Owen did not expect that this debate would actually take place, and his belief in Rhine deepened from the bottom of his heart.
Irving wore the clothes sent by Rhine, which made him look very energetic. In Rhine's words, he first captured the audience's attention. Owen didn't know if this was true, but he followed Rhine's orders anyway.
In fact, this dress is indeed very useful. For many nobles, if Owen dressed plainly on stage, they would not listen to his speech seriously from the beginning. Owen is now dressed quite seriously, which makes the nobles look comfortable, so they naturally pay attention to him.
When the Pope came over and saw the crowd of people, he felt a little headache and guilty at first, and then he felt relieved. With so many nobles present, Rhine should not use violence. If one or two people are accidentally injured, wouldn't they take the initiative to help the Holy See
As long as he was sure that Rhine would not take action, the Pope was not so worried. He brought a large number of people to ensure his safety. Now he coughed twice and asked people to disperse.
Standing on the stage were Owen and the most eloquent priest under the Pope. The Pope and Rhine were sitting on each side of the stage. The Pope was a middle-aged man with a protruding belly and balding hair. He wore a gorgeous robe, which fully exposed his body defects. The pope touched the scepter and glanced at Rhine with a sullen face. Rhine wore a gray velvet robe trimmed with silver, which was both low-key and elegant, completely showing off his broad shoulders. Noticing the Pope's gaze, Rhine smiled at him, graceful and charming.
Before the Pope even knew it, he was already at a disadvantage in the eyes of others.
The Pope didn't know that the contrast in appearance was so severe, and was still trying to maintain his aura, trying to appear evenly matched with Rhine.
Rhine turned his attention to the stage. Now was not the time to compare him with the Pope. The outcome would be decided on the field.
The priest was really good at talking, perhaps because he had been in noble families for many years. As soon as he opened his mouth, he made a few very flattering witticisms, which made the nobles present feel happy, and they all nodded slightly unconsciously. Through this trick, the priest took the lead in winning the favor of these nobles, and then he said to Owen: "Sir, although the church has heard about your so-called theory of evolution, not everyone present has heard it. Can you please Can you briefly introduce me first?"
Owen nodded calmly. The current situation was among the several hypotheses that Rhine had given him, and he was prepared. Just as Rhine suggested, he put forward the most important conclusions of the theory of evolution quite succinctly, but did not explain much to avoid being caught and attacked by others. Then he watched helplessly as the nobles at the scene began to chat among themselves because of his heavyweight conclusions.
This was also the case when Irving gave a lecture before. His theory overturned many existing perceptions, and this kind of reaction was considered rare and common.
Owen was extremely calm, but the priest thought this was a good opportunity and immediately started to argue with him one by one.
To be fair, this priest was very funny. He satirized Owen's conclusions according to contemporary people's opinions, making the people present laugh several times. If Rhine hadn't come from a later generation, and the education he received since childhood made him regard those seemingly shocking views in the theory of evolution as ordinary, maybe he wouldn't be able to help but laugh a few times with these guys.
Owen's face turned red with anger, and the contempt in the priest's words made him feel uncomfortable. The audience was amused by such a joke, which also made him slightly out of control.
These nobles are very particular about their manners. Obviously, getting angry in front of everyone is considered rude to them.
Owen also knows this, so he is trying his best to control his emotions. Owen looked back, trying to calm down his emotions, when he met Rhine's eyes. Rhine did not smile, his face was serious, and he was waiting for his speech seriously. When he met his eyes, he nodded towards him, his eyes were full of trust. He was the person who respected him the most in the room.
Owen's heart calmed down immediately. He was not a madman. There were people in this world who could truly understand him. What he has to do now is to explain himself to everyone, so that they can get in touch with the essence of this world like he and Rhine did.
Owen's self-confidence returned immediately. Those theories and arguments were things that he had written countless times and had been deeply ingrained in his mind. It was a piece of cake to explain them directly or in reverse. The previous behavior of the priest had hit him psychologically, and he was unable to say a word. Now as soon as his mind returned to his natural state and his back straightened, the aura that Rhine was optimistic about reappeared.
Owen immediately started his long speech, even quoting scriptures in it, and his momentum became stronger and stronger every sentence, which made the priest break out in cold sweat.
Priest could find fewer and fewer counterattack points, and he even began to use some inferior points to attack Irving.
Although the nobles were unwilling to accept the idea that human beings' ancestors were apes, Owen's momentum was too strong, and the priest's counterattack was obviously weak, which was not in line with his demeanor. This made the nobles' minds unavoidably biased, especially when they saw the elegant Count of the Palatinate sitting in the audience and the Pope who couldn't stop wiping his sweat. These noble nobles pinched their noses and considered the theory of evolution. Correctness.
