“Look around you, this is a foreign land, those are foreign people, if the demon king had not woken up these countries would be fighting each other instead of the demons, what do you think would happen if you save this small village? Do you think they would be grateful? No, their homes are already destroyed, their foods are already burnet, they have no support, their kingdom would not even send a single soldier to save a small village like this, but let’s say you did save this village, somehow found shelter and food for them, took care after them but would that not be the same as abandoning your counties? Among the people you save some may become warriors, some may become farmers, but whatever they may become they would contribute to their own country, the same country that will point their blade to your birthplace.”

“Is that it? Is the reason you want us to abandon those people? Indeed, we might be divided by the border’s now, our beliefs might be different, but that’s no reason to abandon our own kind, you say they will contribute to this country, this country has already abandoned them right now if we save them then we can spread our own belief, we can show them a path to walk in, the right path, the way of God.”

“Show a path to walk in? Spread our belief? You who have been sheltered by your country your entire life, you who have eaten proper food since birth, you who have never walked out of your cage, think you know a damn about this world? What even are your beliefs? Do good, and goodwill come to you? Seek God, Trust God, Praise God? If you walk in the path shown by the gods, you are good if you don’t you are evil? This world does not give a damn about those beliefs, you have lived a peaceful life till now. You have only been shown the things that support those beliefs. Still, once you take a step in the real world you will realize there is much more than those simple beliefs, the world is not peaceful, it is in a constant state of war, people are suffering every day yet they are never rewarded, people die every day, where every man is for himself, those with power will walk over those without, those people who have suffered for long when obtaining power what do you think they will do walk a path of righteousness? No, they would live for themselves, and in this world, that is the best way to survive without suffering.”

“Good, Evil, here those things matter not, there is no such thing as good or evil, it's just a moral compass created for the satisfaction of the human mind.”

“The worst thing is even your own actions do not support your own belief, you say you have faith in God, but right now when gods gave you a task you are distracted, rather than thinking about the task given by the god, you are thinking about saving those people. Did your god tell you to do that? Help those in need, but what would you do if the people who need help are not the followers of your precious gods? You have learnt God is almighty and all-knowing haven’t you, so trust your God and abandon your self-belief. Remember the one chosen by the gods was me not you, why do you think I was the one chosen, not you? it must be because they accept my beliefs but not yours.”

Finally, they were silent, when I told them to abandon the people they spoke up, they held their belief high but now when I mentioned God, they set aside their own faith, is that what’s important to them? Setting aside their own kind, not because of a valid reason but because I said so? Did they just agree with my words not because of reason but because I was chosen by the gods? I wonder if I tell them to kill those people saying it’s the thing God wants, would they do it?

This was way beyond just belief in God, this was straight-up brainwashing. I see now they were raised in the church, to make sure the kids won’t stray away from their belief after growing up. They straight up brainwashed them, even a lie that is repeated a thousand times sound like the truth, if they only heard the praises about the gods since they were born, it would get planted to their very subconsciousness.

Once that happens, even without realizing, their every decision would have been affected by their belief planted in their subconsciousness.

Make them question their faith? It seems faith in God doesn’t even exist anymore in this more in this world, what a brilliant way to keep those under you under control, no need for any violence, just use the word, god. They will do anything for you, they are slaves to their own beliefs, even if Gods did not exist in this world, the concept of religion would still exist, humans need distractions and something to believe in, they need to think that their good tasks would be rewarded, they suffering would end someday, everything they endured would be fruitful eventually, and Religion just provides that, it shows a way for them to walk in without having to continually think whether they would be rewarded or not?