How to oppose superstition with scientific spirit

The scientific spirit against superstition is as follows:

Science and superstition are far apart, but without scientific spirit, it is easy to fall into superstition. Carrying forward the scientific spirit is of great significance to deeply understand the political essence and serious harm of superstition against science, humanity, society and government, and to smoothly implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education.

China had its own science and rational understanding of the objective world in ancient times, so it also had its own traditional scientific spirit. However, China people use the concept of "science" to point out that human's understanding of the objective world is only about one hundred years old.

The introduction of western science began in Matteo Ricci's visit to China at the end of Ming Dynasty. A series of failures in the Opium War made advanced China people such as Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan deeply realize the importance of advanced knowledge.

They advocate learning from the West as a supplement to China's knowledge. Due to the failure of the Sino-Japanese War, people lost confidence in the combination of middle school and western learning. Yan Fu suggested that we should not only learn the instructions of western learning, but also learn the methods and attitudes of western learning. This is the scientific spirit.

Since then, Sun Yat-sen has clearly opposed science and the study of Confucius and Mencius, and praised science in many speeches. Under the impetus of Sun Yat-sen, the status of science in China academic circles has been greatly improved.

The call for science reached the climax of the May 4th anti-imperialist patriotic movement. At that time, people felt more keenly that without the spirit of science and democracy, China would never get rid of the fate of oppression and slavery.

It was with this spirit that all the advanced figures at that time were looking for a real way to save the country, which gave China a new life. From Yan Fu to the end of the May 4th Movement, the scientific spirit they advocated opened a new era of China people's attitude and way of seeking knowledge.

There is also an important opposite to advocating scientific spirit, which is the so-called feudal superstition.

The concept of "superstition" is not new in modern times. Superstition is to believe what you shouldn't believe. People distinguish religion from general superstitions, which are called feudal superstitions, such as believing in the land, the Dragon King, Feng Shui, fortune telling, all kinds of ghosts and gods, and the blessings of ancestors.

The work of breaking this superstition didn't start with the * * * production party in China. As early as the feudal era, Confucian officials kept cleaning up sacrifices outside the state regulations. The bourgeois Republic established after the Revolution of 1911 abolished the worship of God and the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven, and other facilities of Confucianism were also abolished, because the new Republic did not believe in God in law.

Since then, in the process of leading the revolution and construction, China * * * party member has realized more deeply that no matter how to mobilize the masses to participate in the revolution or carry out construction, they must get rid of feudal superstitions. And China * * * Producers' Party broke feudal superstition more thoroughly, extensively and deeply.

The difference is that China producers protect normal religious beliefs according to Marxist religious theory, instead of listing all Buddhist temples as superstitions. Generally speaking, the work of getting rid of feudal superstitions has greatly inspired the spirit of the masses and promoted the cause of revolution and construction. It can be said that without the action of breaking feudal superstition, there would be no rebirth of China.

Nowadays, we deeply realize that science is the primary productive force! It is science that has cultivated hybrid rice and made everyone in our great country eat and wear warm clothes; It is science that leads us to overcome SARS and get out of its shadow; It was science that sent the descendants of the dragon into space and realized the Chinese dream of flying for thousands of years.

Although China's scientific and technological innovation can't be said to be ahead of the world, it has made remarkable achievements. However, the popularization of science and technology is worrying. The recognized scientific literacy survey is the best way to test citizens' scientific literacy. Only 14 per thousand people in China have basic scientific literacy, while in the United States it is only 1/23 and in the European Union it is115.

Scientific and technological innovation and popularization are two aspects of scientific and technological work, just like the two wheels of a car, which are indispensable. The development of science and technology must be both innovative and popular.

Some scientists say it would be great if the public could be as fascinated by science as football and pop songs. In order to further highlight the influence of science, the state has designated June 29th every year as "National Science Popularization Action Day".

In China, the armies of materialism, atheism, science, democracy and unity are unswervingly sailing on four modern ships. Any storm. Nothing can stop it! China's four modernizations will win! The people will win! Justice will win!