Chapter 937 On the banks of the Tiber River
Rome is full of great manifestations of the pure strength and determination of human beings.
——German writer Paul Heizer
With the reloaded "ammunition", Joseph and the principal returned along the original road, leaving the too quiet underground, and returning to the noisy ground.
The underground of Rome is like a sedimentary layer of culture. Under the uppermost elementary school, there are churches, ancient alleys, Mithra altars and the ancient Roman water supply system hidden. Just as amazing.
Those fossils were not brought by a great flood, and they appeared before humans. The story of Noah's Ark is false.
Da Vinci was not afraid of death at all, but he dared to say that all because of his tact. He had sharp insight and could see the unpredictable struggles of power, so he could always find strong supporters.
When he was alive, he was fine. After his death, no one disturbed his tomb. He was not like those saints who had to worry about their bones being dug up and sold by others after death.
If a person is too kind, he will be used by others after death. Sinners cannot be redeemed by mercy.
Will the youngest son of the prodigal son in the story really change his past and stop squandering? If he lived well outside after the separation, would he still remember his father and elder brother?
Da Vinci finally died in France and did not return to his hometown. He would only "turn his prodigal son back" when he was having a bad time outside.
Some people even refuse to go home when they are having a bad time outside. You can often see such people in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, doing whatever they can to get ahead.
The lawyer who was killed by the "Seven Deadly Sins Killer" is the kind of person who, as long as he can win the case, will get away with it even if he knows his client deserved it.
The "Seven Deadly Sins Killer" uses preaching as a disguise. He is happy when he kills and tortures people. In front of the victims, he feels that he is "God" and is judging them. He sends "sinners" to hell.
However, when Mills' wife, Trish, begged the "Killer of the Seven" to let her and her unborn baby go, he chose not to be merciful.
In addition to the Ten Commandments of Moses, there are ten other commandments in the Catholic Church. You must not murder, you must not commit adultery, you must not take other people's wives, and you must not swear falsely in the name of God.
While he is judging others, he is also a sinner. Maybe then he realizes that he is not the "chosen" child of destiny.
Perhaps in addition to his obsessive-compulsive personality, John Doe was paranoid, and among his relics in the house were empty medicine bottles, along with Bibles, rosary beads, and bullets.
No one wants to admit that they are crazy. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder pays too much attention to whether their behavior is correct. They often pay attention to details and ignore the overall situation because of being too serious. It is difficult to make decisions when facing conflicts. The Freudian school believes that this is the patient's unconsciousness. Although the resulting defense mechanism is mature in terms of intelligence and physical age, its emotional age is immature, and it is often too rational and suppresses its emotions excessively. Once the emotions leak out, the sense of fear takes the upper hand The way John Doe came up with to solve this problem was to accept the "trial" himself.
"I hate children." He looked at the elementary school and whispered.
"Really? I like children." said the headmaster. "How are you, Father?"
Joseph didn't answer him.
After going through too much today, Joseph felt that his mind was in chaos, and it seemed that he was not far from going crazy.
Just now he probably was talking to himself like a hysterical man while reaching for the rosary.
Modern people have a completely different concept of "Sunday" from ancient times. Modern people think that Sunday is a day of rest, and gods can also rest, and of course humans can rest.
In the Middle Ages, it was the other way around. People worked six days a week to lead a secular life, and on Sundays they had to serve the church. These services were not rewarded and were part of the public good. Everyone had to live a collective life, celebrate mass together, and Eat communion and worship together.
The supernatural life is more difficult and tiring than the secular life. Proselytizing and educating people is very hard and tiring and has no material rewards. Naturally, this is what people who shake their heads to rock music and party all night in clubs take advantage of weekends. do not understand.
They think believers are crazy, and believers think they are crazy when they watch them flirt in nightclubs.
"Here, have a drink." The principal handed over a bottle of beer. "You seem to need this."
"Where did you get it?" Joseph asked, looking at the bottle of beer. The headmaster had just left for a while, and there were two bottles of cold beer in his hand, and there were even drops of water on the bottle.
