The ancients in China were so superstitious, why were the religious forces not as powerful as those in the ancient West?

Today, many people will say that China people have no faith; Or, to be precise, no religious belief. Then some people deliberately believe in God or Christ, or even God, in order to have faith. It seems that believing in Buddhism or Taoism is not like religious belief. Of course, this is a habitual feeling. Our living habits have been integrated with Buddhism and Taoism, and we can't distinguish each other. We don't know what we use every day. However, Christ or God is only widely known in modern times, and people who are not used to it will pay special attention to it. Just a bad feeling.

What is particularly interesting is why people in the West and the Middle East should be regarded as having faith, while we should be called as having no faith. The difference lies in our relationship with God.

Westerners really "look up to the letter and believe unconditionally"; What we believe in is the immortal Buddha, a "conditional letter" and a "trustworthy".

Man is created by God, and God created the world, and God is the supreme absolute existence. We, our immortal Buddha, have all been changed and even sealed by us. For example: Guan Gong, Zhong Kui, King Tota and so on; The role of our God is to bless our people's peace, prosperity and success; If you can't do this, you must leave. The so-called "God blocks killing God and Buddha blocks killing Buddha". Look at this. Europeans and Middle Easterners can't even think about it. West Renye Fang prayed to God, but more for repentance and atonement.

Therefore, although the ancients in China were superstitious, they also sacrificed everything, divined, bathed in advance, burned incense and fasted. And have a strong sense of ceremony. In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, offering sacrifices to teachers really had a high status. However, if the result of the sacrifice is not in the interests of the king, it doesn't count. Zhou Wuwang is going to cut down on businessmen, and divination is unfavorable. Jiang Ziya smashed tortoise shells and overturned the altar, saying that the destiny was in Germany, so he sent troops and finally destroyed Shang Zhouwang. This is the first time in the history of China that naked kingship crushed theocracy. Later, Genghis Khan conquered the world, and their shaman wizard, quite horizontal, was killed by Temujin and directly took over the theocracy. Therefore, the "son of heaven" is also the son of God, Jesus is God, and China is the "emperor" and acts as a shepherd. The essence is the unity of politics and religion, but they are "the combination of politics and education" and we are "the combination of politics and education".

Emperors who founded or usurped the throne in the past dynasties have to do some miracles to prove that they are "ordered by heaven" and you all have to obey them. However, this is not because the people fear God, but just to give everyone a step down. We can't say "we are afraid of your killing and cruelty", can we? You have to suppress it. It's a divine order. If you can't help it, then you are fake. For example, Wang Mang had many miracles from the beginning, such as "White Crow, Ganoderma lucidum, Earphones" and so on. If you can't stop, you can't Wu Zetian didn't want to reincarnate Maitreya, but she didn't want to slaughter those rebels.

Before the pre-Qin and even the Han Dynasty, there was no real religion in China. At that time, there were mainly ancestors, inexplicable ghosts and gods and legendary ancient figures such as Nvwa 、 Fuxi and Shennong, all of whom were human beings. At this time, China's imperial power politics has been established and quite mature. Theocracy has no chance. Even in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, foreigners invaded and Buddhism prevailed. At one time, it was "four hundred and eighty halls in the southern dynasties, with many pagodas in misty rain". But this is like the ruler building more "mental hospitals". Traditionally, religion is only the ruling tool of rulers.

However, according to A Brief History of the Future, superstition and religion are still two different things; Religion is a well-organized and logically self-consistent system; It is a scientific method, a scientific method for the ancients to explore the universe. Superstition is just a simple personal imagination of the future and uncertainty. From this perspective, it can be explained that modern science originated from religion, so there is no modern science in China, but originated from the West.

It can also explain why China's theocracy is not above the imperial power; Because these religions in China are superstitious and have not formed a well-organized system. Although Buddhism is similar, Buddhism does not have this internal setting.