Although sometimes what you believe is not necessarily true.
But it's not this that I'm talking about, it's religion!
Let's get down to business:
Religion is the hardest thing to say. Because this thing is about what many people "believe", what many people live by. I have met many devout and kind believers who have been preached by pastors, teachers and even classmates. Precisely because I am a largely agnostic and also have my own non-religious beliefs, I am indifferent to their efforts, and at the same time, I am still interested and curious about their beliefs and ideas. Just like the teacher Maher in the film, he always likes to ask people some challenging questions. "You think virgins can give birth to children! Come on!" "If God is holy and omnipotent, why doesn't he just destroy evil?"...
Whenever this happens, the answer is basically the same "You don't believe in miracles. , but I believe" "God has a reason that we ordinary people can't understand" This situation is like answering "I don't care, in short, I just believe that God exists". However, at the same time, what everyone calls "God" is so different.
Teacher Maher's film is too humorous~ especially his cold humor.
After all, in my opinion, religion is essentially a tool. Since it is a tool, there must be positive and negative sides. It has good points, such as promoting "good" and combating "evil"; people who suffer from this can get spiritual comfort; many people can find their own groups; many devout believers are also great people. But at the same time, the contradictions and errors of the world can also deepen or become violent; it is much more convenient to use religion to manipulate people; killing and fighting in the name of religion become irreconcilable.
The direct object of the tool of religion is people's "belief". It is better for others to master this tool than to master it to control yourself. Just like the law, its function is indeed to maintain social order, and it is something that individuals can use, but the right to interpret the law is only in the hands of some people.
Eastern religions are quite different. For example, Chinese Buddhism is mostly a tool for praying and seeking blessings (at the same time, Confucianism and other thoughts are implemented to form a kind of learning, which is also very different from Western theology). Taoism is mostly a tool for health preservation.
When discussing with a friend once, he said, "It is better to have faith than no faith." Now it seems "perhaps, it is good to have a means to control 'belief', but if you are controlled by others, it is better not to."
Doubt is always a good thing means. I doubt that "the Bible is a completely fabricated story", "Jesus was a lunatic who ate the fruit of the yellow spring", "isn't the world a better place without religion?" Such doubts are enlightening, but have no practical value. In the end, you have to draw your own attitude and conclusions. So question humbly and take control of your beliefs.
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