Chapter 1482 - 483: Cult Sanctuary—Atlanta

Chapter 1482: Chapter 483: Cult Sanctuary—Atlanta

The Yangtze River’s waves drive forward, the preceding wave dies on the sand.

Catholicism initially promoted ’justification by works,’ where ’works’ represent the righteous people in the Bible, the cherished of God, those close to the deity.

But this ’works’ is not about actions, it doesn’t mean doing good deeds makes you righteous, rather it’s about spending money to buy indulgences from the Holy See; the more you buy, the closer you are to God.

So everyone saw this and thought you are treating people like fools, thus Martin Luther came up with ’justification by faith,’ which developed into the Lutheran Church.

As long as you believe in God, you’re righteous, no need to go to the Holy See to buy indulgences.

This concept was indeed advanced at the time, but everyone wanted to seize the right to interpret the Bible for personal gain, using religion to ease their moral guilt from wrongdoing.

They interpreted it as — everything in the world is arranged by God, so the bad things I do are also arranged by God, can they be called bad then? I’m just following God’s will, therefore you’re meant to die, your death is simply part of your atonement.

I’m not killing you, but saving you!

Shifting all problems to a non-existent great other to bear, though crude, is absolutely effective.

So empty your mind, abandon your thoughts, attribute everything to God, and enter a state of holy foolishness.

Therefore, in North America, everyone has faith in God, and each one’s God is different, leading to countless skew angles, resulting in numerous horrifying tragedies, yet everyone remains indifferent.

New Dynasty Elegance gradually describes to the people in the car an American religious map they’ve never seen, and rarely appears in the news.

"Due to vast lands and sparse population, North America, especially those states in the central region, easily form isolated towns, villages, backward, ignorant, exclusionary, similar to our remote areas during the nation’s founding, perfect breeding grounds for cults, and the biggest sect birthed in these breeding grounds is Mormon Church."

"Mormonism once went to war with the United States Government in the 19th century, was wanted as a national skew angle, but after defeat, they moved west and arrived in present-day Utah, establishing Salt Lake City."

"Later, even the United States Government couldn’t deal with them."

"In Utah, there’s a widely circulated saying, ’Utah is not the United States’ Utah, but Mormonism’s Utah.’

Everyone was startled, Ruzuo put down the bone in his hand, inhaling sharply.

"Hiss... isn’t this a nation within a nation? Doesn’t the Federal Government care? It’s totally inconsistent with rites."

"Why should they care?"

New Dynasty Elegance gave a baffling smile.

"The United States isn’t like Tokyo University, it’s a small government structure, doesn’t have many grassroots organizations, many ordinary people believe a priest’s words, their words are more effective than government; Mormonism has over seventeen million followers, they may not necessarily chop someone if told, but if a priest tells them who to vote for, they’ll definitely vote for that person."

"In other words, as long as someone has good relations with Mormonism, that party can gain Utah’s votes, they can’t join fast enough, how would they control?"

"That’s also why the United States Government almost never handles cult matters, as long as taxes are paid, you’re free to do anything, unless they escalate things, otherwise the local congressmen will help cover up."

He speaks of real-world United States, place this in the cyber world where these religions are abstract ten thousand times more.

"I can even say this, currently all the world’s, notice all..."

New Dynasty Elegance deliberately emphasized this.

"All skew angle headquarters, are in the United States."

"Including the Unified Church of Korea and Japan, Aum Shinrikyo, All Mighty, and the Wheel that caused a huge stir over ten years ago, decades-old Huidaomen, Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism now residing comfortably in the United States, openly, they also undertake the United States’ anti-G business in East Asia, even one can say anti-G is their underlying tone."

All players were stunned, what kind of mishmash is this?

I know you’re bad, but you don’t have to be this bad, right?

Maybe players don’t know what Unified Church or Aum Shinrikyo is, but regarding All Mighty and the Wheel, many still have vivid memories, numerous families suffered, even Brother Ni’s relatives fell victim, so these things are abhorred deeply.

However, in New Dynasty Elegance’s description, these two seem insignificant on the U.S. soil, at a minor calamari level.

Seeing the atmosphere depress a bit, New Dynasty Elegance decided to share some good news to cheer everyone up.

"Recently, several Wheel leaders died, quite horribly, they fell ill wanting to go to a hospital but the followers wouldn’t allow it, reasoning they should be immune to all poisons, no need for hospital, just go to the boss to chant for healing, ended up dying painfully on the bed."

"As for his followers, they now call Dōng Wàng a living saint, but Dōng Wàng doesn’t care for them."

Upon hearing this, everyone finally smiled happily.

Good, died well, this kind of death is indeed satisfying, deserves the saying of lifting a stone to drop it on one’s own foot.

"What about Georgia? Meow, on the map, Georgia isn’t that far from Utah, right?"

Jackal pulled up the map, realized the two aren’t related at all, but how can both relate to skew angles?

"Because it’s in the Bible Belt."

"Bible Belt?"

"Bible Belt is a general term for some regions of southern states, these states are heavily religious, nearly every family owns a Bible, conservatism prevails, you can understand it as Christianity’s basic base here, and Atlanta is among them, it’s also the core city in the southeast of the United States, all major figures gather here, the Wheel once operated here, setting up an association, you all understand by this statement?"