The priest on the stage was stunned by Owen's sharp lips and tongue, and subconsciously looked at the Pope, hoping to get some advice. Naturally, the Pope had no choice. He looked away anxiously and angrily, regretting that he had chosen this priest because he was usually eloquent. He should have been replaced by someone more knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
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In fact, this really cannot be blamed on the priest on the stage. In a sense, he is already the best candidate for the Pope. It is said that the truth becomes clearer the more you argue, and the more knowledgeable and knowledgeable a person is, the harder it is to argue and win from the opposite position. Because everything Owen said was so logically consistent with the facts, when every possibility they raised to refute Owen during the debate was falsified, everyone would be led to the end of the truth.
To be honest, Rhine was a little disappointed when he saw that the Pope chose such a sophistry player.
The priest on the stage was very good at observing faces, so as soon as he came on the stage, he easily won the favor of the nobles with a few words, and then he went to attack Owen's mentality, making him unable to perform normally. It's a pity that when the priest planned to pursue the victory, Owen regained his confidence through a look with Rhine and entered a state where he would not be disturbed by the outside world. Once this state arises, it is almost impossible for the priest to interfere with him through some tricks.
He was the Pope's best choice, but now, this best choice has also been defeated. He was hung up like a monkey on the stage by several questions from Irving, and was being fooled around.
The Pope turned his face away, his brows pinched together.
With a smile on his lips, Rhine kept staring at the Pope, waiting for him to look up at him.
Rhine's gaze was so persistent that it was difficult for the Pope to pretend he was not aware of it. He could only look up at Rhine angrily, and then saw Rhine smiling at him very politely, without finding any rudeness. .
The pope was so upset by the laughing gas that he was filled with anger and wanted to vent his anger.
Owen on the stage was victorious. The priest came down from the side with a red face. Rhine took the lead in applauding Owen. Immediately, several nobles followed Rhine's actions and applauded in agreement. The applause was a little sparse at first, but then gradually became louder. The civilians were squeezed on the outside and couldn't see clearly what was going on inside. They could only wait for news to come from inside layer by layer and listen to a delayed version of the debate. Now that they heard the applause, everyone became anxious and didn't know the outcome. Who wins the argument
Owen won the priest beautifully and was making a summary on the stage. The neat applause from the audience just now made him blush with excitement. He didn't know if the applause of these nobles really recognized him, but he knew that this was a good start.
Owen's summary was adapted from the speech he had originally prepared. It was an impassioned speech that even the Rhineland felt was impassioned. Facts have proved that the effect of the speech was indeed very good, leaving a lasting impression on these nobles who were just here to join in the fun. deep impression.
When Owen also came down from the stage, the debate was completely over. The Pope stood up and wanted to take the lead and leave, but was stopped by Rhine.
The Pope was very sensitive to Rhine's every move. When he saw this, he thought Rhine was about to use force, so he quickly pushed back a few steps so that the knights around him could step forward to protect him.
Rhine stretched out his hand in time before the nobles next to him misunderstood, and pretended to shake hands with the Pope, so as to prevent these nobles from launching troops because of the misunderstanding. When the situation got out of control, and a fight actually broke out, the gains would outweigh the losses.
Rhine's gesture of reaching out was quite crucial. The nobles who almost made a move held back and said nothing, making the Pope fussy and petty.
The Pope simply came here to be annoyed and embarrassed today, and he was in a very bad mood. But now, he couldn't ignore Rhine.
Rhine had already retracted his hand, and the Pope had no choice but to salute and praise how wonderful today's debate would be.
Rhine showed a smile that seemed extremely hateful to the Pope and said: "Since His Holiness the Pope also feels that today's debate will be of great benefit, we should hold more such events in the future to clearly debate all the truths in the world."
Yes, Rhine is going to cause trouble. It was not enough for him to defeat the Holy See, but he also forced the Holy See to hold debates with him, and stepped on the Holy See's corpse to promote various disciplines. It can be said to be extremely cruel.
The pope's face froze when he smiled, and he couldn't say a word "no". He could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood.
Rhine kept his word and recruited many students from subjects such as mathematics and physics to debate with the Pope.
It's hard for the Pope to go back on his word, because Rhine is a very rogue man. If you don't argue with him, he will turn around and pick up the sword to fight. In a real fight, the Pope couldn't beat him. Before he could get strong foreign aid, he could only do what Rhine said.
As a result, the war zone fell into a strange and short-lived peace because of these debates. The students coming from Rhine are all elites, and they will intimidate the people in the church. The Holy See could only watch helplessly as the nobles and common people fell towards the Rhine little by little. The prestige of the church was gone, and they did not even dare to pick up the sword of resistance. Because once the first knife is struck, it is the signal to start the war.
Rhine knew that they were so obedient to wait for the opportunity to fight back, but he still wanted to carry out such activities. Because the overthrow of the Holy See does not mean smashing all the monasteries and killing all the unscrupulous popes and priests. Since it wants to be overthrown, it must also be completely eliminated ideologically.
The most important step is to enlighten the people.