For this belief, however, it is another story entirely. If I were to generalize the Bible, I'd say it's a boring book. Jewish history (the Old Testament) reads really anti-intellectual, bloody, outrageous and self-righteous. Song of Songs or something, although it has some meaning, it lacks charm when translated, and it feels like an enlightenment reading full of hormones. Christ is the only saint in the Bible, although I'm not interested in how he is deified over and over again. In addition, Christianity is also most afraid of questioning. They call a person who dares to ask why a devil and go to hell. They believe that unconditional faith is the real faith. This is really a very weak and bad practice. However, because their theories are too out of nothing and are too easily defeated by new discoveries, this is also a very helpless approach.
It is such a classic that is far from the Tao Te Ching and Buddhist theories, and a group of savages eventually rule the world. Interesting. What is even more interesting is that all seemingly anti-intellectual beliefs have the ability to unite people. Various types of group therapy are popular in Western society, but it is almost impossible in the East where Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and other cultures emphasize the influence of wisdom. Perhaps this is the reason.
Agora tells the story of an upper-class, speculative belief that fiascoes a lower-class, anti-intellectual belief.
The heroine is a smart and naive scientist. Her IQ was high enough to deduce the elliptical orbit of the Earth around the sun, but her EQ was low enough to kill herself. When her governor-general's husband urged her to be baptized in order to keep her alive, our lady said: I can't do it, I can't help but question. And the archbishop, one of her former students, said a clever thing here (it's literally the title of the movie), you make me question, but aren't you yourself addicted to those weird orbital doctrines (to the point). That is, if science is a religion, then the heroine is a martyred saint.
Run the question. The heroine is, of course, sublime and correct from the current point of view. We think those who call her the witch are out of historical limitations. However, are we not looking at this event from the limited perspective of history. Scientology (let's call it that) has become mainstream thought in the world. If it is no accident that there were scientists in the last century who chose to believe everything because the rules of the universe were too precise, then with more and more new discoveries, scientists in this century have become much more confident, and even have to break through to the level of arrogance , they are in awe only before the laws of science. For the people - especially the Chinese people who have no fixed beliefs - the word science is simply synonymous with correctness, although it is high, full of mystery, and wastes money and money. This is already evident in political propaganda and advertising.
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Thousands of years ago, Scientology was clearly a pastime for a few high-level intellectuals (now a money-making thing for xxx). It emphasizes contemplation, the joy and satisfaction of knowing. Researchers (the term scientist is too high-end, so the low-end word researcher is used instead) are familiar with the ecstasy of dopamine bursts when inspiration strikes or results are confirmed. However, this experience is personal, and others do not feel it. Even if you want others to feel how you feel, it's almost impossible. There are three reasons. First, when you turn your thoughts into words and pass them on to others, and when others turn words back into thoughts, 100% of your emotions and 80% of your essence are gone. Second, due to the lack of basic professional knowledge, people from different industries cannot understand each other's language. Third, as any individual, it is much easier to believe an accessible statement than to speculate. Thinking is a labor-intensive and labor-intensive task. Its cost is huge. For example, in order to figure out in my own power that the earth is round, I may have to think about it for weeks without eating or drinking. It is also impossible to achieve in a collective society that needs to process a considerable amount of information and deal with problems of survival. Therefore, people tend to believe in an accepted doctrine that is easy to understand, rather than thinking for themselves. In short, Scientology can only be used as a personal religion. It can be convincing, but not enough to connect people.
And Christianity is the opposite. The film clearly describes how it spreads: giving people benefits and agitating for propaganda. This is a very "scientific" mode of communication. Its theoretical basis is: man is a social animal. People tend to form collective lives in order to improve their ability to survive. It is precisely in the mass of people who need to struggle with food and clothing that Christianity has developed vigorously. These people do not have and do not need theoretical knowledge of the world view, and therefore, are easily receptive to information given by the outside world. What's more, modern social psychology has confirmed that when a lie is repeated continuously, it will be regarded as the truth by people. Therefore, with material incentives, collective support and a common founding theory as the basis, Christianity has naturally achieved a large number of believers. In addition, at that time, people's technical ability was lacking, and they could come up with clever theories, but could not prove their correctness.
In short, if Scientology and Christianity fought recklessly at that time, Scientology would undoubtedly lose. However, the heroine is ignorant of current affairs, and confuses the public with evil words, which leads to her own death.
Why one can believe in science to the extent that one can risk his own life. If you think you are right, do you have to speak up? Would it be useful to say it? If a person is too far ahead of the times, then his discoveries and practices are destined to not be taken seriously, and it is not uncommon to even be hanged on the gallows as an alien. How many eggs of truth are buried in the long river of history, and how many have been touched without a trace. Maybe you talked about it thousands of years earlier than others, but you only added some archaeological data to people, and it did not contribute to the progress of human beings at all, but added a footnote to the cruelty and stupidity of human cannibalism, which caused thousands of people. After the year, a few elementary school students who love to read have some boring emotions and conversations.
In addition, handsome men and beautiful women are very eye-catching, but love is the most boring. It was added purely to illustrate the personality charm of the heroine, so I deducted a star.
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