Cultural popular science: similarities and differences between Chinese and foreign religions and superstitions

1. What's the difference between religion and superstition?

1. Is there a difference between religion and superstition? This is nonsense. There must be a difference between religion and superstition. Because, one is religion and the other is superstition.

2. Is there an essential difference between religion and superstition? The answer is essentially no difference. Because both believe in the existence of supernatural mysterious forces and their functions and functions.

3. What is the specific difference between religion and superstition? There are three differences: first, religion is a superstition recognized by society; Second, religion is a superstition of obtaining business license and market access; Third, religion is superstition and gets intellectual property protection. In short, religion is an accepted, recognized and protected superstition.

Since religion and superstition are essentially the same, why are there two forms of religion and superstition? There are two reasons: first, superstition is the instinctive demand of human beings, and human beings must satisfy their instincts, which is the fundamental reason for the existence of religion and superstition; Second, the essential attribute of superstition is irrationality, and human beings can't let it overflow, so it must be regulated, restrained and controlled. Therefore, the state and society should seek and provide people with standardized superstitious products, that is, religion, which is the fundamental feature that distinguishes religion from superstition.

5. What are the conditions for superstition to become a religion, or how does superstition become a religion? There are three conditions: first, there must be excellent conditions. There is a master who can fool and make superstition bigger and stronger. Second, meet the right opportunity. Only when there is no corresponding religion in the country and society, or the original religion is abandoned for some reason, can the corresponding superstition rise to religion. Third, we must transform ourselves. Let yourself better serve the existing system and society, and finally seek common ground while reserving differences and develop together with secular forces.

Second, the differences between Chinese and foreign superstitions and religions.

1. Similarities between Chinese and foreign superstitions and religions: First, Chinese and western superstitions have the same subjective reasons, both of which stem from the closed thinking tendency of human cognition and the psychological needs of self-boasting; Second, Chinese and western superstitions have the same practical reasons, both of which stem from the promotion of local tourism resources; Third, both China and the West have a large number of superstitious enthusiasts and practitioners, and superstition is a huge industry.

2. The difference between Chinese and foreign superstitions and religions: First, China's superstitions tend to fool themselves into traditional culture and like to cite national feelings, the most typical of which is Chinese medicine; Western superstitions often pretend to be government regulators, with skepticism as the main tone, such as 5 1 area, Roswell incident, moon landing scam, etc. Second, China's superstitions, such as fortune telling, geomantic omen, witchcraft and so on, often boast that they cannot be explained scientifically; Western superstitions often use science to construct superstitions, such as aliens, deep-sea people, lizard people, prehistoric civilizations and so on. Third, compared with the west, China's religion is relatively weak, leaving more room for superstition, which leads to the prevalence of superstition in China; At the same time, due to the lack of religious control, China's superstitious beliefs and styles are scattered and messy, showing a mixed situation of superstitions.