just want to talk about religion

Lesly 2022-04-19 09:02:26

Because there are different people around who believe in different religions, such as Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, etc., and there are many branches in each type of large religion, we have been thinking about the meaning of religion to our life.
As I understand Taoism, it has always advocated tranquility and inaction, self-cultivation, and maintaining a certain distance from the entire secular world. As I understand Buddhism, it is to make people aware of the suffering of life, but at the same time tell people to suffer in this life, work hard and bear no complaints, and after death, you can enjoy happiness and enter heaven, otherwise it will be like hell. Under these two ideas, the Chinese have always been "good". To be good is to help the world, and to be poor is to be alone. This has always been the principle of most people. And Christianity introduced from the West, in my impression, has always taught people to forgive and love others. Therefore, the common people always keep a long distance from the / country / home / machine, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, as long as it does not find itself, I will never want to have any connection with it in my life (this reminds me of the monsters in the Han River, In the end, Song Kangho angrily turned off the TV. Therefore, in many cases, even if they are treated unequally, as long as they can survive and maintain the most basic life, people will not resist. Only when the mountains and rivers are exhausted and the material and spiritual are on the verge of desperation, if there are daring people who rise up, the common people will take risks and then resist. At this time, religions, such as the Five Dou Rice Religion in the late Han Dynasty and the worship of God in the late Qing Dynasty, are possible. It will appear. At this time, I feel that these religions have little effect on gathering people's hearts. They are just gimmicks of the people who lead them. Once the uprising succeeds or fails, these religions will disappear and there will be no market.
Religion, which is generally accepted only in a relatively peaceful era, is the sustenance of the human spirit, which makes people who are depressed in their hearts have some hope. Indirectly achieve the stability and stability desired by the country/country/machine/machine. And once the troubled times come, the troubled times can be the troubled times of one person or the troubled times of an era. In short, when people are persecuted by the state/family/machine/machine, we will not see any trace of him. will fail. I now understand somewhat why it is said that there was no Christ in Nanjing in 1937.
The protagonist of the film asks the priest, what about the merciful and almighty God? The priest said, God, in my heart, and yours, I don't know. Lord, it is illusory. Actually, I don't think he knew it. "Can you hook a Leviathan? Or bind his tongue with a rope? Will he beg you for forgiveness? Will he be polite to you? Nothing is equal in this world. It's arrogant. To be king over the water race." Religion, in the end, only became a means for them to control people. If this means is being manipulated in the hands of some extreme people, it is now...
Therefore, I am skeptical of religion.

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  • Arkhierey: All power comes from God. As long as it suits Him, fear not.

    The Mayor: And so, it suits Him?

  • Arkhierey: All power is from God. Where there's power, there's might.