Scientific atheism tells people that it is not God, and there is no God, who controls personal fortune and misfortune, as well as the country’s future and destiny. This is an important foundation for the birth of a country of modern significance. The head of state no longer needs to be crowned by God but must be elected. In this sense, scientific atheism is the ideological foundation for the founding of modern countries. In the feudal autocratic era where politics and religion were integrated, not believing in God was synonymous with immorality and even synonymous with sin. Modern countries implement the policy of freedom of belief. People who believe in gods can maintain their beliefs, and people who do not believe in gods can also have their own freedom of thought. People who believe in gods can believe in this god or other gods. People who believe in gods must no longer impose their beliefs on those who do not believe in them, especially teenagers and children who do not have the ability to discern. Nor must they forcibly interfere with each other's beliefs. Groups composed of theistic believers, that is, religious organizations, are not allowed to interfere in national politics. This provides prerequisites for protecting human rights and human dignity.
Pick "real flowers" in the real world and achieve "real happiness"
In terms of its relationship with objective reality, theism is a wrong theory. It’s an upside-down view of the world. From the perspective of the process of historical development, the emergence of theism was an important achievement of human civilization and a representative of the advanced culture at that time. The emergence of theism reflects the progress of human understanding and is the product of the human spirit's highly generalized and abstract thinking abilities.
The development from primitive theism to theism represented by the three major religions is another leap in the development of human spirituality. The new religion no longer regards the amount of sacrifices offered to the gods as a condition to please the gods, and it no longer practices human sacrifice. It educates people that only virtue is the condition for obtaining divine protection, thus playing an important and positive role in the improvement of human morality and the stability of society. In the history of my country's feudal society, Confucianism described the monarch as the Son of Heaven and believed that the monarch represented God to implement management and rule over the people, so the people should be loyal to the monarch. Under the historical conditions at that time, such concepts played a certain role in maintaining the unity of the country and social stability, ensuring basic social life, and comforting the people's unrelieved real-life suffering. However, in history, while theism played a positive role in maintaining social stability and promoting the formation and unification of nations, it also used an illusory supreme authority to constrain human creativity and self-awareness. When society develops to the point where more members of society need to realize their own value and then be able to give full play to their creative abilities, the negative effects of theism will become increasingly exposed.
With the continuous progress of society and the continuous development of human understanding, human beings finally realized that God does not exist. Illusive authority must be cast off, and the inverted worldview must be corrected. The kind of moral behavior that is carried out out of fear of punishment from the gods or to please the gods for protection should be changed into the moral behavior that is consciously observed to safeguard the common interests of society; the kind of peace of mind that can only be obtained by entrusting the soul to the gods should be It should be transformed into a correct understanding of freedom and necessity, so as to obtain real tranquility on a real basis; the kind of loyalty to the monarch in the name of God should be transformed into safeguarding national unity, national unity and the common interests of society. On the basis of love and loyalty to the nation and the motherland. A spiritual home built on a true foundation is a truly reliable home. Although this home may not be as wonderful as the illusory home, it is a place where you can entrust your feelings and your whole life.
Marx pointed out in "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right": "Religion is the sigh of oppressed creatures, the state of mind of a heartless world... Religion is the opium of the people." Lenin regarded the famous saying "Religion is the opium of the people" as "the cornerstone of the entire Marxist worldview on religious issues." The judgments of Marx and Lenin are to tell people that God does not exist. People should not entrust their souls, their future and destiny to God, just like they should not entrust their property to a non-existent owner. People who are in pain, helplessness, and helplessness can get comfort from God, but they cannot truly relieve their pain; the help and happiness they get from God are just a kind of illusory happiness. To obtain true happiness, you should get rid of illusions, face reality, straighten your knees, and be down-to-earth to pick "real flowers" and achieve "realistic happiness." This was Marx's expectation for the vast number of proletarians in a state of abject poverty more than 100 years ago. This wise saying still has very important practical significance.
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God in the Head
Amidst the accusations of "reductionism" and "scientism" from theologians and philosophers, human knowledge
< p>Meet explorers and pioneers-scientists packed their bags and marched towards the base camp of metaphysics-religion and ethicsNeurotheology and Neuroethics
Added scientific community. Neurotheology, also called biotheology, is the study of the neurological and evolutionary basis of religious mystical subjective experiences
Phenomena.
