Chapter 541 Dare again next time
Religious issues are a long-standing problem in other countries, but East Africa has no such concerns because East Africa has been a country built on secular power from the beginning.
Moreover, in this land of East Africa, there used to be only Arab religion and some indigenous shamans. Shamans can also be said to be sacrifices. The degree of indigenous development was low. Even if it is a country, there are a lot of tribes and independent villages, these countless small units. Each has its own ghosts and gods that they believe in.
Therefore, it is impossible to form a unified belief. According to Ernst's understanding, religion is a social group with a strict organizational structure and a unified program. Therefore, those scattered indigenous beliefs in East Africa simply cannot meet the requirements of religion.
If there is a religion in Africa, then the strength of this force is certainly not weak. The simplest example is the Abyssinian Empire. They believe in the Christian "Coptic Sect". This sect is similar to Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, but is influenced by Eastern Christianity. Influenced by the Roman Empire, closer to Orthodox Christianity.
Religious forces can suppress social conflicts and knit society together. This is a characteristic of many theocratic regimes, so religious countries can easily develop and grow.
It is obvious that there is no such religious force in sub-Saharan Africa. Otherwise, relatively powerful centralized regimes can definitely be developed in sub-Saharan Africa by relying on religious power.
As a kingdom of feudal slavery, East Africa is not only wary of "reactionary" thinking such as freedom and democracy, but also wary of backward thinking such as religion and anti-science, although the East African system originally looks very reactionary and backward.
This point is a matter of opinion. The princes of the East still call Qin Rong Di! Ernst is not disparaging the Qin State. The Qin State was very powerful at the time, but it was indeed not a normal country. To a large extent, the success of the Qin State was based on the military plunder of the six eastern countries. This was very similar to Germany today. After all, other countries say Prussian barbarians, but are Prussian barbarians backward? In all aspects, Prussia is not lagging behind today and is even quite successful.
In the eyes of other countries, Prussia's military system is no different from Qin's "tyranny", so these are all prejudices. Without the rise of Prussia, Germany might still be bullied by France and other powers.
Talking about religious issues, contemporary Western missionaries can be said to be quite crazy, and they can even be found in the barren lands of Africa.
There were European missionaries in South Sudan under the control of East Africa. It was still the Ottoman era. However, it can be seen that Christianity's missionary activities in Africa were not smooth, and it was not even competitive with Arab Christianity.
The large-scale conversion of Africa was after the large-scale invasion of Africa by European colonists, but now the emergence of East Africa has directly restricted the missionary activities in the entire southern Africa in the original history.
This constraint is the Bureau of Cultural and Religious Affairs in East Africa. It is very difficult to become a priest in East Africa and you need to pass strict examinations. Even if you become a regular priest, it is difficult to have room to perform because the East African government stipulates that priests can only preach in churches. If you leave the area, it is a crime. For example, if you recruit people on the street, law enforcement agencies can arrest you directly. In addition, all church activities must be reported to the government, including gatherings, celebrations, etc.
What most dissatisfied orthodox religious people is probably the so-called "freedom" policy of religious belief in East Africa, which allows non-believers to flourish in East Africa.
The biggest characteristic of East African religions is that there are no churches. They are all based on regional churches and are not subordinate to each other. The superiors of these churches are the local cultural and religious affairs bureaus. Without churches, those churches are just rovers and have a very small say. .
In fact, Constantine, Karina, Archduke Ferdinand, and Princess Charlotte are all relatively devout Catholics.
However, Ernst had no feeling for religion. Although he was a "reborn person", he did not attribute his rebirth to any gods or the like, because his rebirth mode was to reopen his eyes as soon as he closed and opened them. .
"Indecisiveness, quantum mechanics." This is Ernst's attitude. Since it is also an illusory thing, it may be space-time rifts, space-time tunnels, parallel universes and other unknown things.
And he has the simplest logic. In his previous life, he did not believe in any religion or ghosts and gods. Assuming that there are supernatural mysterious forces, it is impossible for people like him to be reborn. The hell he is really destined to be is for unbelievers like him. Location.
Of course, in order to appear more gregarious, Ernst's external image was naturally that of a Catholic believer. However, from the perspective of religious policies in East Africa, the purity of Ernst, a Catholic believer, is very doubtful to a discerning eye.
The East African Bureau of Cultural and Religious Affairs is not only active in Nairobi City, it is a national agency. It is at the same level as the East African Defense and Security Service and the East African Immigration Agency and is a powerful agency.
Therefore, this time the East African government is not targeting the city of Nairobi, but is taking such actions across the country, but Nairobi, Mombasa and Dar es Salaam are the key areas.
"This time, our department cracked down and destroyed 123 illegal religious organizations and individuals across the country, investigated and dealt with three officials who had shielded them, 15 illegal school-running institutions and illegal assembly organizations, and arrested 23 people."
The report of the Bureau of Cultural and Religious Affairs shows that this year East Africa has effectively cracked down on hostile elements that threaten the cultural and ideological fields of East Africa.
At the same time, it also shows that the current society in East Africa is relatively stable, because these problems in the report are minor problems compared to the entire country in East Africa.
For example, the "individuals" among illegal religious organizations and individuals mentioned in the report indicate that many cases may be just individual behaviors. This has not even begun to sprout, but it has been killed by East Africa, so it has become a non-starter.
Constantine: "Ernst, do you have any prejudice against religion? If it was just a matter of German, I would understand, but you are too cautious about religion."
Constantine was not blaming, but rather he didn’t quite understand. After all, some of Ernst’s policies were too shocking and were always incompatible with mainstream society.
Ernst understood his father's mood, but considering his father's status as a Catholic, he followed Constantine's words and said: "Father, it doesn't matter. It won't do us any harm to restrain these forces more. After all, God can also He doesn’t want some reputation-stealing people to do bad things in his name in East Africa.”
What Ernst said is the same as what he didn't say. Whether he is biased or not is relative. Even if Ernst himself is really not biased, his attitude is biased in the eyes of devout believers.
So Ernst turned to Wari, Director-General of the Bureau of Cultural and Religious Affairs, and said: "You have done a good job this year, keep up the hard work."
This shows Ernst’s attitude towards religious affairs in East Africa: Don’t dare next time!
"Yes, Your Highness!" Wari replied without hesitation after receiving confirmation.
Wali is not interested in any religion. Even if Jehovah comes to earth, there is no words from His Highness. His firm atheism is one of the important reasons why he has secured this position. The other reason is his loyalty to His Highness the Crown Prince.