But there is no standard answer in the real world.

In fact, even scientific theories cannot become absolute authority, and absolute answers have never appeared from beginning to end. The most tragic and sad thing about science is that it is used to establish authority.

Because what authority fears most is rational thinking, and science was born from rational thinking.

No scientific theory is absolutely correct; it will be constantly changed by new discoveries and new understandings.

Aristotle’s laws of operation of the material world were destroyed by Newton’s classical mechanics, and the uniform and stable world in Newtonian mechanics was negated by Einstein’s theory of relativity, making Newtonian mechanics only an approximate solution to the low-speed macroscopic world.

The random probability distribution and state superposition of microscopic particles in quantum mechanics squeeze the laws of relativity out of the microscopic world. Here, any previous theorem will receive the highest praise from the scientific community when it is overturned by a new discovery, instead of being burned to death.

Scientific theories are constantly being updated and iterated to overturn their previous selves. There is no immutability in them, and the most important thing about authority is immutability.

Just as fairness and justice can only be pursued but are never observable facts, it is important to distinguish between how the world should be and how you want the world to be.

This is also the reason why every time there is a violent movement in human society, seemingly completely unrelated people in the scientific community will be the first to suffer persecution. They are the biggest variable in challenging the immutability of authority.

But all this has nothing to do with the Alliance. In fact, the current situation on Blue Star actually provides the Alliance with an excellent entry point, because in a sense the existence of the Alliance is indeed at a higher level than all the countries on Blue Star.

Because the Alliance has completed the transition from fanatical worship to disenchantment of the true God, accepted the existence of God as a super-conceptual entity, and used God as a tool of great will.

Medea is Medea, and the Goddess of Light is the Goddess of Light.

Personally, she is the most respected person in this country, but as the Goddess of Holy Light, her code name within the Academy of Sciences is Large Group 1.0.

Medea’s positioning of herself is not entirely in line with her own ideas. She said a long time ago that the group consciousness of the people would change her ability and function, just like the external manifestation of the collective consciousness needs, through which she can reflect the self-cognitive state of most people.

She is having an impact in many areas, such as the pillars of faith throughout the alliance that locally change the weather environment, extend people’s lifespan and enlighten their minds.

Many of these things can also be accomplished through scientifically created tools. Although the effects may not be as simple and efficient as hers, why not just treat it as a type of science? Why do we have to distinguish it so clearly between you and me?

Magic is science because it exists objectively. Divine power and faith are also science. As long as it exists objectively, accepting the objective reality is science.

In this way, Medea herself is the biggest bug for Blue Star because her buffs are fully stacked.

In terms of religious theology, she is the only true God known to exist and can communicate. She does not make empty promises or say that believers will have eternal life, but she has also proved the value of her existence and is almost irreplaceable.

You don’t care about theology and only talk about authority. I’m sorry, Medea’s other identity is the Queen of the Alliance. As the only emperor of the world’s single pole, her name itself is the greatest authority.

Talking about science? If you regard her as a groundbreaking super-biological intelligent aggregate, a planetary-level artificial intelligence, there seems to be nothing wrong with the array.

After all, according to the pace of research and development of Blue Star’s artificial intelligence, in the future vision, a super artificial intelligence that absorbs all kinds of information and data of Blue Star’s human civilization, supplemented by 3D or even 6D printers, wouldn’t it be an alternative omniscient and omnipotent God?

Perhaps the only ones who would be dissatisfied would be other churches, because everything about her is good except that she does not belong to them.

Chapter 494 The dove takes over the magpie’s nest

Holy City of Rome

At night, Pope Jorge lay on his bed, his kind and old face full of fatigue.

In this environment where the core base of believers is increasingly turning towards conservatism, the current Pope, whose reform measures are quite radical, is not having an easy time.

No matter whether it was the huge obstruction force formed by the public opinion from the outside or the dissent from the internal believers, even though he had reached the pinnacle of status, he still felt powerless all the time in the face of the raging tsunami alone, and even began to doubt himself.

“Dear Lord, is it true that my behavior is wrong…”

There was a flash of confusion in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

He still remembers the last words of the deceased pope at the succession ceremony:

Don’t forget the poor

Although their philosophies differ greatly and their approaches are completely different, and Jorge was even the former Pope’s biggest critic, they share the same philosophy on this point.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with his code of conduct, and he should not be confused.

