Faith and Fear

In the evening, I drove back to the office with Adnan and discussed religious beliefs along the way. Things got me started. I first asked him about beards, hats, etc. He saw that I was interested, and he began to tell me the meaning of religion. The original purpose of religion is that God created everything, whether we are alive or dead, we must belong to him. This makes us understand that what we have now is given by God, and we have to go to him for investigation after death, and if we do too many bad things, we will go to hell. These are almost the most basic common sense of all religions. China's Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and even the Jade Emperor have similar powers. But Adnan emphasized to me "fear", and fear allows us to follow certain rules and not act rashly. Taking the Second World War as an example, he said that the cause of this world war was that Darwin created the theory of evolution, arguing that humans evolved from animals. On this basis, the German Hitler declared that Germany was a superior nation, while other nations were inferior. According to the principle of survival of the fittest, they should all be eliminated and enslaved by excellent Germans. It sounds like a bizarre theory, but it makes sense when you think about it. Hitler did not talk about protecting human rights, while Darwin really taught the survival of the fittest. Adnan is a rare gentleman among the locals. His calm and calm look can be used in almost any occasion. Unlike the Chinese people in the office, they would shout when they encounter something, scold when they are in a hurry, blush and have a thick neck after arguing, and in the end they are just small gains. He said that he had introduced religion to other Chinese people before, but almost all of them were disdainful: "You religious countries are so poor, we in China don't believe in anything, and we are still getting more and more Prosperity, rapid development”. Adnan told me that rich and poor are two different things from belief, and they do not hold together. From the perspective of history, China has only been rich for 30 years, the United States has been rich for 100 years, and more than 1,000 years ago, the Arabs were so powerful that they almost conquered the world. What will happen in the future, what will the rich and the poor bring about, everything is still difficult to determine. He believes in God, believes that the soul exists forever, and believes that if he does too many bad things, he may be punished for being a dog or a horse in the next life. He lives according to the rules of faith, prays devoutly, does not covet wealth, does not indulge desires, fears and waits for death. And death is a sure thing in this uncertain world. In this evening, I looked up to Adan, I was filled with fear, but I could not find faith; I was so engrossed in my longing that I forgot about death.

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