I and you do not know all of the Lord's will! I am a vessel but not a potter, a sheep but not a shepherd!
Therefore, no one on this earth can call another a sinner, a heretic, an infidel, and kill or punish them!"
Everyone is silent before Him.
Over that silence, like a drop of blood on white drawing paper, His words echo red and dense.
"No one on this earth shall take the na of the Lord in vain! (Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11) No one but your almighty Lord God Himself! No one shall judge or punish others in the na of the Lord!"
His words... fell into the hearts of the believers like a rock breaking down a solid fortress wall.
It struck down like lightning that instantly burns a thousand-year-old giant tree.
Like an ax breaking the frozen river, it cuts through their minds.
Everyone just quietly held their trembling hearts, engraving each word, each phrase.
'I too have co to make humanity like angels.'
Once He said. He ca to make people like angels.
'The Lord said to love people, so now I tell you to serve people.'
He also said. To serve people, all of humanity.
'Follow your conscience that the Lord has given you.'
He said to follow one's own conscience.
'Ask questions. Inquire and inquire.'
He said to ask questions.
On top of that, a piece of commandnt is added again.
He said, one who does not know the Lord's will shall not punish people in the Lord's na.
Like a precisely crafted clock turning, all sentences fit together as if they had been arranged together from the beginning.
At this fact, Raleigh, and thousands of other people, tremble.
He said to make all humanity like angels, to serve all humanity, so how could one label soone an infidel and divide person from person?
He told everyone to follow their own conscience, so who could call soone a sinner if they served humanity and did not violate their conscience?
He said to endlessly question and inquire, so how could one not question even the words given by a ssenger of God?
They had not just heard a single sentence.
They would now live in a new world.
A world where no one would be killed for being an infidel or a heretic.
The apostles quietly show their respect toward His back.
The sun has already rotated in silence, changing day to night.
Starlight settles over everyone's heads like white frost.
==
...Fortunately, the situation was well resolved.
No, it wasn't just resolved.
It was tied up.
I uprooted and removed elents that could threaten and the community in our doctrine. I eliminated any room for argunts about heretics or infidels.
And at the sa ti, one thing gained.
Knock. Knock.
"Nemo, the voting has concluded. Let's go together."
"Ah... Walter? Has it already beco that ti?"
"It's long past that ti. It just took ti to prepare until we could escort you."
"That isn't necessary..."
"It is necessary. Isn't this the day to elect the governnt of our community?"
Separation of church and state.
I am still the leader of this community.
That doesn't change. Because I sustain this community, and this community protects .
But now those who will assist and build this community with will be determined by votes in the assembly.
Regardless of religion.
With 189 years left until the French Revolution, the world's first country with separation of church and state has been established.
Anyway, while thinking about various complicated thoughts, I walk with Raleigh toward the eting hall (which was also newly built, separate from the church) and feel nervous.
What kind of people will work with in the future? Probably most will be natives? How will I hand over Excel skills and other things? Ah... if it's new people, it might be a bit uncomfortable...
Creak!
So the door opens.
And as I step in.
"There he is!"
"Nemo!"
"..."
Eleanor, Vicente, Manteo, White, Hewett... Raleigh.
All familiar people.
All apostles.
"Walter, perhaps..."
"We decided to elect a total of six people, and when we lined them up by votes, it turned out like this."
"..."
"Isn't familiarity good? In warti, you don't change horses, you know."
"..."
I see.
Separation of church and... state?
Is this right?
...It must be.
==
"You... truly, truly must know. This is certainly a new commandnt, but also not a new commandnt.
The first commandnt He gave is an expansion of the new commandnt that the Son of Man gave us, the commandnt to 'love one another' (John 13:34).
Because we love one another, we can further love and serve all of humanity. Therefore, this is not at all new.
In the case of the second commandnt, it's a bit unusual, but we can also see its basis in the Bible.
The Son of Man said to the Jews, 'If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free' (John 8:31-32).
Here, the Lord used the words 'disciple' and 'truth.'
Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, as the Word made flesh, is Himself the truth. Therefore, knowing Him naturally frees our souls.
But here, He called His followers 'disciples.'
And a disciple is one who seeks and learns knowledge. What we need to know is the Lord Himself. And as the Lord is the One who created this world, His traces are everywhere.
And to know, we must first ask questions.
We must question this world and the Lord within it. We must question Nemo and God.
Therefore, the second commandnt cannot be called an entirely new commandnt either.
And the third commandnt... is a broader interpretation of the third commandnt of the Ten Commandnts. No, it can be said to be a greater emphasis and repetition of it.
Moses told the Jewish people, 'You shall not take the na of the Lord your God in vain' (Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11). The important part here is 'in vain.'
When Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, He said that those who falsely act as prophets in the Lord's na and pretend to exercise power are lawless ones. (Matthew 7:22-23)
Yes. Those who try to punish people in the Lord's na are those who try to act as false prophets.
Do not listen to words like, 'Burn the Protestants. It is God's will.', 'Behead the Catholics. It is God's will.', 'Kill the Muslims and Jews. It is God's will.'
Those who insult and oppress their neighbors as infidels are themselves infidels.
Those who kill and humiliate their neighbors as heretics are themselves heretics.
Because the Lord only said to love your neighbor.
Thus, 'His' words do not deviate in the slightest from the Lord's will.
'He' even called Himself 'No One (NEMO),' which is His intention to be humble before the Lord."
Thud.
Hewett closes the book that people call "The Books of Thomas Huet" and walks off the platform. Then many people show their respect to him.
To His apostle.
"He gave up even His na to give all glory to the Lord, so He is truly the Naless One. But by doing so, the Lord and all humanity were glorified, so His insignificant, non-existent na is truly a noble na."
At Hewett's words, everyone gathered here to listen to the sermon nods.
"Following the Naless One, we have been given a shared duty to make all people like angels. We help people, save people, and serve people. We wish not for our nas to shine, but for the nas of all to shine. We wish for the Lord's na to shine! Therefore, our church has no na (Naless Church). If it must be called sothing, it can only be called Nalessism. For humanity."
People of many tribes and many denominations nod, quietly making the sign of the cross or putting their hands together in prayer.
A church that never existed before is established in this land.
A church where no one is killed as an infidel.
A church of those who follow their own conscience.
That church had no na.
Just like the angel who leads that church.
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