When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1034 Reason and experience constitute faith
Utter silence.

No one spoke; as the sunlight moved across the ground, there seemed to be a rustling sound.

First, the interior of Bologna Cathedral fell silent, and then the exterior of the cathedral quieted down.

The supernatural, which the Messianic religion is most proud of, provides the church with boundless holiness.

But the opposing devil also possesses supernatural powers, capable of deceiving people through scriptures, angelic descents, and divine magic.

If the devil can deceive people's senses and reason, then the "divine revelation" claimed by the church may all be illusions created by the devil.

You can issue revelations, I can forge revelations.

The certainty of revelation upon which theocentrism relies has completely collapsed in the face of the devil’s pervasive skepticism.

People can no longer assert the authenticity of something simply because "it is a revelation from God," because revelation itself may be a product of deception.

Looking around the entire cathedral, I saw faces that were either blank, shocked, fainting, or deep in thought.

Horn knew that he had struck the very root of the church's problems.

In fact, compared to the religion of Horn's hometown, the religions in this world are protected by extraordinary powers, and their armor on the level of thought is exceptionally thin.

Because of the existence of supernatural powers, the church's orthodoxy is so high that it has lost external pressure.

Several wars led to the dispersal of a large number of books, and the influx of nobles into the church resulted in a significant improvement in the church's cultural level over a thousand years.

The Messiah Church as a whole tends not to address problems through ideological patching or internal reforms.

Instead, they use extraordinary means to forcibly suppress the problem.

Behind the seemingly glamorous facade, a mountain of filth has long been piled up.

When Horn cut the seemingly indestructible rope that held up the curtain, they saw the filth behind it.

Blue Blood Wine, two Battles of Thousand Rivers, the Three Sovereigns' Ascension, two Battles of Windmill Land, the Fall of Holy Throne City, the Pope's Suicide...

Countless prior events, and even more distant historical cases, finally erupted at this grand council.

It produced even better results than Horn had anticipated.

Horn's words alone were enough to cause a large number of monks with vested interests in the Shinbon sect to waver in their faith.

My butt was almost out of control of my head, which shows how big the impact was.

Does revelation truly come from the Father? Then why aren't the many flaws in the world fixed?

Is the witch really a witch? Why did the Holy Alliance, represented by the witch, defeat Leia, represented by the church?

Is holy water really holy water? Or is it true, as some wizards say, that divine magic is actually a form of magic?
Is everything before their eyes an illusion or reality?

Furthermore, if they cannot wake up from this illusion on their own, wouldn't everything they have done within it be in vain?
The fact that everything could be fake means that everything could be meaningless.

The most terrifying question is: Is "I" real? Or is "I" just an illusion created by the devil?

The more the monks thought about it, the more uneasy and frightened they felt, yet they couldn't stop thinking about it!
In retrospect, the fact that "The Life and Deeds of Saint Lan" is a fabrication makes it seem more authentic.

Even the falsification of "The Life of Saint Lan" gave them a reassuring sense of truth.

The immense shock had a profound impact on the monks.

“My God.” Lemingston’s lower lip trembled, and it took him a long time to utter a few barely audible words.

Svensson was much calmer than Lemington. He looked at the young man standing in the center of the hall, but his hand was stroking the '屮' character.

He suddenly remembered the argument he had with Lemington in the Green House more than a month ago.

Lemington saw this as a feast of dividing up the discourse, while Swensen believed that they should unite against external forces first before dividing up the discourse.

However, they all agreed that while Horne might have a high level of theology and philosophy, theological debate was a weakness of the Holy Alliance.

Today, only the first day of the Grand Council meeting, things have already exploded beyond belief.

The story of Saint Lan's good deeds has gone viral, but it's fake.

Even the theory of "revelation" has been exposed as unreliable.

With one shovel, the very foundation of the church's existence was ripped away; with one shovel, the very foundation of absolute faith was ripped away.

Scholars believe that the edifice of theology, when developed to its fullest extent, is already indestructible.

As a result, with a sweeping kick from the Holy Alliance, the tall building collapsed effortlessly.

Grandiva kept swallowing, he had no idea he could produce so much saliva in such a short time.

Looking at Archbishop Campbell, he sat upright in place, his eyes closed and his brows furrowed, but he did not move.

The most shocking thing is Celi. Could it be that Priano really committed suicide because of...?

"Your Majesty Horn." For the first time, Quivalin raised his head and looked directly at the young boy.

"You raised this question, so there should be an answer, right?"

"Yes, of course there are."

When Horn's voice rang out, all the monks seemed to grasp at a straw and looked up.

The monks, filled with despair and immense confusion, looked at Horn with expectation, even pleading.

He demolished the dilapidated building of the Messiah Church, so he should at least provide a resettlement house, right?

Horn glanced around: "If this devil truly exists, even if it can deceive all senses and thoughts..."

Standing in the very center of the church, the young pope raised his index finger high.

