——The definition
of religion From the beginning of the formation of religion to its large-scale popularization throughout the world, people's doubts about the nature of religion have never stopped. As far as the essence of religious teaching believers is the washing of the soul, in fact, this fundamental essence has not changed at all since its evolution. What has changed is those who control religion and various interest institutions. As a result, religion is no longer simply enjoyed by the worshippers. With the development of economy and society, and the expansion of material desires, religion has begun to be controlled by politics, money, status, power, and so on. But even so, our judgment of religion cannot simply be right or wrong to draw conclusions easily, nor can we judge whether its existence is absurd from a fair perspective and scientifically.
Whether religion is being manipulated is not doubted by the vast majority of believers. Because as people of faith, doubting the Lord is undoubtedly the biggest and most shameful sin. But the argument that ordinary believers are controlled by religion is actually very one-sided, because for a country with mature beliefs, religion has already become a social ideology, and it can constitute the culture of the entire country. For example, in a country where Christianity is the main denomination, its followers account for 57% of the total population of the United States. Belief has become a part of life and a habit cultivated since childhood. Most Americans do not choose their religious beliefs on their own, but rather the continuation of the family. Generally, the entire family is entirely Christian or the entire family is entirely Catholic. Of course, there are also examples of people who believe in the Orthodox Church in a Christian family. Since religion is an ideology, people who believe in it are not controlled by religion, but by their own consciousness. It becomes the sustenance of thought, the habit of life, and it is also a kind of human restraint. However, at some point, religion has become an excuse and excuse for people. When people don’t like the existence of homosexuality, they can say, “I don’t like them. God doesn’t like them.” When people worship in priceless costumes, they can say, “God loves them. Well-dressed people, God wants believers to embark on the road to prosperity." So "in the name of Jesus" is a perfect starting language for lie programming. And it is not the religion itself that controls all this, but the people who can control it. That is to say, people doubt religion, suspect that people are brainwashed and controlled by religion, but in fact, people are also changing the essence of religion and using religion to achieve private purposes.
Then the judgment of religion itself cannot be truly measured, just as we can't judge whether a certain ethnic group is good or bad, different groups of people naturally have different perceptions of religion. However, some are certain. For example, the history of religion often goes against the laws of natural science. In Christianity, God created man and all things, he is the origin of all things, and Darwin’s "Evolution" this scientific argument has become the most ridiculous hypothesis in front of Christianity, so believers spare no effort to fight this argument Sexual planning, but believers have yet to find a powerful and true argument that can defeat the theory of evolution. But many devout Christians put forward the view that "science is not necessarily correct", and science proves that this sentence is also correct.
Nowadays, religion is used more in politics, because belief has the power to soften the people in a certain range. Using this kind of power, many people began to plan and premeditate their political goals. They first instilled the will of God in the believers, and then to the nation, and even to the entire country. The manipulator is a person who uses religion, the controller is a devout believer, and religion is only a medium.
The American film star and talk show host is also the director of the film, Bill Maher, who constantly debates the truth and falsity of religion through interviews in the film. As a complete atheist, religion does exist in an absurd form in his spiritual world, and it must be affirmed that the misunderstandings and many problems of religious belief that Bill pointed out are correct. But as I said before, Bill's correctness is more a matter of perspective. As an unbeliever, he believes that religious absurdity and ignorance can be established, but as a believer, all these naturally have no place. The famous Italian director Pasolini also pointed directly at the absurdity of religion in his trilogy of life, but Pasolini's film angle is more aimed at people who control religion and the phenomenon under religious control. Given the circumstances at the time, religion brought people a kind of imprisoned torture, various precepts and inhumane exploitation. That is man-made manipulation under the historical environment, and the appearance is actually the evil of religion.
Bill is also looking at religion. From an essential perspective, this is actually impossible. Because it is defined by absolute standards, which in itself is not in line with science. In fact, whether it is science or religion, it must be viewed comprehensively under the current historical environment, social environment, and human factors. There is no more convincing power to judge right and wrong in a single way. As time and society progress, religion will continue to change, and discussions on the absurd will not stop, but this will still be a battle between the wise and the benevolent.
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