religious human beings will make them hold the most pessimistic negative emotions about death. The most common view is that life is the most important thing, and once you die, you can't take anything away Yes, so we must have fun in time. This kind of thinking will make human beings prioritize individual survival over race survival. The direct result is that a certain person will not hesitate to use bad means to harm the interests of the public for his own self-interest."

"The existence of religion has brought warnings from the gods to mankind, so that believers no longer put self-interest as a priority."

Todd frowned and asked, "But why did Heavenly Father Church become like this?"

Yarborough sighed: "The significance of religion itself is to teach human beings to learn to abandon arrogance and respect the unknown. On the one hand, it gives believers spiritual peace and makes them have scruples in words and deeds; Something to trust."

"However, with the development of doctrine and the evolution of religion, the doctrine of God has been gradually distorted in the hands of people, and finally completely changed its original meaning, and has become a means for a small number of people in the Holy See to gain power and gather wealth."

Abel shook his head helplessly and said, "As it is often said in poems, the darling who was supposed to be the closest to God has now become the most depraved sinner."

Recalling what the church has done over the years, Todd was silent for a long time, and then said: "Let's not mention this for now, do you have any plans for the mentioned dual churches?"

"Although after the battle in the Holy Acropolis, the direct military force in the hands of the radicals of the church has been greatly reduced, but if you count the knights, believers, guards of the church, believers, etc., there are still about 9,000 people in total. .”

Todd said indifferently: "These troops are not a threat to me."

Abel took out a pamphlet from his bosom and handed it to Todd: "I know, but according to the information provided by the royal spies, it seems that those war lunatics found the group of pagans in the south, and got their hands on them from the latter. I bought a lot of weapons in my hands."

Todd seemed to hear the funniest thing in the world: "You mean, the church bought muskets and artillery from the empire?"

Abel raised his head and looked at Todd: "It's not surprising. When chased to a corner, no matter how docile a rabbit is, it will open its mouth and bite."