Foreign netizens questioned why there is so much atheism in China?

I saw a question on American social ** before: why there are so many atheists in China, there was a foreigner in Taiwan at that time, he said: Chinese believe in the existence of God, but they are more accustomed to believing in Confucianism and Taoism, for example, Taoism has eight immortals, and does not manage the secular gods in the world, and our God naturally cannot control them.

Just 3200 years ago, the Shang Dynasty attached great importance to power, and even thought that their power represented the sacred, but with the passage of time, many classes developed and expanded, resulting in many contradictions in the society, and finally the king of Zhou became the victor, and also had a moral concept - virtue, and after the Shang Dynasty was overthrown, the Zhou Dynasty was established for more than 800 years, and later the rulers had any power injustice that would cause people to resist, which was also a phenomenon of many dynastic changes, under the experience accumulated over a long time, people learned, All good and evil cannot be attributed to heaven, but to man.

That is to say, all the problems faced by human beings are generated between people and people, not between man and nature, so a real ruler has to listen to the voice of the masses, and he has to find a way to meet the needs of the people, and then he believes in religion, so Chinese atheism began in this way, Xunzi also said that if you want to live a good life, you should restrain yourself and consider your own actions and consequences, rather than looking at God.

Although Confucius's "Analects" mentioned that the spirit of God must be respected, but people's values and social concepts must be based on philosophy and the development of the essence of things, so it has been passed down, and there are more and more atheists in China, and Chinese are not accustomed to believing in God for more than 3,000 years, and everyone does not believe in it, which is atheism. And an American also said that they felt that Chinese do not believe in religion, but there is still religion in the hearts of a small number of Chinese.

For example, Buddhism, many Chinese people still want to worship the Buddha when they encounter problems, and many people in Taoism are pursuing and continuing to study, so what Chinese advocate is to change their destiny and family, have a good job in the future, be able to start a business and support their families, and then take care of their parents, so that the cycle goes on from generation to generation, which is a unique belief of the Chinese.

There are also many Chinese who feel that although Chinese culture is not the earliest, but the most mature, closer to reality, they have always believed that the universe is not the so-called God is in control, the universe itself is the master, so the life and death are also very light, and the Chinese interpretation of faith is the same, is to believe and respect, so the influence of Confucius is great, Confucian culture is respected to this day, beyond religious beliefs.

Therefore, many feudal superstitious activities can be seen in rural China, which are not really theistic, but in their opinion, just a kind of practicality, what do you think?

Chinese feudal society influenced people's minds and led to the fact that imperial power was greater than divine power.

I think it is closely related to the national conditions and history of our country. First of all, China was a human rights society in ancient times, and the emperor had the highest power since ancient times, so such a historical origin has created so many atheisms. Second, there is no special unity of religion among the general public in our country, so there are not many theists.

All the problems faced by human beings are generated between people and people, not between people and nature, so a real ruler has to listen to the voice of the masses, he has to find a way to meet the needs of the people, and then he believes in religion, so Chinese atheism began in this way, Xunzi also said that if you want to live a good life, you should restrain yourself and consider your actions and consequences, rather than looking at God.

Because China fears God but doesn't rely too much, our ancestors relied on their own hands and wisdom to solve problems, and there is a lot of atheism in China.

At present, there are few countries in the world that have done political education so thoroughly as China, and political investigation is everywhere from birth to future work. And we have our own native religion, Taoism, and the ideas that Taoism conveys are very free, which is why there are so many atheists in China.

However, with the development of the times and the deepening of science, the wind of religious belief may change dramatically in the future, but at present, we are limited by the "foundation" left over from the past, and we cannot change some facts.

Freedom of religious belief is as long as it does not endanger socialist society.

A long, long time ago, the glaciers melted, and the Western world had to drown all of them, and we managed to control the water ourselves.