"But there is one thing the devil cannot deceive!"

A ray of sunlight shone directly onto Horn's fingertips through a small pane of clear glass in the very center of the mosaic window.

"That is the very fact that 'I suspect I've been deceived'! It must be true!"

To put it simply, what I realize may be false, but the act of 'realizing' itself is real.

The devil can manipulate and distort the content of thought, but he cannot manipulate the act of distorting thought. It's like a beam of light shining on an animal and casting a shadow on a wall.

Animals don't know what they look like because shadows can take many forms depending on the angle and distance.

But it knows it exists because there is a shadow on the wall.

Light is the devil's deception, animals are humans, and shadows are thought itself.

It was as if a thunderclap had sounded in their ears, and the dark clouds that had been hanging over the Mysera Church quickly dissipated.

Yes, doubts do exist.

As long as they question and think, they can prove their most basic existence.

Because no thought can exist independently of the thinker, the mere existence of a thinking subject is already deeply moving.

Looking anxiously at the growing crowd, Rocrois looked around and growled at the remaining six debaters, "Are we just going to stand by and watch?"

“You have a mouth and feet, go over there and argue with him.”

"..."

"Ah!" Suddenly, one of the debaters slapped his forehead. "So that's how it is!"

Rocrova immediately moved closer to him and grasped his wrist: "You have an idea?"

"Yes, you see, starting from doubt, ignoring authority and revelation, and through logical deduction and inductive empirical evidence, it has been proven that the 'Biography of Saint Ran is false.'"

This proves that the claim that "The Story of Saint Ran is a fake" is true, and not something the devil has lied about.

Doubt is just the beginning!

"..." Rocrova stared at him blankly, his anger rising, but it quickly subsided.

At this point, Horn had completely taken control of the game, and it was no use for anyone else to intervene.

Standing in the center of the oval debate arena, Horn's voice mingled with the rustling of pens turning pages.

"Okay, we know that doubt is real. Starting from doubt, we can move towards rationality, which is the intuitive and logical part of thinking."

Then let us use skepticism and reason to deduce the Father.

When everything else is deception, only doubt and reason are truth.

This truth must come from the Father, for it is a truth that even the devil cannot deceive!

Rocroissus's vision went black, which proved that humans have a self, and that the previous argument was invalid.

"Based on this truth, we infer the existence of the Father."

If the Father were to govern the world through non-continuous supernatural intervention, it would obviously be exploited by the devil, because this is a realm inaccessible to reason.

Therefore, the Father must govern the world through the continuous laws of nature, which is the realm that reason can reach.

What does continuity mean? It means that it has remained unchanged since the beginning of time, and the whole world is a revelation.

When we use reason to continuously verify and understand the laws of nature, we are acquiring faith and new doctrines.

The more we understand the world, the closer we get to the Father.

Reason and experience should not give way to faith; rather, reason and experience should constitute faith!

Campbell gripped the armrests of his chair so tightly that his fingertips turned purple, which already illustrated the theory that "the Father created nature and then left it to its own devices."

This is equivalent to proving the theory of finite knowledge.

So far, in terms of worldview, it has been proven that finite knowledge is possible and that the Father does not micromanage; in terms of philosophy of life, it has been proven that all humans have a self and are priests, and should pursue worldly happiness.

Based on these two principles, the core values ​​are already readily apparent.

If everyone is a monk, then everyone should pursue faith, but this time the way to pursue faith is not by donating to churches or praying day and night.

Instead, it is about practicing and understanding the natural laws of the Father.

Isn't this just Horn's "theory of divine work"?

Labor is the process of practicing the laws of nature, and research is the process of understanding the laws of nature.

Therefore, under the doctrines of the Holy Way Sect, the pursuit of high efficiency in labor and reliable research... is where human value lies.

Under these circumstances, isn't it the devil who suppresses labor and research, and reduces the believers' understanding of the Father's path?
What should they do about these demons? The Holy Path Sect also has its own doctrine—"Holy War" and "Judgment"!

That's it, the theoretical loop is closed, everything is connected.

In just eight short years, they actually managed to make this cobbled-together, nonsensical Holy Dao Sect coherent and coherent.

The Holy Alliance not only completed the deconstruction of the Divine Confucianism, but also completed the initial reconstruction on the ruins!

This inevitably leads to a large number of clergy whose faith has collapsed turning to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Horn cannot be allowed to continue any longer; his preaching activities must be stopped before he completes his construction.

Honestly, Campbell considered using force, but he didn't expect that by the end of the first day, he would have to notify the legion in the Lilac Corridor to use force.

But we need to think about how to stop Horn's sermon...

Before Campbell could make up his mind, he heard a "thump!"

"Which monk has fallen?"

"No, it seems to be the Pope!"

Which pope?

"Your Majesty Grandiva!"

"Oh no! His Majesty Grandiva has fainted! Quickly, call a physician!"

　I'm having writer's block. There will be another chapter after midnight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)