Science & Atheism — page 5
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A Brief History of Atheism (Excerpt)
By the year 500 CE, the skeptical philosophy that had emerged in ancient Greece and Rome faced a severe test: Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire—the Roman…
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On Investigation and Research
Investigation and research are a basic skill for doing leadership work well, and the capacity for investigation and research is a component of the overall quality and ability of…
Xi Jinping
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Introducing One, Activating a Whole Area, Driving a Region — An Investigation into Guizhou Province’s Practice of Recruiting County Party Secretaries from Relatively Developed Regions
In 2010 and 2011, Guizhou Province selected and introduced 12 outstanding cadres from five provinces (municipalities) — Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hebei, and Chongqing — in two…
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On What Basis Is Science Used? — An Analysis of Basic Issues in Scientific Culture
I. Science Is “Stupid,” but Science Is Honest
Li Chaoying
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Improving Scientific Literacy, Enhancing Decision-Making and Management Capability – A Recommendation of the *Reader on Scientific Literacy for Leading Cadres and Civil Servants* Edited by Wang Yusheng and Zhou Lijun
I. Background
Li Yaning
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The “New Age Movement” and the Rise of “
Xin Peng
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An Outline of the Basic Theoretical Construction of Marxist Psychology of Religion
Within the disciplinary system of Marxist religious studies, Marxist psychology of religion is an organic component. However, for a long time, basic theoretical research on the…
Chen Yongsheng
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The Disciplinary Construction and Path of Scientific Atheism
—Speech at the 2011 Annual Academic Conference of the Chinese Atheism Society
Wen Ding
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Uphold the Principle of Separation of Education from Religion, Promote Educational Development and the Disciplinary Construction of Atheism — A Summary of the 2011 Annual Academic Conference of the China Atheism Society
From October 29 to 31, 2011, the 2011 Annual Academic Conference of the China Atheism Society was jointly hosted by the China Atheism Society, the Research Center for Science and…
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Communist Party Members Must Not Believe in Religion
In recent years, as the number of people believing in religion in society has increased and understanding of religion has grown increasingly diverse, a noteworthy phenomenon has…
Zhu Weiqun
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A Study of the Discourse on the Separation of Religion from Education in Party and State Documents of the New Era
Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, the Communist Party of China has profoundly summarized the experiences and lessons of religious work in New China,…
He Husheng
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The Historical Evolution of the Ideology of Chinese Christian Churches in the United States
Foreword
Huang Chao
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A Brief Comment on the U.S. *International Religious Freedom Act of 1998*
That a superpower enacts legislation to periodically review the religious conditions of countries around the world is an important strategic shift on the international stage after…
Xi Wuyi
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The Sinicization Process of Marxist Atheism (Part I)
Marxist atheism is an advanced form of scientific atheism. It inherits outstanding human achievements such as 17th- and 18th-century English and French materialism and 19th-century…
Xi Wuyi
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Religion and International Relations in the Age of Globalization
Some international relations scholars, commenting on the impact of the global religious resurgence since the second half of the 20th century on traditional religious studies and…
Xu Yihua
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Freedom of Religious Belief and the “Other,” Law, and the State – Interpreting China’s Policy on Freedom of Religious Belief
Religion is humanity’s “way of explaining and interpreting nature through fantasy and imagination, i.e., so-called divine revelation, and of expecting to conquer and master nature…
Chi Xiqin
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Several Issues in the Relationship between Natural Science and Religion
In recent years, the “relationship between science and religion” has become a focal point of attention. Research in this area has received increasing attention both domestically…
Yu Qiming
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Higher Education Must Guide Students to Correctly Resist Religious Infiltration
Institutions of higher education are important sites for cultivating builders and successors of the socialist cause, and they are also the primary targets of overseas hostile…
Tian Yufen
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On Freedom of Religious Belief and the Choice of Belief among University Students
I. The Basic Categories of Religious Belief
Zhao Dong
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He Yanfeng, Feng Xue: On the Education of Marxist Views on Religion for University Students
Religion has long existed in our socialist society, requiring us to correctly understand and grasp the essence and characteristics of religion, and actively guide religion to adapt…
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The New Model of U.S. Religious Infiltration into China and Its Ideological Evolution
After the end of the Cold War, a newly rising theopolitical ideology combined with old geopolitical thinking to form a “new Cold War ideology” within the United States. U.S.…
Huang ChaoAssociate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University
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The New Model of U.S. Religious Infiltration into China and Its Ideological Evolution
After the end of the Cold War, a newly rising theopolitical ideology combined with old geopolitical thinking to form a “new Cold War ideology” within the United States. U.S.…
Huang Chao
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The “Opium Foundation Theory” Is a Distorted Summary of Lenin’s View on Religion
Regarding the Marxist-Leninist view on religion, our Party has always advocated studying it humbly and earnestly, understanding it completely and accurately, and grasping its basic…
Jia Runguo
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“2010 Annual Conference of the Chinese Atheism Society and Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Scientific Atheism” Convened in Ürümqi
From June 26 to 27, 2010, the “2010 Annual Conference of the Chinese Atheism Society and Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Scientific Atheism,” jointly sponsored by the…
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Some Reflections on the Sinicization of the Marxist View of Religion
A view of religion is people’s basic understanding of religion and the basic attitude toward religion that follows from it. The core of a view of religion is the question of how…
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On the Constitutional Norms of Religious Belief
Modern states rely on the rule of law to govern the country. Among all laws, the constitution is the fundamental law and the foundation for other laws. The degree and condition of…
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Eliminating Religious Extremism Should Begin with Textbooks
According to a report by People’s Daily Online on November 10, a study recently released by the U.S. government found that in Pakistani textbooks, minority religious groups are…
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Atheism Is the Crystallization of Human Social Civilization and Thought
Atheism is the crystallization of human social civilization and thought. In the West, it specifically refers to the negation of a single god (such as God) and its theology; in…
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Similarities and Differences between Terrorism and Cults
Definitions of terror and worship
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A Brief Discussion of Ren Jiyu’s Thought on Scientific Atheism
Comrade Ren Jiyu was the pioneer and founder of Marxist religious studies in China, a far-sighted academic research leader and an outstanding organizer of academic activities in…
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Some Thoughts on Anti-Cult Work in Higher Education Institutions
I. The New Situation of Anti-Cult Work in Higher Education Institutions
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“The End of the World” in America – What Does It Represent?
