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Chapter 596 Belief pollution and the poison of incense

Hua Zhenxing asked, "Why should I be disappointed?" His tone was calm.

Yue Gaole exaggeratedly raised his voice and said: "Even an outsider like me knows what you have been doing and what you have done in these years! That Zeng Huairong was an early cadre of the New Alliance and the first generation disciple trained by Yangyuan Valley.

Many ordinary people have never heard of your name, but hers is not included. The new alliance gave their family a wonderful new life, and Yangyuan Valley gave her everything she could never dream of.

But how did she repay you? Stealing the Nine-turn Purple Gold Pill will block your path; destroying the Nine-turn Purple Gold Furnace Formation will also destroy the sect's inheritance. Blocking people's paths and destroying people's inheritance is a sworn hatred!

Is this the person you have worked so hard to save and given everything you have to create a better world for him? "

Hua Zhenxing raised his eyes and said, "Do you know her well?"

Yue Gao Le: "I can't say I'm very familiar with him, but I just came back from the Wage Mining investigation, and I know something about the situation. This person, or this kind of person, is actually not uncommon in the world.

She was originally an administrator employed by Wage Mining, and she was one of the few so-called white-collar workers in that dilapidated country.

In her heart, she looked down on the local natives, thinking that they were barbaric and ignorant...well, this was also true. She also looked down upon the lower-class workers, believing that she was different from them and belonged to a higher class.

She lives in the illusion of the so-called middle class, but she doesn't know that she is also just the oppressed... There were not many such people in the country back then, and she happened to be one of them.

They don't care about history and are averse to grand narratives. They are occasionally interested in historical stories and only substitute for the so-called noble life of certain characters.

They do not seek change in the world, but they desire change within themselves. You changed the world and gave her the opportunity to change herself.

Her husband was once just an ordinary worker, a man she absolutely despised, but later he became the backbone and key training target of the new alliance, so she married him..."

Hua Zhenxing couldn't help but interrupt: "Mr. Yue, are you just thinking about it? What exactly are you going to investigate this time?"

Yue Gaole smiled and said: "Since you have made a trip, in addition to the help you asked me for, you will also investigate everything that interests me. With my cultivation level, even if it is just imagination, it is due to the law of cause and effect."

Hua Zhenxing: "I admit that what you said may be good, but you don't fully understand this place, at least not as familiar as I do. You only saw Zeng Huairin, and I grew up here.

Many of Zeng Huairong's behaviors may unintentionally fit the description you just described, but she is not an opportunist, and she is not that complicated.

You reminded me last time not to forget how I grew up. Why did you forget it this time?

Growing up, I have seen too many people like her, and there are many people who are stupider and worse than her. When it comes to stealing things, there were thieves everywhere here back then. Theft is a skill that most children have been taught since childhood.

They may not have the opportunity to learn how to behave and do things in school, but at home, they can observe and learn about theft in a very practical way. When they grow up, they can use violence. In addition to stealing, they can also rob, rob others or be robbed by others.

For example, if you are dressed like this and walk on the streets of Fiso Port in those days, the next second you will be surrounded by a group of children asking for money. If you are not careful, your wallet will be gone.

This is still in a safe neighborhood. If you walk into a territory controlled by gangs or a secluded and uninhabited area, you will be greeted by either a knife or a gun, or a syringe filled with an unknown liquid.

Some teenagers broke into someone's house and killed another person, just to grab a pair of nice new shoes, put on the shoes and left like nothing happened. I have seen similar things more than once.

They ignore life because they themselves have never really lived. They are not real people, they are just ghosts in purgatory.

I have said that I lived in purgatory back then. This is not an exaggerated description or a literary embellishment, it is an appropriate fact. Whether they are so-called upper class or lower class people, it cannot change the fact that they live in the same purgatory.

Although Zeng Huairin is of Dongguo Chinese descent, she grew up in Wage City and has been used to seeing this since she was a child. Acting only for self-interest and regardless of the consequences, this mentality may have been developed in the bones.

The world has changed, so have our circumstances. Of course people need to change, but some people have not kept up. "

Yue Gao Le was silent for several seconds, and then he said, "Director Hua really has a life. Is this the reason why you are not disappointed?"

Hua Zhenxing: "There used to be people like this all over the country. I have been thinking about a question since I was a child. Why did this place become a purgatory? Can this purgatory be changed?

