After saying this, the scholar nodded in the direction of the camera, and the department in charge of coordinating the video conferencing allocated permissions. The joint research institution composed of religion, theology, and history experts, which was originally in the small split screen in the lower right corner, switched to the main screen.
Around the large round table, there was a large group of solemn and solemn religious people wearing various traditional costumes. The secular attire in suits and leather shoes only accounted for a quarter, but the host who was in charge of speaking was included.
"So far we have grouped sources on medieval world religion and history into four categories:"
The host was obviously much more straightforward than the representative of the linguist. He noticed the switch of the main screen, and started to explain without any greetings or politeness:
"The first category is religious classics, including written materials such as sacred scriptures, hymns, records of saints, and bishops' life stories; the second category is nature and science and technology, including written materials such as mathematics, painting, medical treatment and herbs, and farming summaries." Materials; the third category is grassroots records, including parish correspondence, Akeli’s village governance diary, and Praia’s memories of studying when he was young; the fourth category is the most extensive exchanges, such as Praia and Andre’s conversations The theological information, the taxation information when communicating with Ifrit, O'Connor, etc., and the ghost stories of the castle servants are also in this category."
"According to the sources and circumstantial evidence, we assigned weights to different materials, and sorted out the chronology of the 'dominant' religions and parts of the medieval world. From this chronology, it can be clearly found that the religions and histories of the medieval world are divided into three phases."
As he said that, the host clicked on the console, and a small half of the main screen was split, displaying three words.
"Myth-Legend-Reality."
"From the naming, it can be seen that the context of the first stage and the second stage, regardless of religion or historical records, is very unreliable, and there are many doubts. [Zero ↑ Nine △ Novel ↓ △ Net] - this is normal , there is no scientific historical record method, and it is combined with religion, and it is a little bit old, so it is easy to have such a problem.”
"At the beginning, we just listed the chronology of the first two stages as a relatively low priority reference material. It wasn't until just now, after colleagues in the language group reported the doubts about the accent, that we suddenly discovered that the nodes of these three stages, It is almost exactly the same as the suspicious time found by colleagues in the language group.”
Having said that, the host operated the console again, and next to the words at the bottom of the main screen, an era appeared.
"Myth (300 years ago) - Legend (150-170 years ago) - Reality (currently)"
"The data from a wide range of sources is the most powerful circumstantial evidence! After an urgent comparison with the accent ratio and suspicious time found by colleagues in the language group, we found that in the two stages of myth and legend, we originally thought it was pure nonsense and beautified The deeds are very likely to be real history!"
Speaking of this, with a dreamy expression on his face that has faded a lot, but traces can still be found, the host pressed the console a few times.
A close-up of the third page of the Book of Saints appears on the right side of the main screen:
"The next day the Shepherd went out of the hills, and Augustine went to Kyrenia; Stewart to Lossiemouth; Lennon to Glasgow; Gregory to Fishgard; Porter to To La Pallis”
"The people loved them. The gentlemen brought stones, the free people brought food, and the serfs who had nothing, gave all their strength. In the second year, the five sacred dwellings of the ruler stood tall."
"When they set off, people were very happy, and they followed the sovereign shepherd to the largest plain. When they stopped, at the end of the distance, another four teams appeared. Two years later, the saints in the mountains, here The largest church, poured the first cup of holy water"
"Everyone" finished reading the above three paragraphs, and the host said: "This is the stage of mythology. It describes the five students of the saints, who went to five places respectively, and built five churches at the same time within a year, and each brought a large number of them. Craftsmen, on the plain that Mr. Saint is looking for, it took two years to build the largest church. [Zero ↑ Nine △ Novel ↓ △ Net]”
"Please note" the host said with a serious expression: "This is the first saint who dominates the religion, and is also the first bishop. The first term means that before this, the dominant religion has no foundation, it is completely at the stage of origin, The only believers are this saint and his five students!"
"Can you believe it? There is no basis! Five people, with only their tongues, went to five places separately. The nobles did not resent them for fighting for power. The free people were willing to donate pitiful rations. The serfs seemed to have taken stimulants. Just built a church! It’s not enough, I have to take a group of people to go to a place I’ve never heard of and continue to build a house for two months, and everyone succeeds Yes! Can you believe it?"
"Everyone" the host looked around and asked the religious figures beside him: "Is there such a miracle in the history of your sect?"
"Dedicated to God, blood is an honor." A certain religious person shook his head. —Although there was no direct answer, but combined with the history of the earth's religions displayed on the left side of the main screen, everyone heard what the shepherd meant: During the early missions, almost all religions had successive martyrs, and they had never heard of it Such a smooth process.
"Milan Cathedral lasted five centuries." This is the answer of another religious person. — It took so long to build a magnificent church in the 13th century on Earth. The construction capabilities of the medieval world are far behind. Although it is not as exaggerated as the Milan Cathedral, according to the records of the Saints, and other post-bishops from those areas According to the description, these five churches are at least twice the size of the churches in Aikeli village. On the premise that the whole village is full of believers, the church in Akeli village took three years; a student with only one tongue can build a church twice the size of Akeli village in one year It's over, it's unbelievable.
"Going west to learn Buddhist scriptures took 17 years."
"Sinai desert, forty years."
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Religious figures spoke one after another, basically holding similar attitudes: missionary work is of course important, but we must also respect the process of history.
"At the very beginning" after asking around, facing the camera, the host concluded: "We really think so. There is a similar situation in the history of earth religions: the past priests far-fetched, and the results of the joint efforts of several or even more than a dozen generations of priests, All set on the head of the original pioneer"
"However, this myth is completely in line with the doubts discovered by colleagues in the language group." The host spread his hands: "If the evolution rate of religious language accents in the five places is almost the same, we can only consider this myth to be true! The Juggernaut Religion took root in these five places without any stuttering at all!"
"This is the biggest anomaly."
The small stick in the hand of the host tapped heavily on the position of "Haints" a few times: "In addition, according to the time points provided by colleagues in the language group, in the holy scriptures, saints and bishops' life stories, we also found that There are a lot of weird places."
"Taking 150-170 years ago as the midpoint, in the previous time, most of the classics of the Juggernaut religion focused on praising the greatness of the Juggernaut, expounding the philosophical thinking of the Juggernaut religion, and the invention and promotion of agricultural technology"
"Yes, you heard it right!" Fully predicting the surprise of the participants, the host said exactly: "150-170 years ago, in the stage of mythology, outside of normal religious affairs, most of the energy that dominated religion , mainly focusing on the invention and promotion of agricultural technology, as well as the reproduction and survival of believers! During this period of time, the density of people in the area covered by the dominant religion has increased by three times!"
"It is said that this period of time is a 'myth'. The main myth lies in the fact that during this period of time, the incredible speed of technology promotion, the incredible speed of information transmission, and the incredible survival rate of the population rarely mention miracles, or It's obviously a very amazing miracle, but it's just an understatement, so it's not surprising."
As he spoke, the host read a short paragraph: "Hunger is not shameful. Saint/Bligh pointed at the big tree, green light fell from the sky, and the leaves turned into bread. The sacred tree sheltered people, and the tired earth could rest. Rested. In the coming year, people will be full of energy, and the earth will be full of energy, and the seeds sown will be reaped twice as much.”
"Look," the host slammed his mouth: "Such a miraculous phenomenon, the Book of Saints actually only records 11 words (Note 1), but there are 83 words about the teaching content of land rotation."
"This and the classics 150 years later are completely two extremes!"