Chapter 2889 - 963: Crow’s Faith Deconstruction · A Brief Discussion on the Great Work of Godmaking (Part 3)

Chapter 2889: Chapter 963: Crow’s Faith Deconstruction · A Brief Discussion on the Great Work of Godmaking (Part 3)

I arrange various simple tasks for them, starting from small things, slowly accumulating the sense of honor and responsibility as Holy Light Believers, guiding them to help those around them who need assistance, and letting them use their own hands to make the environment in which they live a bit better.

This behavior is not to directly expand the faith, its main purpose is to let more people understand why the Holy Light exists, and what kind of change it can bring to the world!

This is really important.

When believers clearly know what their god wants to do, they thereby know what they should do to respond to their Divine Spirit.

Of course, relying solely on personal enlightenment is not enough to organize effectively; a set of practical rules is also important.

Thus, Tepar and I revised the Doctrine of Holy Light, distilling it into a simple but systematic lifestyle model so believers can start from small things like paying attention to personal hygiene, guiding them to follow habits of kindness, and allowing believers to understand that even the smallest help they complete with their own hands will make the Divine Spirit feel pleased.

Especially when understanding the premise that the birth of the Holy Light will make the world better, each of their charitable acts is practicing the adage of the Holy Light hand in hand, and when the core believers at Torrent Castle firmly believe they are using their hands to build an imagined bright kingdom, the needs of the divine and the mortal are perfectly unified here.

After all, who doesn’t wish to live in a peaceful and perfect world?

In a world without supernatural powers, such guidance would at most improve their personal qualities. However, in a world where Divine Spirits truly exist, this mode of action itself is the best way to interpret faith.

They should leave the cathedral, return to their personal lives, and practice the teachings of the Holy Light.

They are not preaching for their own benefit; they are offering their faith to their Divine Spirit to make the world better!

They are not fighting for themselves, but fighting to change the world!

Fighting to overthrow those decaying oppressive forces under the guidance of the Holy Light! Fighting to spread the beautiful true meaning of the Holy Light to every dark corner of the world!

They are goal-oriented, full of confidence.

They will eventually take the stage on this continent, and they are ready.

Although right now the Church of the Sacred Light only carries out such faith practice at Torrent Castle, I can assert that when this more pragmatic, active faith that focuses on group interests starts to expand, whether it be Avalon or Vam, whether it be Golden Flower or Nordtof, those local faiths that seek no improvement will collapse at such an onslaught!

What can those believers who only know to bow their heads and chant scriptures use to counter the Lightwalkers armed with noble faith?

Those who uphold the changing tenets will burn across this darkness world like the fire of Saint Ray, driving away the fools who revere ignorance with a relatively more advanced belief!"

The Crow gasped for breath, realizing under the varied expressions of the four vampires that his speech had been too extreme. So he calmed down and said in a gentle voice:

"I am also conducting similar attempts at Avalon Cathedral, and Lady Natalie has quite some criticism on this.

She believes that I am blaspheming ancient traditions, but the fact proves that under my guidance, local Avalon Believers have erupted with a stronger desire for dedication and enthusiasm than before, and they do not see attending church masses as a burden but as a group activity to release mental stress.

Father Eugene appointed me to manage the Sanctuary for the same reason; having witnessed the collapse of the old church, they have realized this point.

Divine Spirits do not need devotion!

Divine Spirits need the believers to truly take action for their inner morals.

To do a good deed in the name of God far surpasses reciting scriptures a thousand times; at the other end of faith, the power that Divine Spirits draw from this act itself far exceeds the strength they gain by listening to those dull prayers... So, what is the essence of faith?

For me, the answer is already very clear.

Faith is the expectation for the future and the remembrance of the past; believers hope the future is better than the past, and thousands of people in the present with common expectations can shape a Divine Spirit in the realm of supernatural powers.

Such was the birth of Vam, the Master of Hunting, and even the birth of the God of Trade also stemmed from the Brass Dwarves’ satisfaction and desire for wealth.

And the process itself by which a group of people with great hearts and clear goals gather together to act for a common ideal... is the best manifestation of this power of faith forming and unfolding in the material world!

Whether it conforms to this definition is also the best measure to judge whether a Divine Spirit is good or evil!

Those Divine Spirits who can push the future for most to a better direction are good gods, while those gods that can only destroy and interfere with the future must be eradicated as evil gods!

The majesty of Divine Spirits cannot be above the needs of the believers! Since they were shaped by the believers, they must also fight for the welfare of the majority.

If they cannot or do not want to, then there is no need for their existence... When believers abandon their faith for this reason, that is the time when a Divine Spirit dies, thus bringing the relationship between man and god to mutual balance.