My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 128 Catholic cult?

However, due to Jiang Li's power, he had to do as he was told, so he apologized and went back to invite his father.

Afterwards, Jiang Li asked people to invite shop owners in each town and let a large number of people watch.

Then he turned to Father Wu and said, "Excuse me, Father Wu, is my arrangement reasonable?"

Father Wu smiled and said, "This concerns everyone. We should indeed notify everyone. However, with so many people, it may be difficult to maintain order on the scene, right?"

Jiang Li nodded and said, "That's easy. I can just dispatch some soldiers to maintain order."

As he said this, he asked people to mobilize two platoons of sixty people to maintain order at the scene.

When everyone was present, Jiang Li pulled out his pistol and fired a shot into the air to quiet the crowd, then put the gun away and said loudly, "Dear fellow villagers, we have gathered you here today to discuss whether this church should be reopened."

"As for the result, it is not decided by me or the mayor, but by everyone who votes here. Now let's listen to the reasons for opening or not opening the school. Everyone will naturally have the answer after listening."

Then he said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, go up and argue with him. After all, I just took over Jiuquan Town and it's not good to use my power to bully others."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "We should let them know. Otherwise, they will know the facts but not the reasons, and they will inevitably feel resentful."

Then he stood up and said to the people below, "My fellow villagers, you may not know that the location of this church is the most evil place in the town. Once it is reopened, the whole town will be in turmoil."

Everyone below was talking about this, and then Father Wu stood up and said, "Don't worry, everyone. God will bless the world, and nothing will happen to everyone."

Uncle Jiu said seriously, "I warn you, people may die whenever this church opens. Who will be held responsible if something goes wrong?"

Father Wu said, "I'm responsible."

Seeing Uncle Jiu's confusion, Father Wu immediately added, "I will be responsible for celebrating Mass for them."

Jiang Li heard this and explained loudly to everyone, "Mass is basically the meaning of prayer for salvation."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. Some of them couldn't accept it. How come when something happened you just collected the bodies and didn't help solve the problem?

At this time, Annie stepped forward and said, "Everyone, don't worry. It is still unknown whether this church is the Three Evils. Even if it is the Three Evils, there will be no problem as long as God is in charge."

When everyone heard this, they thought that with a god around, nothing should go wrong.

Afterwards, Uncle Jiu and Father Wu had another debate. Unfortunately, Uncle Jiu was not very familiar with Catholicism, and his arguments were not on point.

On the contrary, Father Wu, the foreign monk, was good at chanting. Although no one could understand what he was saying, they thought that there must be a reason since there were so many Western believers, so Father Wu gradually gained the upper hand.

Seeing Uncle Jiu looking embarrassed, Jiang Li immediately stepped forward to help, "I also studied in the provincial capital for a few days. I would like to ask Father Wu some questions. Is it okay?"

Father Wu smiled and said, "Of course, as a priest it is my duty to answer the questions of Catholic believers."

Jiang Li smiled and waved his hands, "Father Wu, you misunderstood. I am not a Catholic. I would like to ask if I can still worship my ancestors after believing in Catholicism?"

Father Wu was stunned. "Well...Catholicism is very strict about faith. You either don't believe in it or you believe in it completely. So if you believe in God, you can't worship other gods."

Jiang Li asked again, "Father Wu may not have heard clearly. What I am asking is whether after believing in Catholicism, we can still worship our ancestors, that is, our father, grandfather, grandfather's father, and grandfather's grandfather!"

Father Wu said in embarrassment, "Once you believe in Catholicism, you must devote yourself to it wholeheartedly. You can no longer worship your ancestors!"

Everyone at the scene was shocked when they heard this. Isn't this a joke? If you believe in your god, you can't worship your ancestors. Who can accept this?

Jiang Li immediately signaled everyone to be quiet, and asked again, "I don't know what your god looks like. I heard that the statue you worship is a man hanging on a cross, so is God that man or that cross?"

Upon hearing this, Father Wu enthusiastically explained, "God's image is diverse. He is majestic, holy, merciful, just, selfless, and great. Everyone sees a different image of God."

“And this man hanging on the cross is Jesus, the Son of God, the prophet who spreads God’s teachings and truth.”

"He brought salvation to mankind through his death and resurrection. He was also a mentor, teaching people how to live and follow moral principles."

“He was also a healer and cured people of many ailments.”

"As for the cross, it was the instrument on which Jesus Christ was crucified, representing his sacrifice for the sins of mankind."

"He can remind believers of Jesus' redemptive grace and is an important symbol of the Catholic faith. He can make believers remember their sins and rely on Christ's salvation."

Although the people at the scene didn't quite understand what was said, the general meaning was that this man named Jesus was the Son of God, and that he sacrificed himself to awaken the world, as if it was very great.

Jiang Li concluded, "Then can I understand it this way? God is invisible and omnipresent. Jesus is the Son of God. He was crucified."

"But the Catholic Church uses the weapon that killed his son and the statue of his son's tragic death to worship God, is that right?"

Seeing that he was about to refute, Jiang Li immediately said to everyone, "It's like you all want to ask the Monkey King for protection, but your tribute is not peaches, but a Five Finger Mountain, and on the mountain is written the name of Monkey Bi Ma Wen. Do you think he can protect you?"

Everyone was noisy when they heard this, and they all said, "This is just outrageous. They are being magnanimous by not sending down divine punishment."

Father Wu was about to refute when he heard this, but Jiang Li asked again, "I heard that the Bible records that God tried to destroy mankind three times."

"The first time, God discovered that human beings were very sinful in the world, and he regretted creating humans in the world, so he destroyed all people except Noah's family with a flood."

“The second time, God destroyed mankind a second time because every thought of the thoughts of the human heart was evil all the time.”

“The third time, God became angry because the Canaanites did not worship devoutly, and commanded the tribe of Israel, who were God’s messengers at the time, to punish the Canaanites on his behalf.”

"I wonder if what I said is right?"

Father Wu heard this and said, "That's right. People's hearts are evil. God does this to make humans kind and eliminate those sinners."

Jiang Li stopped the restless crowd and continued to ask, "Then let me ask you again, are war, plague, famine, and flood collectively known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Catholicism? Does God often allow these four disasters to befall the world?"

Father Wu looked at Jiang Li in surprise. He didn't expect Jiang Li to know the Bible so well. He immediately said, "That's right. God often uses these four disasters to punish sinners."

"Did you all hear that? In Catholic teachings, God sends wars, famines, plagues and floods to kill sinners. Do you think such a sect is good or evil?" Jiang Li asked loudly.