In layman's terms, it means going straight to the lairs of God, Tathagata, Allah,
Vishnu, Zeus, Jupiter, and the Supreme Lord.
The term "neurotheology" was coined not by a scientist but by a British novelist, Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). It was first proposed in 1962 in a novel about utopia
"Island". Huxley published a book in 1954 called "The Doors of Perception" about how to use the psychedelic drug mescaline to expand consciousness. He later became one of the spiritual leaders of California hippies and became interested in Eastern mysticism represented by Hinduism. In 1961, he suffered a huge blow when his house and manuscripts were completely destroyed in a bush fire. Huxley died in Los Angeles on November 22, 1963.
Later, scientists borrowed "neurotheology" to name the new discipline, although the term is occasionally used in other non-
scientific fields.
Scientists divide religious and mystical experience phenomena and measurable indicators into the following categories: 1. Sense of time, fear and loss of self-awareness; 2. Spiritual response to Awe of the mysterious power; 3. The feeling of being one with the universe; 4. Ecstasy and obsession (such as Fan Jinzhongju); 5. Sudden enlightenment (Zen); 6. Extraordinary consciousness. state (such as the brain when talking nonsense with a fever and severely deprived of sleep); 7. The increase in the content of dimethyltryptamine molecules in the top of the brain and pineal gland
. (Dimethyltryptamine is a hallucinogen that is synthesized by the human body in small amounts; some plants in South America contain this molecule, and its leaves are burned and inhaled by local indigenous shamans during religious ceremonies.
Enchanted to the point of hallucination)
Scientists began to use electroencephalography to measure brain waves when people enter the "state" in the 1950s. In the 1980s, Canadian scholar Michael Persinger tried to use weak magnetic fields to stimulate the middle temporal lobe area of ??the human brain (temple area), which caused irritation in 80% of the subjects. The religious experience made them feel the presence of another mysterious figure in the room where there was only one person. The device he used was dubbed the "God Helmet."
Patients with midtemporal epilepsy experience religious hallucinations. One male atheist patient felt like he was dying; another female Christian patient had hallucinations of giving birth to Jesus. In the first comparative experiment to clearly link epilepsy in the middle temporal lobe with religious feelings, both the control group (normal people) and the epilepsy group looked at three categories of words. : Neutral words (like table), provocative words (like sex), and religious words (like God
). The control group had the strongest reaction to sexy words; the epilepsy group had the strongest reaction to religious words, and the third lowest reaction to sexy words. Neurotics and devout religious believers are sometimes separated only by a layer of window paper.
In order to further understand the relationship between neural activity and religious experience, scientists have used neuroimaging technology to observe the difference between the activity of various parts of the brain during religious experience and the normal state. In an experiment, scientists injected radioactive tracers into the blood of a Buddhist, and then measured the blood flow distribution in the brain after the Buddhist had completely entered meditation. Imaging. It was found that, in addition to the expected paranormal activity in the middle temporal lobe, activity in the cranial parietal cortex, which is responsible for the sense of space and time, was almost completely stopped. Without the sense of time and space, people lose their sense of self. Some religious rituals intentionally cause believers to lose their sense of time and space, lose themselves, and feel integrated with a vast and mysterious object, thereby gaining a strong religious experience.
In July 2006, scientists from the Johns Hopkins Medical Research Institute in the United States published the results of a test showing that
Psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, can induce religious experiences. The satisfaction brought to test subjects
lasted for up to two months. Psilocybin is a plant alkaloid with the scientific name of dimethyl-4-hydroxytryptamine phosphate, which can be extracted from Mexican mushrooms and acts on the brain's receptors for the neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine molecule.
The test results are highly reproducible. This result is not surprising to many scientists, because they know that in some primitive tribes, psilocybin and similar hallucinogens have been used in religious rituals for a long time. superior. The main contribution of this study is to use scientific methods to definitely establish the causal relationship between Psilocybin
and religious experience, as well as the length of its later effects. The trial used a double-blind comparison method, dividing the test subjects into two groups, with 36 people in each group. One group took Psilocybin and the other took a placebo.
The test subjects filled out detailed psychological questionnaires after taking the medicine and two months later to measure their "spiritual" state.
When tested immediately after taking the drug, 22 people in the Psilocybin group had religious experiences, compared with only 4 people in the control group. Two months later, two-thirds of the 22 people rated this experience as either the most intense religious experience in their lives, or the second most intense religious experience in their lives. Experience among the top five.