He just used more drastic means, so he suffered a strong backlash, but this does not mean that his idea is wrong. In the current era of rapid development, if the church still holds on to the idea of ​​​​standing still, it is tantamount to sending itself to the grave.

Reforms will have to happen sooner or later anyway, so why not start with him? Since previous conservative popes have tried almost every possible route and none of them worked out well, why not try something else?

[Your idea is very good. One cannot serve two masters. One cannot serve the Lord and money at the same time.]

【God says, Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. 】

Just as Jorge was firming up his belief, an ethereal female voice sounded softly in his ears, startling him.

He didn’t know when a black-haired woman in a gold and white nun’s uniform was standing beside his bed, her golden eyes looking at him gently.

“you…”

Before Jorge, who was surprised and puzzled, could open his mouth to ask, a small hand with a faint warm holy light gently covered his forehead full of ravines and age spots. Then a warm force quickly spread from his forehead to his whole body and completely enveloped him:

[What the Lord has prepared for those who love Him is something that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has imagined.]

With the nun’s prayers, Jorge’s old body, like a candle in the wind, began to regain new life at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even if Jorge, who is over 80 years old, takes good care of himself, he cannot avoid the complications brought about by aging of various body functions and the subtle smell of decay and withering.

But under the coverage of the holy light, his body seemed to have gone back in time. His sparse gray hair became thick and shiny again, his age spots and nasolabial folds all disappeared, his loose skin became tight again, and his shriveled and broken body quickly swelled and became strong again.

In less than five minutes, he went from being eighty years old back to being in his early thirties when his physical functions were at the peak of his life.

‘Poof! ’

He raised his hands and saw that his previously withered arms had become strong and powerful again. Feeling the earth-shaking changes in himself, Jorge turned over from the bed, knelt in front of the nun without any hesitation, and lowered his head to gently kiss her shoes.

There was no need for any explanation. The medical miracle that had happened to him had allowed Jorge to elevate the nun to the level of a saint on earth. Although as the Pope he did not actually need to kneel to the saint, even if he did kneel it would not be a high level of etiquette.

But the appearance of the nun and the meaning behind the special energy she used were enough for him to welcome her arrival sincerely and with the most pious attitude.

He, or rather their group, no longer needs to rack their brains to figure out how to compile classics that are more in line with the times. They no longer need those things because God has already given him a response.

God has really come!

【Get up. 】

Taiya looked down at Jorge completing a series of actions without any change in his expression. Perhaps he was the high and mighty Pope in this world, with unparalleled authority and symbolism.

But this kind of godless pseudo-religion can only be regarded as a super-large pyramid scheme fraud organization at best in their eyes. In her eyes, no matter what religion it is on Blue Star, there is no difference at all. Naturally, she will not have any emotional fluctuations because of the other party’s behavior.

If there hadn’t been an order from above, she wouldn’t even want to go through this.

Although various churches are good at repeating lies hundreds or thousands of times until they become the truth, when they encounter nuns like them who can instantly turn on special effects with just a wave of their hands, it is purely a one-sided beating.

According to the considerations within the Church of Holy Light, as long as they are not restricted and are allowed to perform so-called miracles, a month would be enough for the entire American continent to be whitened by the Church of Holy Light and turned into an area ruled by faith.

This was no joke. Just Taiya’s ability to rejuvenate herself was enough to make her city full of elites from all over the world, crying and begging to join the church.

Although she couldn’t make the other person live forever, it was no problem for her to use the power of the goddess Medea to make him live comfortably until the end of his life.

Everyone knows that among the three stages of life, only the first stage can be considered as enjoying life on earth, while the last stage can only be said to be living at best.

It can even be said that one is just hanging on. If one wants to live longer, one has to limit oneself to the standards of a saint. All desires have to be restrained to the minimum, and every aspect of food, clothing, housing and transportation has to be considered to see if they will endanger one’s already precarious health.

The difference between a normal human life span and a life span at full peak state is roughly equivalent to the other person living at least one life longer than you on the same life scale.

Money, power, and status are nothing compared to your own life.

However, there are still three thousand nails to a rotten ship, and there are also advantages to borrowing the shell of the largest local church. First of all, it can seamlessly inherit the potential influence that has been firmly rooted in people’s hearts for thousands of years.

This super-large base of believers spread all over the world can be transformed into an extremely useful propaganda base as long as they are guided, which can pave the way for the future alliance to enter the world to the greatest extent.

