Chapter 184 Different ideas
"General Selov, you cannot deny the existence of God!" John Twenty-third shouted righteously. At this time, he was no longer an old man who was almost eighty years old, and he could not tolerate any disrespect for his lifelong belief.
"But you, Your Majesty John Twenty-third, can't prove the existence of God!" Shelov's face did not change at all, and he said unmoved by John Twenty-third's duties, "Today's Soviet Union did not rely on the so-called God, and there was never a savior. It was not up to the gods and emperors! It depends entirely on ourselves to create human happiness. Some people can rely on the conditions of the Soviet Union as the temporary as the United States to prove this. So I ask you, Your Majesty John Twenty-third, you promoted several black cardinals. Did the Americans uphold the will of God when they were selling black slaves?"
"Does the people choose to believe that God exists? Should the people choose themselves? General Selov? Even a powerful department like the KGB cannot deprive people of their right to choose. This is not in line with the democracy that the Soviet Union has always advocated, right?" John Twenty-third was unable to keep up with the energy of this Soviet power-oriented person who was fifty years younger than him, but he was still fully releasing his kindness. He hoped that everyone had the right to choose.
"But I am an atheist. There are so many shortcomings of religion. I don't want to see the people pin their hopes on heaven. Instead of doing this, it's better to keep your energy on building a country!" In Selov's view, religion is not important at all. Only those who have been living a life of scattered life will pin their hopes on it. Most of the people who believe in God he had seen in his previous life were old men and women in their seventies and eighties. Who has time to put things on such things?
"The Soviet Union has always regarded itself as democracy. If the police system needs to teach the people how to do it, this does not conform to your original intention!" John XIII always wanted to reason and let Selov admit his mistakes. Whether it is atheism or Christianity, once the government forces it to implement, it will deviate from its original intention!
This conversation puts Selov in a dilemma. Compared to this person who has served God for the rest of his life, he is still a little too young. If he had known it, he would not have accepted the invitation to St. Peter's Basilica.
"In general, John Twenty-third wants me to relax the supervision of domestic religion?" Selov changed the subject. Now he has already agreed to the fact that he has lost his pit. From now on, the conversation between the two is a real bargaining!
Knowing what the other party needs and what one needs is the true meaning of bargaining! Now Selov climbed up from the pit, he needs to know what Pope John twenty-third wants to get from him.
"I have no intention of interfering in the Soviet government's choice, but I hope that the Soviet people can choose whether to believe in God!" John XXIII slowly expressed his purpose.
"Our Soviet Union was originally an Orthodox country. Even if faith was restored, it had nothing to do with the Vatican Church. I don't know what your purpose is, Your Majesty John Twenty-third? Are you planning to evolve peacefully to our Soviet Union? I will never show mercy to the enemy!" Selov said unmovedly.
"What religion does not matter. Now world peace is the mainstream, and our Holy See is also ready to improve relations with Orthodox Church. One thing I must admit is that the result of the great split in Christianity back then, Catholicism is also very responsible, and the hostile relationship between Catholicism and Orthodox Church should also end!" John 23 expressed his purpose sincerely.
A man like this who has devoted his life to his faith, Selov couldn't find any words to defend the other party. But one thing he knew and understood was that John Twenty-third had the idea of being beautiful and could not escape the impact of reality in the end. Even if Selov agreed to relax the regulation of religious issues, as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union continued, the Soviet Union's pace of setting another yardstick would continue.
"It's not impossible, but I also have a requirement. His Majesty the Pope or the Vatican must agree to me. I can guarantee that it is impossible to send the priest to prison. As for supporting the priest's work, it will not be restricted. If my request cannot be met, I will prepare to expand the rights of the Religious Affairs Committee when I go back and contact all the allies to eliminate the remaining religions!" Selov immediately looked for favorable conditions for reaching an agreement. It would be best if the agreement could be reached. If it cannot be so long in the future, he will always find an opportunity to clean up the religious forces of other countries, especially Poland.
"Please say, General Selov, I would like to hear your opinions!" John XXIII said gently.
"Now the Soviet Union and the United States are in a Cold War, and our struggle is alive and dead! I don't think the Vatican is in the middle, you can decide by yourself. My request is that the Vatican cannot interfere in the religious affairs of all Eastern European countries, and at the same time, it is absolutely impossible to elect a pope with the nationality of Eastern European countries. If this is not achieved, we have nothing to talk about!" Serov finally added, "I don't know how to negotiate, this is my bottom line! I hope His Majesty the Pope can consider it clearly!"
In history, it seems that after the 1970s, a Slavic John Paul II was elected. This man was a Polish. The pope can be said to be the enemy of the entire socialism. He caused great trouble to the KGB in the 1980s. It can be said that he defeated the KGB's restraint in thought. Because the emergence of this Polish pope made Poland, the weakness of the Soviet group, which has always been in a state of instability.
"The government cannot interfere with religious freedom. I cannot sell the people of God in Eastern Europe to your government!" John Twenty-third did not expect that Selov proposed such a condition and refused without thinking.
"Then there is no need to talk about it. The rift between Catholicism and Orthodox Church does not need to be bridged. Our Soviet Union is already an atheist country, and the entire Eastern Europe is an atheist country! God only needs to shine in the Vatican!" Shelov said without blushing, and he had decided to assassinate all the well-known Eastern European priests after he went back, especially Poland, and he could not keep this work. The work was handed over to Mendlev's Operations Execution Office.
Chapter completed!