The middle temporal lobe mentioned above has a large number of receptors for the neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine, which is most
active during religious experiences, so scientists also call it the "god spot" ".
In the past, fasting, meditating, not sleeping, and dying (such as actively or passively holding your breath until the last moment) were all good ways to induce religious experiences
The mechanism of action of Psilocybin is related to them similar.
These research results, coupled with the universality of religious experiences across cultures, histories, and religious denominations, scientists
can confidently conclude that religious phenomena and religious experiences only occur in extremes. The normal response of the human brain
to situations or specific conditions, rather than "wireless communication" with a so-called transcendent God.
God is not elsewhere, he is in the brain of the believer. It is the coordinated firing of nerve cells in the temporal lobe area of ??the "god spot"
and the sense of time and space in the cranial parietal cortex. of suppression. People can see God in many ways: using a "helmet
God"; suffering from middle temporal lobe epilepsy; taking "God molecules" like Psilocybin or inhaling dimethylmethane
Tryptamine; or use traditional methods, such as meditation, fasting, sleeping, fever, and drinking. If it really doesn’t work, you can
climb to the top of the 20th floor and then make a leap of faith (Taicu)
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Traditional Chinese View of God
The True God:
God
God, also known as heaven, emperor of heaven, etc., the Chinese meaning generally refers to the god who dominates the heaven, earth and universe, and is the highest natural god.
God is also called Heaven, Emperor, Heavenly Emperor, God, Haotian God, etc. In the early days, it was also called Huangtian or Huangtian God, and some documents were also called "Taiyi" and so on. "Emperor" was later usually used to refer to emperor, monarch, or emperor. "Tian" is the most common way of saying it. It is also called heaven, heaven, God, God, God, etc., such as "The sky is above", "God has eyes", "I am destined by heaven", "God's punishment", "I am born with talents". It will work" and the "heaven" in "Oh my god". During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when ideas advanced and the spirit of humanistic rationality flourished, Ji Liang said: "The people are also the lords of gods. Therefore, saints first become the people and then devote themselves to gods." God was created by man, and the people are God's lords. The ancient mysterious concepts gradually disappeared, and the concept of "God" was gradually replaced by the natural "Heaven". Heaven is the embodiment of morality and public opinion. This formed a basis for Chinese cultural beliefs in later generations, and "respect for Heaven" "Ancestor worship" is the most basic element of faith in Chinese culture.
The Heaven, God, Heavenly Emperor, and Haotian God in Chinese folk mythology and mainstream cultural Confucian belief evolved into the Jade Emperor in Taoist mythology. In Taoist belief, the Jade Emperor is the emperor of heaven and the realm of gods. However, he is not the highest god in Taoism. Among the people, he is considered to be the supreme god who dominates the universe.
Traditional Chinese View of God
The word God first appeared in the Confucian classics - the Five Classics. All five classics mentioned this word, the earliest of which is "Yu" in "Shangshu" Book Shun Dian". In addition, God is also mentioned in other Confucian classics such as the Four Books and various historical books, sometimes also called Haotian God. In the original mythology and religious system of ancient China, it refers to the Supreme God, which literally means "the Supreme God." "Emperor" means "the highest master", also known as "Emperor", or "Heaven", "Taiyi". The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing is the place where monarchs of all dynasties worshiped God, and the shrine of God Haotian is enshrined in it.
The belief in God in ancient China has two origins. One is the worship of "Heaven" (sky, universe), and the other is the worship of the North Star (Northern Star, Emperor Star).
"Tongdian" records that there are six officials in Zhou rites, among which six chariots are used to worship God Haotian and the emperors in the five directions of east, south, west, north and middle: one is called Cang chariot, which is used to worship God Haotian. The second is the green chariot, which is used to worship the Eastern God. The third one is Zhu Chao, which is used to worship the God of the South and the rising sun. The fourth is the yellow chariot, which is used to sacrifice the earth and the central god. The fifth day is called White Chariot, to worship the God of the West and the eclipse moon. The sixth one is Xuan Chao, which is dedicated to the God of the North, Emperor Gan, and Shenzhou. Taihao (Fuxi's family), the Green Emperor in the East, Yan Emperor (Shennong's family in the south), Yellow Emperor (Xuanyuan's family) in the center, White Emperor (Shaohao) in the west, and Black Emperor (Zhuanxu) in the north, are the five personified gods.