So what I'm looking for is hope, because I live in this world too. The premise of what you just said is that I have done enough and done well enough.

The incident of Zeng Huairong shows that there are still such people in the world, and they may appear in Yangyuan Valley. It's not my fault, it's her fault, and it's something we want to change.

Since she is wrong, it just proves that we are right, but we are not doing well enough and we need to continue to work hard. I didn't lose hope back then, so how could I be disappointed because of her today? "

Yue Gaole held up his chopsticks and said, "Xiaohua, your brain circuit is indeed very strange. You are still excited, aren't you?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Mr. Yue, do you know why I was not disappointed back then? There are thieves and robbers everywhere, but people cannot survive only by stealing, otherwise whoever steals and robs?"

If no one in the world could refine the Nine Turns Purple Gold Pill, where could Zeng Huairong go to steal it? Even in purgatory, humans here are not extinct. Why?

There are many more people who will not rob you with a knife, but you often cannot see them because you cannot tell them apart.

There are thousands of people in a block, even if there are only a few dozen gangsters who will grab you with a knife at any time, you don't dare to go in at will. Not only would you not dare, but if you had to pass by there, you would be afraid of everyone you see.

I once walked through a neighborhood like this, and I killed anyone who tried.

This is what I should do without asking for thanks. But just doing this will not change the world, nor will it bring real hope.

How do I know that the one who didn't do anything is the good guy? It didn't matter, at least they didn't do anything at the time.

Someone has created everything that everyone depends on to survive, and created things that are worthy of being stolen and robbed, so the robbers steal and rob.

For example, plantation slaves like Aden were not only Aden, but also Shire. Charles, the head of state of New Guilin, was also a gangster back then, but he did not live by extortion.

Charles led a group of men to grow bananas in the suburbs, and he also had a workshop to brew banana wine. He would even ask me, a child, for help, researching information on the Internet, and getting testing instruments and equipment through connections at grocery stores.

Because of the Shire, at least Port Feso has wine, even if it is just the lowest quality wine. He also tried his best to improve quality management, and actually learned to control alcohol content, body content, and sweetness.

In a poor school, he was a rare good student. He not only learned English, conversation, reading and writing, but also learned how to do accounting. He only joined the gang to protect his business so that no one could steal his wine.

Among the local gangs, when he was a child, he had no choice but to join the Big Head Gang and had no other choice. Because he was born in that neighborhood and is also a descendant of a member of the Big Head Gang.

This is the local rule, a kind of identity politics, the identity politics of gang society that labels people.

Charles joined the Big Head Gang to protect himself, but there was still someone who wanted to rob his brewery, namely Jin Big Head. Therefore, Charles's life ideal was to replace Jin Datou and become the leader of the Datou Gang.

This was not a lofty ideal, nor was it a real way out, just the option he could see at the time. And what I saw was that Ciel was struggling so hard and trying so hard to find hope.

Later, he realized that the real hope was not to become Jin Datou, but to completely change the entire world so that there would no longer be Jin Datou.

Let everything created by Aden no longer be stolen and plundered, and we and our descendants no longer be oppressed and no longer live in fear.

The Nine-turn Purple-Gold Pill can help me practice. Without the Nine-turn Purple-Gold Pill, it cannot block my path. Mr. Yo, I know exactly what you want to say.

What can really block my path is that I doubt and feel disappointed in everything I have done, think it is not worth it, deny the hope I have been looking for, and change my original intention. "

Yue Gaole nodded slowly and said: "Yes, if the Taoist heart is shaken, it will be impossible to break through and improve. If there is really an expert secretly promoting this matter, this is the ultimate move against you."

Hua Zhenxing nodded and said: "I know it very well, but thank you for reminding me. My belief was not shaken by Jin Datou at the beginning, and it will not be shaken by Zeng Huairong today."

The power of this killing move is that it is almost a conspiracy. Even if you know the opponent's purpose, you will still be confused. It is not possible to claim that your Taoist heart is stable and you will not be able to break your defense.

Yue Gao Le: "As long as you have an idea. But Xiaohua, I have another question. You just said that this place was once full of people like that. You gave people like that everything they wanted. Have you ever thought about people? The desire is endless?

For example, Zeng Huairong, you gave her the opportunity to become a fifth-level monk, and then she stole your Nine-turn Purple Gold Pill. The more you can get, the more you want, and you can't always satisfy them.

