How to develop believers, Elaine Chen was also very familiar with religion. In the book Lectures on The Origion and Growth of Religion, Müller believed that "the starting point of religion was based on the surprise of human beings to the world and their own thoughts". However, Elaine thought the starting point of the religion must come from the needs of governance, not only externally, but also internally.
Elaine Chen didn't think that the need for foreign rule could be achieved by herself, nor could she think about it. Of course, if there was a chance, it was not impossible.
However, due to the need for internal governance, referring to the previous religious system, she had established her own status as a God envoy, and a group of priests composed of people from the upper circles. Now there were twelve priests whom was led by her to sacrifice to their God.
Compared with the illusory promises, the reward for the faithful belief of these priests was the kind of blue liquid that could live forever but it was both a reward and a bondage. Elaine Chen believed they should understand it.
It was ridiculous to say that knowing that there would be such a result, many people still begged to become a priest.
Each priest would have his own missionary area. There were sorcerers under the priests, and conjurers under the sorcerers . The number of sorcerers and conjurers was also determined by each priest, which were mainly responsible for carrying out the orders of the entire organization.
Chen didn't care how to carry out the orders, but she wanted the results. As for these sorcerers and conjurers, as long as they had contributed to the entire organization, Chen would grant them the divine water bestowed by gods.
Relying on divine water and letting them know the existence of gods to strengthen their beliefs, Chen firmly realized the rule of the entire organization, and she was not afraid of those sorcerers and conjurers who were directly managed by the priests who would be disobedient.
As for how to develop and manage the believers under the sorcerers and conjurers,another method had to be used. Western missionaries from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries had already given the answer.
Compared with the original sin theory in the West, Hua country people believed more in what religion could bring to them, that is, they paid more attention to pragmatism.
In the final analysis, it was to convince the lower-level believers that joining this organization could benefit them. Compared with Taoism seeking longevity and Buddhism seeking reincarnation, Chen chose to give them real things.
By distributing things and doing charity, Chen quietly developed believers and spreading belief. In the past, in order to preach in Hua country, some people in the Christian Missions Association said: "Our charity work should directly achieve the goal of spreading the Christian gospel and opening churches.
As for the name of charity and distribution of things, it was not difficult to mention. Chen and the others could do it very well.
This was not to say that the lower-level believers were ignorant and philistine, but that for the lower-level believers, life was already not easy. It could relieve the pressure of life to a certain extent, and add some spiritual sustenance, so why not to do it.
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It didn't matter whether the beliefs of these believers were firm or not, after all, these believers would sacrifice themselves to their gods selflessly in the end. All living beings were suffering, and if the God finally devoured their sense of faith, it could be considered as an early release for them.
In the underground hall, the giant stone-carved eye in the middle was emitting a faint blue light at this moment, and it looked even more eerie under the illumination of the candlelight on both sides.
Elaine Chen wore a black robe and knelt at the front facing the giant eyes. Twelve priests in gray robes followed closely behind, followed by a group of sorcerers and conjurers in black. This was a ritual that must be performed each week.
Chen murmured the spell and the priests, sorcerers,conjurers behind her also prayed together. Finally, after Chen finished murmuring, she knelt down and stood up again. The rest followed suit and stood up.
"This is the divine water for this time.Please take it well." Chen poured the prepared blue liquid into the hands of those who needed it, and the rest of them quickly stretched out their hands to follow up, followed by Chen's instructions: "Now the rest of the people can leave but the twelve priests please stay."
After the others dispersed, Chen asked them to report on the current missionary situation. When hearing that the number of believers at the bottom had reached 40,000, Chen nodded slightly, and asked them to continue to develop believers, but not to make too much noise.
When asked about Lam, Chen told them that she had other arrangements, and let them leave.
However, two of them stood still on purpose, and after the others had left, one of the elders flattered Chen and said, "Elaine, can you let us meet our God? We want to meet in person, so it’s really disrespectful not to have the chance to see it for a long time.”
Hearing this, Chen sneered. She knew he just wanted to bypass her and get the blue liquid directly. If it weren't for the fact that they were relatives, she would have let them go to see their god.
"Yeah, Elaine, my dad is right. It's too inappropriate not to have an audience for so long. When will you arrange for us to have an audience? Or you can tell us the method, and we can go by ourselves. We are family, why bother to see outsiders like this." The young man followed suit.
"Uncle and cousin, there is no rush to see our God. There will always be a suitable opportunity in the future. Go and get busy with your affairs first. You are right, we are a family, and I will definitely rely on you a lot in the future .Other people are outsiders, and I don't trust them." Chen replied with a smile.
"What's the matter, both of us, father and son, are on your side. Elaine, can you give us a little more of those divine waters. "Gang Chen, who was called the uncle by Elaine Chen, continued to say with a flattering smile.
"Every time our gods give me so much, after distributing it to you, there will be nothing left on my side. Uncle and cousin, if you have nothing else to do, go getting busy first." Chen shook her head and sighed.
"Okay, Elaine, we go first." Gang was about to say something, but Eason Chen who was next to him hurriedly pulled Gang's robe, and said goodbye to Elaine.
Watching them leave, Elaine Chen's eyes gradually turned cold. At the beginning, she didn't know how these two people knew about this thing from her parents, so they pestered Chen's parents to get into the organization. In the end, Chen's parents couldn't bear, and for the sake of their brother and nephew, they let Elaine Chen to promise them to come in the organization.
First she thought that as blood relatives, she could be more trustworthy, so she let these two people to be priests, hoping that these two people could help her manage the entire organization.
However, these two people were really stupid .All day long, they were thinking of bypassing her to obtain the blue liquid, and secretly wanted to contact other priests to force Elaine Chen to step down, and Gang Che himself would be the God envoy. But the question was what benefits can they give to others and would others dare to do this? What was it if this was not stupid?
Elaine Chen could only sigh, and then suddenly thought of something. Chen laughed. It was indeed a family, a good family.