1: Material spirit constitutes belief, which is an extremely powerful spiritual force-what pious believers do in their lives often makes us feel this way.
It is said that churches are always the most magnificent buildings in both India and Europe. The difference is that Europeans will make overall plans when building churches; Indians, on the other hand, give up architecture in order to build churches, because in their hearts, God is more important than anything else.
As an ordinary person, it is hard for me to understand that in a country with low income level, big gap between the rich and the poor and sharp social contradictions, people will be willing to wronged themselves in material life for their beliefs. It is said that it often takes hundreds of years for Europeans to build a church, because they only use their surplus wealth to build a church, while Indians scrimp and save to build a church.
There is a saying that "the world is bustling, all for profit; The world is bustling for profit. After all, fanatical believers are only a minority, and no one can live by faith alone. " The material foundation determines the superstructure ",which is the most basic concept of materialists. Throughout human history, it is the material foundation that breeds spiritual civilization. Without material support, it is difficult to maintain faith. The lack of material foundation and the difficulty in maintaining food and clothing are probably the main reasons for the high crime rate, endless negative news and the difficulty in updating the social outlook in India today.
There is a traditional concept in China culture called "ruling the world". The so-called "ruling the world" must be material prosperity in order to achieve social harmony and national stability. As Du Fu said in his poem, "In retrospect, in the heyday of Kaiyuan, there were still thousands of families in the small town." In this way, there will be a scene of "not connecting the road at night and not closing the door at night". I have never heard that that dynasty could make the country stable and harmonious only by spiritual strength. From Taiping Dao to An Baili, these religious organizations were forced to use violence to solve many unsolvable social problems in history, and the motive force of people's resistance was poverty and hunger!
In the history of China, the "Three Forces Destroyed the Buddha" incident was that the government demolished temples and Taoist temples by violent means for social stability. As a result, the society is stable and the country stretches. Obviously, once religious belief encroaches on too many social resources, it may become an obstacle to social development. Faith becomes faith because it urges people to do good. If we only focus on the luxury of the land, people and things that serve God, I am afraid it is a waste of time. ...
Another disadvantage of many religious beliefs lies in their confusion. Religion can give hope to desperate people, but it is also easy to be used by people with ulterior motives. China's three religions, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, have all been used by rulers of past dynasties as tools to muzzle thoughts, and their functions are ultimately ignorance. Buddhism teaches people to believe in cause and effect and hope for the afterlife; Confucianism teaches people to be loyal to the monarch and be obedient all their lives; Taoism, on the other hand, teaches people to be content with the status quo, poor and happy. Religion in Europe is no exception. From the crusade called "jihad" to the prevalence of "atonement vouchers", religious leaders always rely on their religious status to accumulate wealth. The former leads to people's complacency and social stagnation; The latter leads to social unrest and poverty. This belief is not "urging people to be good", but "making people ignorant".
I'm not religious, but I respect those who are religious. However, I never believe that faith can replace everything. I only believe that "the granary knows etiquette, food and clothing know honor and disgrace"! Giving up material pursuit or even ignoring the advantages and disadvantages of life for religious belief is really worth pondering by each of us.
I went to church today and felt that my mind was too poor. I want to turn over a new leaf. Now we are all pursuing material civilization and neglecting spiritual civilization. We have all become slaves of material civilization, busy for him every day, giving up affection; Forget love; Twisted goodness. For them, we embody the so-called value, and we can boss others around. We can trample on our dignity with material comforts. I may meet such a person. She obviously lied, but she thought she was smart. She is trading some shame for some material comfort. I pray for this kind of person, hoping to save her ignorance and hope that she will wake up and realize her mistake. At the same time, I hope God will have mercy on her and give her a chance to live. Each of us is ordinary, because our world is called mortal, and we are also called mortal. Then we will all have greed and be dominated by desire. But we should have a minimum moral bottom line. Each of us has a heart, and every heart can think. Therefore, we can pursue material civilization, but we must not lose ourselves. Let yourself and others feel that you are exchanging your soul for your body (ostensibly, exchanging your body for your soul). At the same time, don't overestimate your IQ, because you are trading your shame for physical enjoyment. Others can only be confused, which is a kind of laissez-faire.
Our society has developed to this day, and material civilization has improved a lot. However, the lack of spiritual civilization makes us helpless and at a loss. In fact, there is nothing wrong with pursuing material civilization. Pursuing material civilization can make our society develop rapidly. However, if spiritual civilization is not improved, our development will go to extremes, and the car will always lean to one side, resulting in hitting a wall or rushing off a cliff. So material civilization is like the accelerator of a car. Can make our society change by leaps and bounds, so spiritual civilization is the direction. Can make our society move forward on a healthy track.
We don't want to be hit by a car until we realize that we are either dead or injured.