Walking into King David's study, Cang Long saw classics from all over the world, and they were all original texts, not compiled Hebrew versions. The entire study area was much larger than the living room of this villa.
Some places even require special book ladders to go up.
It is roughly estimated that there are about 100,000 volumes, and King David is holding a thick classic and looking up something. The ancient atlas is labeled "General History of the North American Continent", and the author seems to be an unknown person.
The famous guy, but King David looked at it with great interest. Even if Canglong walked in, he just buried his head in the book and said lightly: "You are back, sit down."
Canglong did not follow his instructions, but wandered around under the bookshelf. He looked at ancient books and randomly pulled out a book. This is the holy book of Judaism, which is called "Torah" in Jewish.
"La" is actually composed of the first five books of the Christian Bible.
Different from ordinary Bibles, this Jewish holy book only has a hexagram composed of two triangles, also known as the Star of David.
Judaism is one of the oldest sects in the world. Although it is not as widespread as the three major religions, it has recorded the oldest secrets in human history, especially in the history of the Western world.
"Can I look through it?" Canglong did not look through it immediately, but asked the old man for his opinion, because he knew that no matter how familiar a person is, he should not mess around with things in someone else's study.
"It seems to me that you don't have faith yet?" King David raised his head and said, "You are welcome to become a Jew."
"It's okay to use religious classics to deceive ordinary people. Do you still want to deceive me?" Canglong shook his head, but opened the contents.
For an ordinary person, faith is a very important thing. In this era of social development, the public has tended to view things in myths in a rational way, so faith is just a kind of spiritual sustenance. This kind of sustenance
In a sense, it can give people an invisible spiritual power, and when encountering certain difficulties, it can exert some unimaginable abilities.
Of course, this power is not as mysterious as described in science fiction novels, but faith is indeed essential for most people in this world, especially ordinary people.
However, for a killer like Canglong, faith is not that important. In Canglong's own words, what he believes in is himself, his own abilities, and his own vigilance, because for him, faith cannot reduce his ability to perform tasks.
The constant danger will make him feel comfortable, and comfort is the most terrifying thing for a killer.
Therefore, even if Canglong reads this book, he only wants to read it, and will not be attracted by the content in it, because his belief is far stronger than the content in the book can deceive.
In Judaism, they do not agree with what Jesus said, because Jesus was a mortal, and his status could be the same as that of ancient Chinese saints, such as Laozi and Confucius.
However, Judaism respects God, and God is the only Lord.
The two of them were silent, each reading their own classics. After a while, King David put down the book in his hand and carefully put it back to its original place. Then he took off his glasses and said, "How about it?
Not interested in becoming a believer? I can be your priest and help you perform the ceremony."
Hearing this, Canglong also put down the book in his hand, shook his head and said: "For a killer, he is God, why do he still believe in an empty god?"
"No, no, no. No matter how firm your faith is, you will still encounter some mental contradictions. For example, your current mental state is extremely trance. It seems that you have had a big change since the death of Princess Meilin.
Change, some people think that you changed her, but in fact it was she who changed you." King David smiled and said, not because Canglong respected himself as God and blasphemed God.
Standing in their class, their thinking patterns have long been close to reality, so no matter what they believe in, they are firm but have a rational attitude and are not as crazy as ordinary people.
"What you say makes sense." Canglong didn't care, "How does Judaism view emotions?"
“I can’t say how Judaism views emotions, I can only say how everyone views emotions. For me, emotions originate from desire. In most orthodox teachings, people are not taught to advocate desire, especially those of you in China.
The two major sects, Confucianism and Taoism, both have their own dogma of abiding by desires, so the Chinese are the strangest people in the world, they do not lack wisdom, but they abuse their wisdom." King David said.
"Are you indirectly saying that we Chinese are abusing our emotions?" Canglong asked.
"You are not a traditional Chinese." King David shook his head, "I like the saying of the Chinese Taoist saint very much, as long as the saint does not die, there will be many thieves."
"I also like this sentence very much. Unfortunately, after this sentence came out, it was not recognized by the mainstream society in China." Canglong nodded.
"As a saint, being able to say such things is, in Buddhist terms, a great enlightenment." King David commented, "And no saint recognized by the world has such an understanding. All Zhuangzi is
There is no one who is the greatest saint in Chinese history."
