1, the role of unifying thoughts still exists.
Religion unites people with the same interests ideologically. The most obvious example is of course the Islamic world. * * *' s belief is universally recognized to consolidate the intelligence of Arab countries. It always reminds Arab countries that we share the same history, political, economic and cultural background and needs. The same is true in Europe and America. When Bush launched the "war on terror", he still used the banner of the "Crusade" more than a thousand years ago to arouse the support of European allies and their people.
2. Continue to comfort the human mind.
In today's world, with the continuous improvement of productivity, human fear of nature has been quite low. However, with the refinement of socialized division of labor, the social survival crisis of human individuals is getting worse and worse. In modern city life, many people feel lonely and helpless. Once again, religion has played the role of comforting the individual human mind. In recent years, both Christianity and Buddhism have shown signs of re-expansion.
3. warn human behavior.
Religion is not a cult, but an idea that human culture has been evolving and perfecting for thousands of years. It is a continuous summary of the survival experience of human society. It's good and appropriate!
Buddhism, for example, refers to the illusory paradise of Buddhism to teach people that no matter what adversity they live in, they should be full of hope for life itself. Don't despair of the immediate difficulties. As long as you live with peace of mind, you may still "die". Many people think that the eschatology of Christianity is the origin of cults, but Christianity is different from cults. The eschatology of cults is to make people despair of life, from calling people to doing things beyond human convention itself. But the original intention of Christian eschatology is positive, which is to teach the world not to go too far. Since the human ancestors became primates, they have seen that no animal on earth has the ability to destroy human beings except human beings. Therefore, human ancestors will educate their descendants in the form of religious eschatology, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and blindly self-assembly will bring devastating disasters to themselves. In the era of large-scale industry, the blind arrogance of human beings has caused irreparable losses to today's ecological environment, which is actually what religious eschatology wants to tell people.