Chapter 5904 The Time Is Ripe

readx();    Pope Francis was filled with emotion.

He had the attitude of continuing to have a deep friendship with Lin Feng for this cooperation, but he did not expect that this would become an opportunity in his life.

How many popes are there in the history of Catholicism? Before Francis, there were 265 popes. Francis is the 266th pope. It is conceivable how many popes there were before him.

If nothing unexpected happens, Francis will be just an ordinary pope. He will not leave any trace in history. At most, he is the first Jesuit pope and the first Latin American pope. That's all!

This first is meaningless to Francis.

What do people seek when they live to a certain extent? Money? Power? None of these! For people like Francis, money is not needed. Power, there is nothing more for him to pursue. I believe that this is the case for many social elites.

Money and power are what you pursue in the early stage. When your life is sublimated to a certain level, you will not pursue this aspect. This is not important to you. At this time, what you pursue is fame!

Leave a name for eternity! Who doesn't want to leave a name for eternity? Because once you die, what can you leave behind? Money, can it be left behind? When you are dead, the money will naturally belong to others. No matter what will you make, the money will belong to others.

As for power, there is a Chinese saying that says it best: when people leave, the tea gets cold. When you are gone, can power still be left behind? As you leave this world, all the rights you have carefully built will disappear.

Only reputation can be left behind! For example, American President Washington, Indian Gandhi, French Joan of Arc, etc., their reputations have been passed down for thousands of years and will always be remembered.

In a certain sense, or from the perspective of Catholic doctrine. They are dead, but they are also alive. Live in everyone's mind.

From a religious perspective, how do you prove that you are alive? This is a very interesting topic. How do you prove that you are alive? It is an obvious truth. Only when you appear in front of me alive can you prove that you are alive!

This is the answer that three-year-old children know. But if you go to another country now. For example, from the United States to the United Kingdom, then are you alive? Obviously you are alive! Because I know you are living in the United Kingdom and living well in the United Kingdom.

But in the meantime, for ten years, we have no contact, so are you dead or alive? Maybe you will encounter some accident. You have died long ago, or maybe you are still alive and well. So, how can I judge whether you are alive or dead?

Before there is any external signal to get the news of your death,

you are alive in my mind. So what is this person who lives in my mind like? That is the impression you left on me.

Straightforward personality, a little irritable temper, determined to not give up, paranoid, have a sense of justice. Too rational, etc., these are some of the impressions you left on my brain. So, you are equivalent to living in my mind.

So by the same token. Those who died, aren't they also living in our minds like this! So are they dead or alive? You can say dead, because they are dead physically, but they are still alive in spirit.

Moreover, it can be said that if they did not die in front of the world, but left the world alone, then after several years, is he dead or alive?

This question, in physics, is "Schrödinger's cat". Schrödinger assumed that a cat was in a closed room with a jar filled with deadly poison gas. As long as the cat touched the switch on the bottle, the poison gas would spray out, and the cat would die.

But before you open the room, you will never know whether the cat touched the switch of the poison gas. In other words, the cat is alive or dead at this moment. This hypothetical state is "Schrödinger's cat".

Similarly, these people and great men in people's minds, are they dead or alive? They are indeed dead physically, but what about spiritually?

Who can be absolutely sure that people cannot live forever in spirit?

So, for Pope Francis, all he asks for is one thing, to be famous forever. He doesn't want to be called one of the 266 popes, which is too cruel for him. He also doesn't want people to say that he is the first Jesuit pope and the first Latin American pope. This reputation is as good as nothing.

Francis should be more famous!

The first pope to spread Christianity throughout the African continent! This is something that countless martyr popes have never done for thousands of years. If he can do it, he will be the most prestigious and most accomplished pope since the founding of Christianity. Because, since the founding of Christianity, the biggest opponent has been Islam!

The Crusades, whether because of interests or because of various domestic disputes, in short, the original driving force of the Crusades was because of the existence of Islam, a pagan religion! Both sides are fighting for the holy city of Jerusalem.

And if he, Francis, can make the African continent, a continent full of Islamists, convert to Christianity, you say, how famous will his reputation be.

