Chapter 4427 Chapter 4429 [Becoming a God in Flesh]
Xiang Nan guessed that the spiritual world also follows the "Law of the Dark Forest". Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, and shrimps eat pickled mud.
Especially Loa gods like the monkey **** Chak Baba, who only have a few thousand or tens of thousands of followers, are probably the weakest category of gods.
According to Taoism, He should have become a **** after death, that is, a ghost like a mountain god, a land god, a city god, or a wild **** and idle ghost without a formal organization.
Therefore, the only thing he can do is to hide, otherwise he may be killed by other gods.
"Then how do you interact with believers, how do you absorb believers' faith, and how do you bless believers..." Xiang Nan asked curiously.
"I don't need to absorb the faith of believers. The faith of believers will directly enter the kingdom of God, just like spring water pouring into the desert." Chak Baba explained, "But I cannot contact believers directly. I only pass on information through priests. And bless my devotees,” explained Chak Baba.
"Why can't you contact the believers directly?" Xiang Nan asked doubtfully.
"Ordinary people do not have such high spirituality, and they will lose a lot of divine power when communicating." Chak Baba explained, "You know how shocked and shocked I was when I saw you for the first time and saw that you have such high spirituality. Surprise?"
Xiang Nan blinked and asked curiously, "How much higher is my spirituality compared to ordinary people?"
He knew that his spirituality was indeed high, after all, he had not practiced in vain for thousands of years, but he did not know the gap between him and ordinary people.
"If the spirituality of ordinary people is like an oil lamp, then your spirituality is like a lighthouse." Chak Baba thought for a while and said, "You will be thousands or tens of thousands of times more powerful than them. If someone believes in you after you die, , you should be able to become a **** more easily than me."
"Thank you, but I don't want to become a **** after death. I want to become a **** in the flesh." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.
"That's impossible. Only the soul can enter the spiritual world, and only in the spiritual world can one become a god." Chak Baba said in astonishment, "How can it be possible to become a **** in the physical body?"
"That's just what you think." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.
Both Buddhism and Taoism have many examples of bodies becoming gods. The world is different and the rules are different. There is nothing to argue about. Chak Baba's grade is still too low.
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Subsequently, Xiang Nan, as the high priest of the monkey **** Chak Baba, established temples dedicated to the monkey **** in Port Royal and Tetuga Port, and formulated a series of canons following the practices of Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity. and rituals.
For example, the canon stipulates that believers must believe in the Monkey God and the high priest of the Monkey God, who is the messenger of the Monkey God; they must pray and make offerings to the Monkey God once every morning and evening, even if it is just water, it is still a part of their heart;
It stipulates that believers should not listen, speak or act arbitrarily, and should repent if they make mistakes; it stipulates that believers should work hard to spread the faith of the Monkey God, and the more people who spread it, the more blessings they will receive...
In addition, there are rituals to worship the monkey **** Chak Baba. Every weekend a sacrificial ceremony is held in the temple, where believers make offerings to Chak Baba, listen to the high priest deliver Chak Baba's holy teachings, and then receive blessings from the monkey **** Chak Baba.
His behavior naturally attracted official attention.
Governor Weatherby Swann found Xiang Nan worriedly, "James, a pagan 'monkey god' cult has appeared on the island recently. Have you heard about it?"
"I think this kind of paganism should be eliminated." Wetherby suggested, "I don't know if you agree or not?" The British believe in the Anglican Church, which is a branch of Christian Protestantism, also known as Anglicanism. Canon law stipulates that the British king is the supreme head of religion, advocates moderation, believes in the "Thirty-nine Creeds" and so on.
Weatherby Swann was not a very devout Anglican, but he knew the dangers of paganism. As governor of Port Royal, he had to stop the spread of paganism.
Otherwise, if those pagans become the climate, it will seriously threaten the rule of the empire.
"I also think it should be eliminated. But we shouldn't rush it." Xiang Nan nodded, "The Monkey God Sect is still very weak now. There is only one so-called temple, one mysterious high priest, and there are other believers that we don't know. Know.
If we act now, they are likely to go underground, which will cause even more trouble. It would be better for us to let them develop for a while and then slowly investigate His background.
After everything is clear, we will destroy His temple, capture His priests, and punish His believers. Only in this way can we solve it once and for all, what do you think?
And when their influence expands, we will be more successful if we arrest them again. Are you right, Mr. Governor? "
"I think what you said makes sense." Wetherby thought about it for a moment, then smiled slightly.
If we were to catch the Monkey God Cult now, we would only be able to catch some foolish men and women, which would not be considered a great achievement.
On the contrary, if the Monkey God Cult becomes bigger, it will become an influential pagan religion. When the time comes, he takes action and catches them all, which will be a great achievement.
Just like cats, the more mice there are, the more important the cat is. If mice were gone, why would people keep cats?
"Then it's settled." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.
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Subsequently, with the tacit approval of the authorities, Chak Baba's temple was officially inaugurated in Port Royal.
At twelve o'clock in the evening on Saturdays and Sundays, Chak Baba's temple will hold sacrifices, and Xiang Nan will convey Chak Baba's oracle and bless the believers.
Of course, these so-called "oracles" were made up by Xiang Nan himself. Because Chak Baba is just a monkey, he only knows how to play and eat bananas, so he can’t get any oracles.
The main content of the "oracle" is to tell the miracles of the monkey **** Chak Baba, demonstrate his power, and teach people to be friendly, mutually helpful, pious, and pure.
Xiang Nan knows that people rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold. Gods also need to be hyped and their personalities need to be established. Therefore, Buddhists, Christians, Taoist priests, nuns, etc. all like to make up various stories about the gods they believe in.
For example, God fed five thousand people with five pieces of bread and two fish. For example, Buddha cut meat to feed the eagle, and Jigong passed wine and meat through his intestines, leaving it in the heart of Buddha. Taoists also have "Journey to the East" and "Journey to the North" about the Eight Immortals and Emperor Zhenwu. fairy story.
Because weaving God’s deeds into stories is easy to understand, suitable for all ages, and is more conducive to dissemination. Just like the Chinese, even if they don't usually burn incense and worship gods, they still know about the Eight Immortals, Jigong, Sun Wukong and Jiang Ziya.
Religion should lead people to do good, even though Xiang Nan knew that it was very difficult for believers to learn friendship and mutual help.
There are many hooligans, scoundrels, pirates, and profiteers here. They are all cunning, cunning, shameless, and vicious, but even so, they should be encouraged to be friendly and help each other.
Because this can increase cohesion. Otherwise, like demonic sects, which all advocate selfishness, and if people don’t do it for themselves, they will be punished by heaven and earth, it will be like a piece of loose sand.