The more you do, the higher people's expectations of you will be, and the more they will ask for you. This is the consequence of being too deeply involved in the world, and it will also shake your Taoist heart... Have you ever heard of belief pollution? "

Belief pollution, in a broad sense, is aimed at both believers and believers. It is also related to the so-called priest's dilemma. In short, it is quite complicated.

The reason why people believe in gods is because they hope that such gods exist and can satisfy their wishes, and then they believe that gods really exist.

There was a very successful mathematician and philosopher who once argued whether people should believe in God? Through a very simple analysis, he derived four situations——

First, God exists. If I believe in God, I will have the opportunity to enter heaven. This is beneficial.

Second, God exists. If I don’t believe in God, I will go to hell. This is harmful.

Third, God does not exist. My belief in God has neither advantages nor disadvantages.

Fourth, God does not exist. I do not believe in God. There is neither benefit nor disadvantage.

Taking these four situations into consideration, if you believe in God, there are either benefits or it doesn’t matter; if you don’t believe in God, there are either disadvantages or it doesn’t matter. Then of course a rational person would choose to believe in gods.

Just looking at its argumentation method, the logic is actually valid!

So what's the problem? Of course, this is the premise of his argument. Who told him that if God exists, there are benefits to believing in God, and there are disadvantages to not believing in God?

Has he proven this? Not really! He just defined gods in this way and developed deductions based on this, so any conclusions derived are meaningless because the definition itself is already a conclusion.

Can God be defined by him? And according to his definition, what is the difference between his so-called gods and gangsters who collect protection fees?

How could one of the smartest brains in the world make such a stupid mistake? Because this is actually not his definition, but the definition according to the doctrinal classics, which is said to be self-evident, in other words, it has not been proven.

All so-called self-evident preconceptions are actually a kind of pollution of knowledge, which is based on false knowledge without seeing it. It is related to but also different from the pollution of belief.

So why is there such a doctrinal classic? The question returns to its original source -

Regardless of whether real gods exist or not, when people begin to define and worship gods, at least in the sense of philosophical concepts, they already exist, such as their existence in dictionaries.

There is a very interesting view that the so-called gods are created by people. They were born from people's prayers and are a collection of beliefs, not the definition of priests.

But you can imagine how complicated people's prayers are. What kind of suture monster would this kind of god be?

Belief pollution in the narrow sense is aimed at gods.

Assuming that God really exists, regardless of whether it is omniscient and omnipotent, at least it can hear the prayers of believers. But there is an obvious fact: the more optimistic, positive, happy and contented a person is, the less they pray to gods.

So what is the prayer that the gods hear the most? There is also a deeper question: why should a specific person expect to receive satisfaction from gods?

Dissatisfaction with the world can be the driving force for changing reality, but when it is appealed to gods, it often contains helplessness with reality, curses on others, greed for something for nothing, and the desire to escape guilt.

People's prayers to the gods must also contain many beautiful wishes, but what the gods hear are mostly dirty desires - which are precisely the voices of believers.

If gods exist because of belief, then is the divinity constructed by belief also full of filth?

Some theologians made a special patch for this. They first defined the perfection of divinity as self-evident, and then gave these filthiness another place to go and created another topic - the birth of Satan.

Whether gods exist due to belief in them cannot be proven. However, priests and believers must exist because of their faith. Whether they are true believers or false believers, they may face belief pollution.

Whether God will break the defense is unknown, but priests are human. When the priests wrote the doctrinal classics, they intentionally or unintentionally left such traces, such as God launching a great flood that destroyed the world.

God can no longer stand the evil that is everywhere in the world. Forget it. We are tired and destroy it!

Destroying the world is the greatest evil that humans can think of. Even if there are evil deeds in the world, those flowers and plants destroyed by the flood are not all guilty, right?

What caused God to decide to destroy the world, delete accounts, and retrain? Can human sin determine God’s behavior? The concept of belief pollution has now surfaced and is looming.

Yogao Le undoubtedly believed in gods. He was the leader of the priests, theologian, and a great magician at the pinnacle level. He mentioned this concept, of course, not to discuss theological issues, but to remind Hua Zhenxing of his own situation.

Hua Zhenxing is not a god, he is just an ordinary person with cultivation, ideals and willingness to practice, and he is also a college student. But at least in the Kingdom of Jili, his achievements surpassed those of gods.

