What is the difference between religion and superstition? (It is best explained by philosophical reasons)

First, the sources are different.

Feudal superstition comes from the people and is a folk habit, involving folklore, folk ideals and folk wishes. It is different from religion. Religion has history, leaders, historical roots and teachings, which is reasonable. Canon is to follow and restrain behavior, mostly to persuade people to do good, but also religious groups, which are organized. Historically, religion and politics are complementary, and influencing people with spirit has played a very good auxiliary role in the implementation of politics. Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Islam and Taoism can all play a role.

Second, the content is different.

What is superstition? Believing in ghosts and gods, divination, revelation and prophecy often bring certain theocracy and even borrow money from God. Originally, people needed to take medicine when they were sick. According to Buddhism, when there is medicine to treat a disease, he often doesn't take it, which leads to people's superstition and causes great harm to people. Therefore, religion and superstition are very different and cannot be confused. Fate, prophecy, dancing, dancing, etc. Belonging to superstition, people can't get rid of themselves in ghosts and gods and fate. In this sense, it is not a religion.

Religion is mainly to persuade good to stop evil, superstition is to promote theocracy, ghosts and gods possess themselves, and immortals collect money. Different from religion, it has teaching history, doctrine, canon, religious order and an organization. Moreover, the role of religion is to persuade people to stop evil and do good, which is conducive to social stability. Superstition is to use theocracy and all kinds of unknowable things to fool people, profit from it and make people suffer. This is very different from religion.

Third, the relationship with philosophy.

Religion has something to do with philosophy, but superstition has nothing to do with philosophy. Superstition doesn't make any sense. Religion can be said to be its own decision. Of course, there are monotheism, but this direction is still very good. Superstition means that it is completely impossible to be your own master, give it divine right, be superstitious about it, and completely impossible to dominate yourself. This is a big difference. The government generally does not support superstition. China now advocates and promotes five major religions, but superstition is prohibited.

Fourth, the difference with cults.

However, superstition is not a cult. Cults use God and me to fool people. In India, theism is Brahmanism, Brahma worship and theocracy, which is regarded as heresy by Buddhism. In the past, China's "# # work" meant that he was a god, he was the master, and he could dominate everything. This is absurd, charming and harmful. This is more harmful than superstition, so religion is different from superstition and heresy. You can read more relevant materials for reference, which is the general difference.

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