Chapter 2454 Middleman
What is justice and what is evil? Different positions have their own answers, so travelers in different worlds are not actually limited to the mission of a traveler. They don't take the task of defeating the Demon King's army seriously. Of course, from another perspective, they have different understandings of this task, so the methods of execution are also various, which are different from the vision of the heaven.
The same command will have the effect of letting a hundred flowers bloom. This is the human position.
Just like the end of troubled times, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had a hundred schools of thought contending, which provided ways to control chaos from different angles. In the end, the advantages of each group came together to create a great civilization.
In fact, when facing chaos and evil, everyone, both at home and abroad, in ancient and modern times, has two choices. One is to rely on one's own strength, and the other is to rely on external forces. Relying on external forces is naturally a divine force other than human power, and relying on oneself is naturally a sacrifice for one's success.
At the same time, everyone will have a different perfect world in their mind. Some people say that the perfect world is a copy of the ancient world of Datong. Some people say that it is heaven after death. Some people say that the perfect world is where everyone has clothes and food.
The purposes are different and the means are different, so there are different civilizations.
Religion relies on external forces and looks forward to the afterlife. In another world, God really exists, and people can indeed pray for miracles from evil gods, but God will not help so easily. To give an inappropriate example, a father tells his son to buy a toy if he gets 100 points on the test. But in fact, even if his son gets 0 points on the test, the father can still buy him a toy.
God treats believers as a father does to his sons. He can give alms at any time but does not want to do so. He just wants believers to score "100% on the test", otherwise he will not give toys.
So Duran thinks he can acquire another world, because he doesn't need people from another world to take a hundred points. He will give people from another world another choice, as long as they can resist the power of God.
To resist the power of gods, we must let the people of other worlds see what gods have done to other worlds, and what the travelers sent by gods have done to other worlds.
"In your essay, you did not think deeply about the bad influence of time travelers on other worlds. You did not reflect on what the time travelers sent by God actually mean. Why did God send time travellers? Is it because of distrust of the local people, or for some other reason? The reason?" Dulan guided them to think.
Sato Kazuma looked at the goddess: "Yes, I could go to heaven when I die, why did you introduce me to time travel?"
Aqua didn't know either: "The work process, whether to time travel or not is your choice, so don't blame me."
When Kazuma thought about it, it was true that he couldn't blame others for the path he chose: "I think time travel is a trend. Time travel is so popular these days. It's normal for heaven to open up for time travel in line with the times."
"So are the natives of this world willing to accept time travellers? You are willing to time travel, but are the people of this world willing to accept them?" Duran said.
Wiz now roughly knows the problem with time travellers, that is, time travelers will become very strong in the later stage and will become out of control. Especially when time travelers only regard this world as a game, it will be very scary: "Why on earth would God send time travellers?" Even if there are no time-travelers, we will still believe in them. On the contrary, it can be inferred from Kazuma’s performance and the description in the diary that time-travelers rarely believe in gods.”
Duran nodded repeatedly. Wiz had begun to think about the core of the problem. Duran continued to guide: "It's a very good question. When people in any world encounter problems, they will have two choices. One is to rely on external forces, and the other is to rely on oneself. . If you encounter a problem that can be solved, you will definitely rely on yourselves, and then continue to accumulate experience in solving the problem, and continue to unite forces. When you are united, you will have more and more power to solve the problem, and the number of problems that can be solved will be greater. It’s getting bigger. But if you are suddenly given a super problem that is far beyond your current ability to solve it, you will have to seek external help.”
"Are you saying that God arranged for the time-travelers to cause trouble?" Everyone was shocked and felt that Du Lan's statement was too scary. In other words, God did not want people from other worlds to unite and deliberately let the time-travelers cause trouble?
"The task given to the time-travelers is to defeat the Demon King's army. But in fact, although the time-travelers are all kind-hearted, they are not firm-minded people. If they encounter temptation, they will lose control, or if they encounter a tragedy, they will also change from good to evil. . The time travelers are all young, and it can even be said that they have not really understood society and have not been exposed to the colorful world. It is like opening the gate and letting go of the reins in this other world."
Kazuma said that Dulan looked down on him too much. Although he was not yet twenty, he was still a high school student who stayed at home and was a gamer, but he could not distinguish between right and wrong, black and white, and he could still distinguish between good and bad. .
"If you don't believe in gods, you have to rely on yourself to solve problems?" Darkness was thinking about this statement, and it seemed to be true. Although gods do not show miracles most of the time, many people do use prayer instead of action when they encounter problems. They gain courage through prayer before taking action to solve the problem: "But if we don't have faith, we How to solve the problem? Although faith is not a panacea, it is indeed the motivation for us to face the problem. "Faith cannot solve the problem, but it can be transformed into the motivation to solve the problem."
"That's the problem. We can face the problem directly, but there is an extra middleman. Do you think this is unreasonable?" Dulan looked at them and asked.
Aqua was confused. She was a goddess, but in Duran's mouth, she became a middleman. But it seemed to be true. Before coming to the world, she had not helped the other world solve any specific problems. She just collected faith and told believers some high-sounding creeds to persevere. She did not take any action. In professional terms, she gave believers courage. As for the believers' problems, they still had to solve them themselves.
"Believers do not have the confidence to solve problems themselves, so they need us gods to encourage them. This is not wrong. We are like spiritual mentors, which is completely meaningful." Aqua said guiltily.
"It's natural to be a spiritual mentor. I also like to be a life mentor for others and give them chicken soup, but I will teach them to solve problems by themselves, but you want everyone to rely on you, and even take the credit for solving problems for yourself. This is a bit unreasonable." Duran said that he had more experience as a life mentor than Aqua, but he never thought that it was his credit for others to accept his teachings and solve problems, but the gods would steal the fruits of others' success. This is also the reason why Duran has never wanted to be called God, because others have gained courage through Duran to overcome difficulties, and Duran has gained happiness and does not need others to continue to believe in him. Duran's business is a one-time deal, but God will continue to do so, even to the point of creating problems when there are no problems.
Aqua was silent. Duran's idea was too shocking to her three views on being a God. What was originally taken for granted by God was opposed by Duran, and Duran obviously believed that without God, humans could solve problems themselves, and even solve them better. This was going to shake the foundation of God.
No, I can't shake it. God gave believers faith and gave believers the courage to face difficulties. God is necessary, and God also arranged heaven for believers. These are all meaningful. God is not a middleman. God is the guide and shepherd of mankind, and one of the indispensable conditions for world peace.
But Duran believes that people should believe in themselves the most.