Hearing this, Canglong was not surprised that King David, as a Jew, worshiped a Chinese saint. It was precisely because he, as a Jew, worshiped a Chinese saint that his rationality and wisdom were blind in Canglong's eyes.
Worship is the stupidest thing in the world.
And the saying "Sages are immortal, great thieves" not only predicts the development of the entire human civilization, but it means that when a saint dies, countless people will steal the saint's words to deceive the people.
Throughout the history of the world, whether it is China or Western countries, whether it is Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, etc., these religions have produced many saints. However, after the saints founded the religion, countless people quoted scriptures, distorted these teachings, and introduced the world to
Water and fire were used by feudal emperors to rule the people and imprison their thoughts, while academic sects used them to spread doctrines, recruit believers, and consolidate their status.
The most famous among them is the Crusades in Western history, which were actually for the purpose of spreading Christianity. In China, the feudal emperors used the words of saints to imprison the Chinese people's thoughts for thousands of years, causing people to blindly worship and fall into madness.
And Zhuangzi's words predicted future changes. After reading through Chinese sects and classics, Zhuangzi's words are the simplest and most unsophisticated. He can always use simple examples to describe each avenue in detail. Zhuangzi even has
In a word, it has never been recognized by the mainstream of feudal society because it is too vulgar. He said that the Tao is drowning in shit.
Therefore, Zhuangzi, a saint, could be said to be a figure with extremely advanced thinking in the society at that time. What is a saint? Because their thoughts are always not ignorant of the words of their predecessors, and they do not blindly follow every teaching.
Instead, he creates his own new thoughts and can even predict the future. This is a saint.
Looking at the rise of any sect, the saints of most sects appear in this posture. Whether it is Sakyamuni in Buddhism or Jesus in Christianity, they are mortals and after experiencing hardships, they become saints.
Saints, their ideas were also not accepted by the ignorant people at that time.
"Any religion that plays with people's wisdom will one day be replaced by a world that opens up people's wisdom." After a long silence, Canglong said something.
"The saints never taught us to play with people's wisdom. They just stole the words of the saints, distorted their meaning, and consolidated their own interests." King David deeply agreed, but had objections, "And you are wrong, no religion will be replaced, because always
Some people believe in them, including me."
"We have been talking about religion for a long time, now you should give me the things." Canglong did not dwell on this topic.
"The things I want to give you are related to religion." King David said, walked to the book ladder, took out a book from the bookcase on the fifth floor, and handed it to Cang Long, "The things you want,
It’s all in there.”
Hearing this, Canglong took the book and opened it to read. This is a real American history. The reason why it is called a real American history is because it is completely different from the American history that ordinary people see.
Half an hour later, Canglong asked strangely: "Why did you give me this?"
"See the Brotherhood inside?" King David asked.
"Yeah." Canglong was a little confused, "What exactly do you want to express?"
"Most invisible people in the world are related to religion. In ancient times, killers were not called killers, but assassins. Killers are just a modern term. Invisible people are the product of religion." King David said.
"How much do you know about the League of Assassins?" Canglong suddenly asked.
"Assassin's League!" King David frowned, "I can only tell you, don't rely too much on their power, because one day they will let you return. Even if you become a free killer, you will not be able to get rid of them."
"Why?" Canglong wondered, "Does the League of Assassins have anything to do with the United States?"
"Yes, almost all of the oldest religions in the West have something to do with the United States. The American War of Independence and the Civil War all have the shadow of religion. In fact, the founding of the United States was not a free and independent independence, but a real war.
religious war." King David said calmly, "And the origin of any war in this world can be summed up in two words."
But when anyone hears this sentence, his face will change, because this sentence is really shocking.
"Profit!" Canglong said coldly.
"Yes, interests. You only know the interests of countries and people, but you don't know the interests of religions. In fact, the world you see is just the surface. I can tell you, if
Even if Hitler won World War II, he would still go to the Vatican to accept the Pope's coronation without committing any blasphemous behavior," King David said.
"So, are invisible people cultivated by religion?" Canglong asked curiously.
"They are the product of failed cultivation of religious assassins, so even religion cannot control them. Strictly speaking, they have no humanity and are not human at all." King David looked at Canglong, hesitated, and said coldly, "Actually, they have no humanity.
, before you met Mei Lin, you were just like them, except that your process was exactly the opposite to theirs. However, what can be predicted is that you may end up..."
"Are they the same?" Canglong's hair stood on end because of a word for the first time...