"Everyone has their own secrets." The headmaster shrugged "My 'secret life' saved my marriage and in return I have the best beer to drink, don't worry, it's really brewed by monks , to ensure compliance with your precepts."
Joseph looked at him in disbelief.
"Those relics of saints are treasures in your eyes, but medical waste in the eyes of non-believers. What are you doing with empty bottles?"
"That's a secret." Joseph took the beer angrily.
After the mouth, the wine exudes the aroma of chocolate and ripe fruit, and he sips it like a worker after a day's labor.
There is a movie called The Shawshank Redemption, in which a group of prisoners, like him, sit together on the roof of the prison, drinking beer in the sun, which is treated by the prison officer.
As if they were sitting on the roof of their own home, they experienced peace and quiet.
At this moment, he was sitting on the stands of the playground, feeling the wind blowing from the Tiber River, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Those saints are already dead, how do they know what it means to be "alive".
"Are the relics of those saints 'trash' to you?" Joseph asked the headmaster.
"I'm not so much the principal, I'd rather be a security guard. I heard that there are also security guards in the scrap car factory." The principal smiled wryly and took a sip of wine. Said, I feel that although those children are sitting in the classroom, their hearts are not there. I really don’t know what needs to be improved in such teaching.”
"If you don't want to go to class, you can leave directly. It's like only one person came during the mass, and your heart is not in the church at all. If you want to play golf, you can play golf. If you want to go to the beach, you can go on vacation. Such perfunctory things are a waste of each other. time." Joseph sneered, "That's why I chose to be an exorcist instead of a priest."
"You look miserable," said the headmaster. "Too different and you're going to suffer."
"Science replaced God and has the absolute right to speak. Not only God, alchemy and magic are also regarded as superstitions, and it is because those scientists sacrificed their lives that the minority defeated the majority." Joseph drank again He took a sip of wine and said, "In the Middle Ages, in order to prove the barbarians in Germany, a missionary split their tree symbolizing Thor with an axe. He is also a minority facing the majority. Do you think he is afraid? Everyone is afraid of being isolated. Corresponding to the fear of isolation is the herd mentality. Many people will lose their judgment when they are in a group, and even abandon the concept of right and wrong in order to gain a sense of identity. Do the same thing as everyone else It will make yourself a lot easier, go to church together, go to school together, conformity is the solution to the most infallible problems that people think. Some people do volunteer work in Lourdes, and some people cause chaos and looting during demonstrations. It seems that even if the "people" I am attached to are wrong, the people will also bear the responsibility together. Even if it is a capital crime, it will become a petty crime if it is shared by everyone. The only people who are human will be judged by God. The desert is not like a seaside beach that is supplied with tropical fruit juice. Trekking in the desert feels very bitter and tiring. Many people and animals give up halfway, and eventually turn into bones and stay in the sea of sand forever. .When facing the devil, it is not relying on the number of people, but alone. Although people's changes are often made by pain, but only since then can life be complete. I will not change myself to gain the approval of others Quirky and withdrawn, because that's my style."
"You are really an American." The headmaster exclaimed.
"I was born in America, but I'm not an American." Joseph said with a stiff face.
"I heard that Americans like 'freedom of speech', in other words, speaking without restraint." The principal said meaningfully.
"I won't tell anyone what happened today."
"It's better like this." The principal patted Joseph on the shoulder. "Although the knights of Malta are not what they used to be, we are still soldiers. We don't refuse to get blood on our hands like the priest."
"Is this part of your 'secret life'?"
"I heard that you killed a sniper, let's see if you are so lucky next time." The headmaster lifted his chin and stood up immediately, "Drink this bottle of wine and go, and then forget that you have ever been here here."
Joseph watched the fat middle-aged Italian man leave the stands.
"You served in the Mountain Division?" Joseph shouted at the headmaster.
The principal waved his back to him gracefully, and walked into the shadows in the next second, disappearing from sight.
It is true that the missionaries cut down the tree of Thor. After the cut, the missionaries were not struck by lightning and were not punished. So the Germans in that tribe did not believe in Thor, but converted to Catholicism. They prayed to God and worshiped Buddha with the plague. One reason to stop the plague
Worshiping the gods does not work, why believe it? Not everyone is Job
