What are the different manifestations of religion and superstition?

Superstition generally refers to blind belief or worship of people or things. Divination, physiognomy, geomantic omen, fortune telling, word-breaking, evocation, dream interpretation, etc. in Chinese history. , is a long-term activity, mostly produced or popular in feudal society, customarily called feudal superstition. Religious belief and superstition do have something in common in epistemology. They all believe in and worship gods or supernatural forces. But superstition does not belong to religious category, and its differences are as follows: first, religion is a social ideology, a historical phenomenon in the development of human society to a certain stage, and it has objective laws of its occurrence, development and extinction. In the process of adapting to the long-term development of human society, religion has formed unique religious beliefs, religious feelings, and religious theories, doctrines and regulations that are compatible with this belief. There are strict religious ceremonies, relatively fixed places for religious activities, strict religious organizations and religious systems. And superstition, neither * * * exactly the same object of worship, established purpose, rules or rituals, nor * * * exactly the same place for activities. The object of superstition may be ghosts, mountains and trees. Superstition generally refers to fortune-telling, divination, drawing lots, spelling, dream interpretation, falling immortals, watching Feng Shui and other activities. , is carried out by gods, witches and superstitious professionals with witchcraft. The masses go to see the fortune only to predict the future and destiny, and do not regard it as their own worldview; Superstitious professionals just use these activities to defraud people of money as a means of making a living. Second, religion is a cultural phenomenon. In the process of its formation and development, religion constantly absorbs various human thoughts and cultures, permeates and tolerates politics, philosophy, law and culture, including literature, poetry, architecture, art, painting, sculpture, music and morality, and becomes an integral part of the world's rich culture. Superstition does not have these characteristics. Third, religions have social organizations established according to law, managed according to law and carried out standardized religious activities. To protect the normal religious activities and social welfare undertakings of religious organizations within the scope of national laws. The national religious policy encourages religions to carry forward fine traditions and positive factors and adapt to socialist society. Superstition is just a scam of a few superstitious professionals who sacrifice their lives for money. Some superstitious organizations are even places that shelter evil people from evil practices, endanger the masses and even engage in illegal and criminal activities. Some people think that people who are not religious can't learn religion. But people cannot believe in multiple religions at the same time. Therefore, they think it is impossible to study religion in religion. But in fact, many religious believers are studying other religious factions with great concentration. Because for them, there is only one god, although there will be different names, images, and even "two places at once", which is somewhat similar to the religious view of the Greek and Roman world. We must see that the essence of religion is a highly theoretical and systematic superstition system. In modern society, the disadvantages of religious superstition are becoming more and more obvious. On the whole, the idea of equality and goodness and the pursuit of spiritual perfection declared by various religions are good, and they do have the function of integrating society and soothing the spirit. However, the way they use to rule the hearts of the people is seriously wrong. These methods, practices and absurd stories in Confucian classics constitute a serious contempt, insult and injury to the individual thinking ability and perception ability of human beings, and thus bring a wide range of mental and social side effects. A person who is led astray by religious superstition is mainly responsible not for himself, but for the irresponsible spread of religion. Our ancient sages, as early as more than 2,000 years ago, have completely removed the barriers of superstition from their spiritual homes, leaving a wise prescription for future generations to care for the soul, improve the spirit and resist paranoia. This is the Taoist philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi. In today's world, only China's original great wisdom, Taoism, can help the public, resist the temptation of religious superstition, overcome the one-sidedness of science, write a happy life and create a peaceful society. The current education system has seriously hindered the inheritance of traditional wisdom, caused the spiritual emptiness and confusion of modern people, and given heresy an opportunity. This is a huge and irreparable regret. China people, who want to pursue a perfect spiritual world and have independent, complete and impartial thinking ability, should first try to understand the essence of their national culture, and then care about all kinds of so-called religious beliefs, so as to truly "choose the good and follow it", gain benefits and avoid flattery.