Chapter 1494 - 487: Liberation Theology

Chapter 1494: Chapter 487: Liberation Theology

How to establish a cult?

This question is really too easy for New Dynasty Elegance, completely lacking in challenge.

Find a vague passage in the Bible or Buddhist scriptures that can be used to answer other questions, then expand upon it to create a doctrine.

For example, "form is emptiness," or "God loves the world," then select a character as the object of worship.

This is quite broad, figures like Shakyamuni or Brother Ye are suitable, or more extreme ones like Satanism, which directly choose to worship Satan. It could also be some abstract concepts like truth, science, collective unconscious, or even a heap of spaghetti.

But the object of worship cannot be the cult leader themselves; the leader can only exist as a prophet sent by God. After all, the leader doesn’t have the ability to feed thousands with five loaves and two fishes.

Next is to write scriptures. With New Dynasty Elegance’s wealth of knowledge, it’s completely possible to summarize a set from Taoist, Buddhist, Bible, or even Confucian classics. Most infinitely divisible branches of Christianity come from this, with each claiming to be authentic.

Then build an apocalyptic system, heightening people’s anxiety, proclaiming that only faith in oneself can ensure survival at the end times. This tactic is particularly effective with Christians, as eschatology exists in the original Bible, making interpretation very simple.

Use your eloquence to convince the first batch of followers or subordinates, and subsequently drag their relatives and friends down with them.

If possible, choose a relatively closed space and use interests to build a directly subordinate violent team. Within the cult, functions and hierarchies must be strictly graded.

Finally, use various prayer rituals to occupy the followers’ thinking time, leaving them no time to reflect whether the current situation is normal.

At this point, a cult is constructed.

But as mentioned before, this set is no challenge to New Dynasty Elegance.

Because no matter how arrogant a cult becomes, no matter how many dignitaries it attracts, it can never make it to the stage, unable to be exposed to public view.

If you’re going to play, play big.

Play the orthodoxy.

Because only orthodoxy can grow big, only orthodoxy can reach under the sun.

And orthodoxy must conform to the mainstream values and morals of human society, even if only appearing to conform.

Even the Mormon Church has had to correct surface-level practices like polygamy.

He took out a thick Bible from his bag, with the words ’Super Bible’ impressively embossed in gold on the cover.

[Super Bible]

He also took out a silver cross necklace and hung it around his neck, adopting a priestly appearance.

The other three in the car were speechless, sporting expressions as if sweating soybeans. Li De almost drove the car into a ditch.

"No way, you’re really serious about this? And the name is so abstract... "

But New Dynasty Elegance remained with a matter-of-fact expression.

"A Bible of Super Earth certainly has to be called Super Bible, otherwise how to distinguish it from other denominations, and the word ’super’ indicates we’re above other denominations."

"Speechless."

Cybercles said disdainfully.

"I’m a materialist, can’t stand these religious tricks, and I remember you were playing around with these things in Cuba, why bring them here? I thought you were just fooling around."

"How could it be for fun? We’re serious."

New Dynasty Elegance explained.

"I don’t know if you’ve noticed, the reason the Cuban people are willing to follow us is because Europeans and drug cartels cut off their last path of survival. To live, they have no choice but to choose us, but that doesn’t mean they’ll obediently follow our words."

"When Super Earth transferred the populace, there were many non-cooperation issues, even conflicts, happening almost daily, an endless stream of troubles."

"Their cultural level is low, far lower than Night City, and we’re understaffed, with players lacking patience, leaving no time to explain to each one individually."

"So the Truth Department urgently needed a solution, and commissioned me for help."

"And the answer I provided was this."

He held the Super Bible in his hand, giving it a little wave towards the few.

"Nothing can quickly consolidate the lower class like religion can. It’s hard to make them understand materialism, what class means, at least not without decades if not centuries of education."

"But if we’re a bit idealistic, bring God out as a backer, they’ll instantly follow our words, even though this God has a second son which makes those Cuban folks a bit puzzled, yet they naturally accept this."

To take expedient measures, even if players don’t believe this, one can only act like this to deal with emergencies.

Catholicism is the mainstream faith in Latin America.

Regardless of what’s up with this second son, since they say the second son of God sent them, it indicates that God hasn’t abandoned us, after all ’we’ are God’s most devout lambs, naturally unable to resist the Angel sent by Hong Tianwang.

"Originally, I planned to use this in Cuba, but since I came to Atlanta, using it here as an experimental field is also fine."

"What you’re doing is very dangerous, playing with fire."

Li De, who hadn’t spoken, finally did.

"I’ve seen many people with the same ideas as yours, but the development of events inevitably went beyond their control, turning into Intelligence Bureau’s dossiers."