In the original Jili Kingdom, various witchcraft religions were spread by various tribes, as well as religions spread by external forces. Everyone believed in various gods, but these gods did not help them escape from purgatory.

For example, Manman was born into the Poseidon clan. He originally believed in Poseidon, but later found out that worshiping Poseidon was unreliable. If he wanted to change his destiny, he had to join a new alliance and start a revolution. Even if he was pursuing the realm of cultivation, worshiping Yangyuan Valley was a better choice.

When a person achieves something that even gods cannot do, it is inevitable that people will regard him as a god, and then they will expect and demand from him like a god. Even if he doesn't want to, some people will put him on the altar with various purposes.

Hua Zhenxing never thought about ascending to the altar, and even tried to avoid this situation from the beginning.

For example, most ordinary people have never heard of his name, nor do they know what he has done. Another example is that he invented the identity of Feng Zibin as a symbol of the ultimate form of capital monopoly.

Some decisions seemed to be made by Hua Zhenxing himself, but they probably also came from the advice of several elderly people.

Hua Zhenxing just didn't want to show off, not that he did anything shameful. Of course, a disciple of Yangyuan Valley like Zeng Huaiyi can still understand his achievements and merits.

There is a fact that many people are not aware of, but Yue Gaole pointed it out: Zeng Huairong's behavior originated from human selfishness, but she also required Hua Zhenxing to possess divine goodness.

What she said at the sect's tribunal was not an ordinary moral kidnapping. She used completely different moral standards to treat Hua Zhenxing and herself.

When a person puts forward a request for God to another person and asks the other person to treat her with divine goodness, it also means that she is treating the other person with human selfishness and polluting divinity, even if the other person is really is God.

These are two sides of the same coin that are inseparable.

This kind of distortion can often be seen in American Hollywood-style superhero movies. For example, there is a famous saying, "With great ability comes great responsibility."

The word power has dual meanings in the English context. The former is the power possessed by possessing economic and political resources, and the latter is the ability possessed by one's talent and physical strength.

In the story template they created, the two were intentionally or unintentionally confused and replaced. With great ability comes great responsibility. It should have been aimed at the former, but in the narrative logic, it has become aimed at the latter.

The plot of the actual demonstration became "the greater the ability, the whole family will die first."

Those who can provide more help to people have to pay a heavier price, and they have to pay everything even if they have nothing.

So we see that Superman, who can break the planet with one punch, can defeat alien invasions and save the world, but he cannot prevent his parents' house from being taken away by the bank. In the end, he has to rely on his banker "friend" to buy it out and "return it" to the bank.

Does this conform to even the slightest bit of realistic logic? If you hadn't had cerebral thrombosis for hundreds of years, you probably wouldn't have been able to imagine this kind of plot, but it spread to the whole world in such a majestic way.

Even a superman must abide by the perfect capital logic and class order, just like a docile sheep after domestication, otherwise he will be a blackened villain.

The power that Superman possesses should only be the power that some people expect, and ultimately the power that serves them.

On the other side of this narrative model, collectives and masses, and the vast majority of ordinary people, are often ignored and eliminated, becoming the noise of various so-called "group unconsciousness", leaving the audience only excited about the dazzling skills of individuals and small groups.

Another example is a child who has a bright and studious mind, but is bitten by an insect and has powerful superpowers. However, he still has to live honestly at the bottom of society. Not only does his whole family die, but he often misses work for fighting criminals and is beaten by his boss. abuse.

The creation of positive characters is accompanied by moral creation. What kind of moral implication is this? It contains curse-like malice and contaminates the faith that can truly bring hope to people.

What Gao Le said made Hua Zhenxing narrow his eyes for a long time. After taking several mouthfuls of food, he replied: "Although I am not a ghost cultivator, I have heard about the poison of incense and I can understand what you mean by the pollution of faith.

I never set out to give everyone everything they want, that is simply not possible and is not my desire. What I pursue is fairness, so that everyone has the opportunity to change and improve through hard work.

I am not making promises as a god, but I am pursuing it as a human being. Today's Jili Country was created jointly by all the people of the country. In Yangyuan Valley, cultivation is everyone's own realm.

So what I said is true, not just an attitude. I understand this method and can feel the malice, but it really has not shaken my Taoist heart. "

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