Zhuangzi believes that all things are based on Tao, and heaven is born from Tao. Mozi regarded God and ghosts as another kind of living being besides human beings. Zheng Xuan, a great scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, claimed that "God is another name for heaven." Zhu Xi, a great scholar from the Neo-Confucian School of the Song Dynasty, believed that "Heaven", "Emperor", "Tao" and "Li" are all different names for the same ontology. Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Yangming from the School of Heart Studies believed that "my heart is the universe, and the universe is my heart".
The early gods had a strong personality as gods. For example, it is mentioned in "Shang Shu·Yi Xun No. 4" in "Shang Shu": "But God is not constant, and he will receive hundreds of auspicious things if he does good deeds, and if he does bad deeds, "A hundred disasters will befall him." In the late Confucian belief, the personality of "God" disappeared and was only regarded as an invisible and nameless "noumenon" in philosophy, called "reason". The belief in a personal god was inherited by Taoism and developed into the "Jade Emperor", but it is no longer the supreme god (Taoist belief, the "Sanqing", the incarnation of "Tao", is higher than the "Jade Emperor" representing "Heaven") .
The number of occurrences of God’s scriptures in the five true Bibles
32 times in Shangshu
24 times in Book of Songs
20 times in Book of Rites
p>The Spring and Autumn Period 8 times
The Book of Changes 2 times
I would like to remind everyone not to confuse the God of Chinese culture with the Jehovah God of Christianity
The God in Chinese culture will not exterminate humanity like the God Jehovah made up by the Jewish people
"To cause all young men, virgins, sucklings, and gray-haired people to be exterminated"!
Deuteronomy
32:19 When the LORD saw that his children provoked him, he hated them,
32:20 He said, I will hide myself from them. Let's see how they end up. They are a very eccentric race, with no honest children in their hearts.
32:21 They provoked me to anger with things that are not gods, and they provoked me to anger with gods that are not. I will also provoke them to anger with those who are not a people, and I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
32:22 For there is a fire in my wrath that burns up to the depths of Hades and burns up the earth and its fruits, and the foundations of the mountains are burned up.
32:23 I will heap disaster on them, and I will shoot down all my arrows on them.
32:24 They will waste away with hunger and be consumed by heat and bitterness. I will send wild beasts to bite them with their teeth, and those who walk in the earth to poison them with their poison.
32:25 There is a sword without, and terror within, causing death, both young men and virgins, sucklings, and gray-haired ones.
Let’s see, what happened to the “master” Jehovah/Jesus who offended the Christians? "To destroy young men, virgins, sucklings, and gray-haired ones"!
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Kill "men, women, children, and suckers"!
1 Samuel
15:2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: When the Israelites came out of Egypt, I did not care what the Amalekites did to them and how they resisted them on the way. Not forgotten.
15:3 Now go and smite the Amalekites, and destroy all they have; show no mercy to them; kill them both men and women, children, sucklings, oxen, sheep, camels, and donkeys. OK to kill.
What follows is a bit dramatic: Saul obeys the command of Jehovah and "kills all the people of Amalek with the edge of the sword." However, Saul is greedy for money and is reluctant to take away Amalek's cattle and sheep. Kill them all:
1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people had pity on Agag, and they loved the best of the cattle, the sheep, the calves, the lambs, and all the good things, and would not destroy them. All the lowly and weak people will be killed.
Then the LORD was displeased:
15:10 The word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
15:11 I regret that I made Saul king. . Because he has turned away from following me and kept my commandments. Then Samuel was greatly troubled, and cried out to the LORD all night long.
Click Comments: The Lord commanded Saul to kill all the Amalekites "both men and women, and children and sucklings." Obviously, this was to kill the babies as well. Jehovah/Jesus is truly the “loving Father” of Christians. (Note: The reason why I say Jehovah/Jesus is because of the Christian belief in the "Trinity".)
3) Christians will probably label me as "quoting something out of context."
Okay, I have given the chapters and original texts of the scriptures I quoted. Friends who are interested, please read the context and see if I have "quoted them out of context"?
Please make your own judgment: Is the Christian “god” Jehovah/Jesus extremely evil? Yet, Christians still praise these heinous atrocities! Think about it, everyone, to what extent Christianity has distorted the humanity of Christians