Chapter 58 religion

When a stuntman walks a steel rope in the sky, religion is the long pole he relies on to maintain his balance. Otherwise, he will be empty-handed and have nothing to meet the challenge of life and death. In the development of civilization, religion has played a huge balancing role, enriching and stabilizing the human spirit, imposing moral constraints on the wild side of human beings, and enabling human beings to have lofty goals beyond material pursuits in addition to survival. . If the current religion is associated with ignorance and obsession, it just means that we need a more modern religious spirit, from the spiritual level of crime and punishment, heaven and hell, dictatorial authority, and God to a more comprehensive understanding of the universe. In-depth experience, further reflection on existence itself.

One end of the long pole of balance is matter, and the other end is spirit, and the emphasis on one end will only bring disasters and crises. It is a pity that the current development has deviated from the track of balance. Throughout the twentieth century, it can be seen that the rise of the humanistic spirit has brought about the development of democracy and human rights, and returned the overriding power to everyone's kind hands. Although in the land of totalitarianism and religious fanaticism, this is still a It is a distant dream that is far away and unattainable, but the past history has taught us that once the tide of civilization development takes a step, it will eventually break down every stubborn fortress.

We are currently caught in the alternation of the old and the new. If religion is defined as the interpretation of the meaning of life itself, then such a new religion belonging to our era is still lacking.