For the vast majority of people around the world, a Saturday, namely May 21, 2011, was just an ordinary day, carrying no special significance. But for some religious fanatics in…
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“The End of the World” in America – What Does It Represent?
For the vast majority of people around the world, Saturday, May 21, 2011, was just an ordinary day, carrying no special significance. But for some religious fanatics in the United…
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The Theory of Cultural Evangelism
We should pay attention to the issue of “cultural evangelism.” Many words that were once distant from one another—religion and the market, God and commodities—are now linked under…
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Marx and Evolution: A Reconsideration of the Relationship between Marx’s Doctrine and Darwin’s Theory
For a long time, there have been many misunderstandings about the relationship between Marxism and Darwin’s theory of evolution. For example, some scholars believe that Marx was…
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The Development of New Theism since Reform and Opening Up and Related Laws and Policies
Theism, in Western discourse, is generally used to refer to monotheism. In the Chinese cultural context, we usually use this term more broadly; anything involving belief in any…
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On the Significance of Scientific Atheism Propaganda in the Strategy of Rejuvenating the Country through Science and Education
Rejuvenating the country through science and education is an important component of Deng Xiaoping Theory and a major strategy and basic state policy for China’s social and economic…
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The Rise, Causes, and Impact of Rural Religious Belief in the New Period
Since the founding of New China, and especially over the 30 years of reform and opening up, rural areas have undergone earth-shaking changes, with peasants’ political status,…
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Ancient Chinese Deity Worship
The concept of deities is a distorted and illusory reflection of nature and society in people’s minds. Nature worship, totem worship, fertility worship, ancestor worship, and deity…
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Promote the Scientific Spirit and Raise the Quality of Our Country’s Citizens
Human beings are the subjects of social development. To build socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must first raise the quality of our country’s citizens. In the sixty years…
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Whose Hand Is Behind the “Design”? — A Reading of Hawking’s *The Grand Design*
“Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does the universe exist? Why do we exist?” — These are the “riddle of existence” that Hawking, a passionate lover of the cosmos,…
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“Seizing China’s Head and Spine”
The “Academic Trends” section of the 2011 second issue of *Science and Atheism* introduced the situation of a “Symposium on Strategies for Countering Religious Infiltration in…
Cultural Missionization
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Folk Religion and the Marxist View of Religion
Since reform and opening up, folk beliefs in China have recovered rapidly. With the unimpeded flow of cross-strait exchanges, the widespread influence of beliefs in deities such as…
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Separation of Religion and Politics, or Unification of Religion and Politics? — The Nationalist Government’s Policy Deliberations on the Relationship between Politics and Religion in Tibet
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Republic of China began to implement a constitutional system. At that time, however, China’s border regions still contained many political…
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Marxism and Religion
The 51st issue (2009) of the American journal *New Socialist* published an article by French scholar Michel Roy entitled “Marxism and Religion – The Opium of the People?” Michel…
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Symposium on the Marxist View of Religion (2011) Held in Beijing
From July 2 to 3, 2011, the “Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China — Symposium on the Marxist View of Religion (2011),” jointly organized…
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Anti-Cult Efforts Are an Act of Civilization, and the Intellectual Circle Must Shoulder Responsibility — Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Founding of the China Anti-Cult Association
To date, China’s anti-cult struggle, marked by the
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Upholding Marxism and Upholding Scientific Atheism
In the primary stage of socialism in China, under conditions of diverse and changing social thought, is it legitimate and reasonable to propagate scientific atheism and criticize…
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The Social Cost of Religious Belief: The Case of Gannan and Linxia Prefectures in Gansu
The relationship between religion and economic and social development is complex. It is undeniable that religion has had, and continues to have, many positive effects and…
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A Critique of Li Hongzhi’s “View of Science”
A Critique of Li Hongzhi’s “View of Science”