As for the various problems within itself, they are also very simple to deal with. Taya is not fighting alone. Behind her stands a super church that integrates half of the world. There is no shortage of people to replace these positions.

Jorge was lucky, he passed the test of Taiya when she was looking for her goal

Since taking over, Jorge’s life has changed from the luxurious life of previous popes to a simple one. He cares for the poor, takes the bus or drives his own car, wears cheap leather shoes and a watch with a plastic strap, and resists the extravagant style of the clergy in silent protest.

We oppose and criticize various ideologies that have been deeply rooted in Europe and the United States, such as consumption, capital and other money worship, and call on governments to spend more money on the poor.

It respects same-sex relationships, acknowledges the Big Bang and the theory of evolution, believes that good non-religious people can also go to heaven, and conducts a century-long reconciliation and ice-breaking operation with other unfriendly churches.

However, his series of actions that ran counter to the ideas of previous popes and the church also led to him being criticized as a white leftist, and even nicknamed the mks pope, who appeared to be wearing a white robe but was actually red and black.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that white leftists are nothing, just a bunch of scum who say what they want, do what they want, and think what they want. But he is different, he really puts his knowledge and actions into practice, and he really touched the interests of the conservatives within the church.

If it weren’t for the fact that it was impossible for the Pope to be expelled, he would have been driven out long ago.

However, even if he could not be fired, there were still constant voices of opposition against him within the company.

He wants to go against the general trend of the whole society gradually moving to the right, but there will be more difficulties waiting for him in the future and confusion is inevitable.

His current philosophy, which seems to run counter to the general environment, also has its roots in the land where he grew up.

Latin America

Once upon a time in Latin America, there was a group of believers who cared for the poor and carried crosses and AKs to resist rule. They were the Latin American JF theological school.

The movement was so vigorous that the entire land of Latin America turned into a light red mixture of red and white, and the church there re-examined the definition of sin.

Unequal production relations will lead to a widening gap between the rich and the poor, which is contrary to God’s philosophy. ZB is the embodiment of evil, and will use money to make people commit the sin of greed, distorting the nature of people who should be close to God.

The meaning of salvation lies in JF, the theology of salvation is JF’s theology, JF has become the master of his own destiny, and the elimination of ZB logic has completed self-consistency. It also left a fuse for the subsequent slaughter.

In the 20th century, Latin American theological schools suffered large-scale targeted killings. The main reason was simply that they were too much like a backdoor listing of a certain ideology.

Although many believers have gone to heaven, the ideological soil of those who have a sacred love for the poor, fulfill the mission entrusted to them by God, oppose the oppression of the poor by the rich, practice their own path of finding faith with blood and life, and sincerely believe that people can change the world has not been completely destroyed.

Some of them succeeded, some failed, and finally all of them died.

But they came

As a Pope of Latin American origin, he is not the successor of Latin American theology.

But the thoughts of these holy martyrs who truly contributed to humanity and Latin America still have a subtle influence on the 400 million believers in Latin America.

He was also one of those affected.

Jorge said: “As long as there is a church that places its hope in wealth, Jesus is not there.”

[Again, He is not there as long as there is a church that places its hope in wealth. Poverty is the heart of the Gospel!]

Although he was not from an orthodox Latin American theology background, and if he were, he would definitely not be able to sit on the position of Pope, but he was from the YS Society, and his reform measures were almost all aimed at practicing the ideas and concepts of the theological school in a gentle way.

What is the YS Club? Perhaps many people are not clear about this organization, but the public may have heard of what they do and the names of some of their members.

They do not wear church robes and do not live in monasteries in order to be able to spread their ideas more deeply into all levels of society and in all places. They are also very tricky. For example, if you want to join the church, you must master another skill.

They also entered East India. Matteo Ricci, Johann Adam Schall von Bell and others belonged to this organization. They wore local clothes, spoke local dialect, chose Confucianism as a vehicle to preach, and even participated in the worship of Confucius.

From this we can see that this organization is a typical pragmatist, good at absorbing the essence of world thought and using it to supplement itself, so it has always been notorious both within their own organization and in the eyes of other religions outside.

Here is a little joke. Two seminary students went to see their mentor, and one of them asked, “Mentor, can I smoke while praying?” The mentor said, “Get lost.”

Another YS student said, “You are asking the wrong question. You should ask the teacher, teacher, can I pray while smoking?”