Perhaps, he will become the most outstanding spiritual leader of mankind in the past 5,000 years! And there is no other.

Among the three major religions in the world, Buddhism has long declined. In addition, there are no holy places in Buddhism like Christianity and Christianity. Where are the Buddhist holy places? Moreover, there are too many branches of Buddhism, and some later generations have misunderstood the Buddhist scriptures.

Francis has studied Buddhism, and naturally he has also studied Buddhism, which is one of the three major religions in the world. Among them, many people in Buddhism are always in the cycle of cause and effect and are unhappy with retribution. What matters is the cause of the past life and the result of this life. The cause in this life will be the result in the next life.

In fact, Buddhism does not recognize this kind of causal cycle. Buddhism itself denies fatalism. It believes that people have a destiny, but does not encourage people to leave it to fate, but hopes that people can create their own destiny. Buddhism advocates that all dharma arises from causes and conditions, so destiny also arises from causes and conditions. Bad fate can be changed by planting good karma. Since destiny can be changed by practicing compassion, cultivating merit, and practicing repentance, destiny is not necessarily so unchangeable. No matter how bad your fate is, it can be transformed through various practices. On the contrary, if a good destiny is not properly maintained, it will be lost and corrupted. As the saying goes, "Be prepared for danger in times of peace", you must be cautious!

Nowadays, many people misunderstand some concepts of Buddhism. Why is this? Francis believes that this lies in the systematic spread of Buddhism. A religion requires full-time theological personnel to learn, research, and spread. Today, there is a lot of learning about Buddhism, but little research. As a result, many people’s Buddhist teachings are not profound.

On the contrary, as far as Catholicism is concerned, not to mention cardinals, if you look for any priest, his theological codes are extremely superb. And how many priests are there in the world? This number is the number of recorded priests in the world (not counting China, because it is not recognized), there are 32,851!

So how many people spread teachings in Buddhism? Compared to a priest, he should be the abbot of a temple. So how many hosts are there? This number, no! Buddhism does not have an exact number to count the number of abbots. And among these hosts, how many are truly practicing Buddhism? Can you engage in Zen debates with others?

Buddhism has long since declined in the East. Of course, due to its large population base and the inertia of belief, it still has hundreds of millions of believers. However, it can no longer be compared with Christianity and Christianity. Among the three major religions, Buddhism should currently rank third.

Francis's goal is to teach. If Catholicism can gain a foothold in Africa and even compete with the Catholic Church, then he will be famous enough.

"King Dahir's devout religious heart, I believe he will definitely get the support of all our believers! For the spread of Christian teachings, I believe all of us will be happy to donate generously!" Pope Francis said this, But it also set the tone for today.

Give me money! If you don’t give money, you are going against the Catholic Church! This doesn't matter to Eastern shipping companies. They don’t believe in Christ anyway. But for these Western shipping companies, which are also the shipping companies that have reacted the most violently, it is a tragedy.

First, Somalia made sense. Secondly, Pope Francis concluded that this was for religious devotion. You say, what can they do? Although not all of them believe in Catholicism, there are also those who believe in Protestantism, which is New Christianity. But no matter what, everyone believes in Christianity, and this is correct.

But this time, it is a religious war between Christianity and Christianity. What can they do? Is it possible that I won’t give you money? Then the pressure of public opinion will be great. In the West, you are not afraid of offending politicians.

At least these big conglomerates are not afraid of offending politicians. But if you offend the religious pope, you will be in real trouble. Unless, they are extremely awesome. But even if they are as powerful as the seven major families in the United States, they can only serve Francis carefully. Even if Francis finally gave Matthew a position as deputy head of the Knights Templar, it was not easy to get.

And, you know, half of America believes in neo-Christian Christianity, not Catholicism. At least half of the seven major families believe in New Christianity. But even so, we still have to give Francis some face. Not to mention the presidents of these shipping companies!

So, the key is how much money to give? Dashiell, that’s $10,000 per person, that’s absolutely not okay! Even if I beat them to death, I won't do it.

"Let me say something fair!" Lin Feng saw that the time was ripe and stood up. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please visit