Chapter 1488 - 483: I Don’t Believe It

Chapter 1488: Chapter 483: I Don’t Believe It

The waves of the Yangtze River push forward, and the preceding waves die on the beach.

In the early days, Catholicism promoted ’justification by works.’ ’Works’ referred to the righteous in the Bible, God’s favored ones, those close to the divine.

But this ’works’ wasn’t about good deeds making you righteous. Rather, it was about giving money to the Holy See to buy indulgences. The more you buy, the closer you are to God.

Everyone saw this as treating people like fools. Martin Luther then came up with ’justification by faith,’ which evolved into the Lutheran denomination.

As long as you believe in God, you are righteous; no need to buy indulgences from the Holy See.

This set was indeed advanced at the time, but it couldn’t withstand everyone wanting to seize the right to interpret the scriptures for personal gain, using religion to alleviate the moral guilt of doing wrong.

They understood it as—everything in the world is arranged by God, so the evil I commit is also arranged by God. Can what God arranges be called evil? I just followed God’s will. Therefore, it’s you who are worthy of death; your death is merely part of your atonement.

I am not killing you, but saving you!

Assign all problems to a nonexistent big Other. It’s rough, but absolutely effective.

So, empty your mind, abandon your thinking, attribute everything to God, and enter a state of holy foolishness.

Thus, on this land of North America, everyone has faith in God, and everyone’s God is different. From there, countless sects developed, leading to numerous horrifying tragedies, but everyone remained indifferent.

The Puritans and Protestantism were initially recognized by the Roman Holy See as sects, but later they grew and turned official, and it became a thing of the past.

New Dynasty Elegance gradually outlined a map of American religion that the people on board had never seen, one rarely appearing in news.

"Due to the vast land and sparse population in North America, transportation is inconvenient, especially in those central states where isolated small towns and villages are easily formed. Backward, ignorant, xenophobic—just like the remote areas during the founding of our nation—these are perfect breeding grounds for cults. Among them, the largest sect born in such incubators is Mormonism."

"In the 19th century, Mormonism once went to war with the United States Government and was hunted nationwide as a sect. After defeat, they moved westward to what is now Utah, establishing Salt Lake City."

"Later, even the United States Government had no way to deal with them."

"There is a widely spread saying in Utah: Utah is not the United States’ Utah, but Mormonism’s Utah."

Everyone listened with a sense of dread, Ruzuo put down the bone in his hand and gasped.

"Hiss... Isn’t this a country within a country? Doesn’t the Federal Government care? It doesn’t align with Zhou rites at all."

"Why would they care?"

New Dynasty Elegance showed a mysterious smile.

"The United States is unlike Tokyo University; it’s a small government structure without many grassroots organizations. Many ordinary people believe the words of priests; their words are more effective than government directives. Mormonism has over 17 million followers. They may not act when asked to kill, but if priests tell them who to vote for, they definitely will."

"In other words, as long as someone has a good relationship with Mormonism, that party can secure Utah’s votes. They would rush to join; why would they bother to manage?"

"This is also why the United States Government almost never intervenes in cult matters. As long as taxes are paid, you can do whatever you want, unless things get out of hand. Otherwise, the local representatives will help cover up."

What he referred to is the real-life United States, but in the cyber world, these religions are ten thousand times more abstract than in reality.

"I can even say that in the current world all, and I mean all..."

New Dynasty Elegance intentionally emphasized this word.

"All sect headquarters are in the United States."

"Including those you’ve heard of, like the unified sects of Japan and Korea, Aum Shinrikyo, and the Universal sect, King Wheel Dharma King, and the decades-old Dao sect—all are now residing well in the United States, openly. They also simultaneously undertake America’s color revolutions in East Asia. It can even be said this is their reason for U.S. support."

All the players were stunned; what is this big mix of dishes?

I know you’re rotten, but you don’t have to be rotten to this extent, right?

Perhaps the players don’t know what the unified sect and the Truth sect are, but many people still have clear memories of the Universal sect and the King Wheel Dharma King. Many families have suffered, and Brother Ni’s relatives have been victims, so there’s deep hatred towards these things.

But in New Dynasty Elegance’s depiction, it seems these two are insignificant on America’s land, belonging to the minor calamari level.

Seeing the atmosphere getting a bit oppressive, New Dynasty Elegance decided to share some good news to cheer everyone up.

"Recently, several of their leaders perished, dying very tragically. They got sick and wanted to go to a hospital, but the followers didn’t allow it. The reason was they should be invincible to poisons, why go to a hospital when they could have the leaders recite scriptures to cure the sickness? They ultimately died painfully in bed."

"As for their entourages, now calling themselves the living saints, they are unreliable. Even currently, they haven’t made any significant achievements."

Upon hearing this, everyone finally smiled with delight.

What a joy, dying in this manner is delightful, and it’s like shooting oneself in the foot.

"What about Georgia then? On the map, Georgia is not that far from Utah, right?"