What does faith mean to us?

Understood from the realm of matter and consciousness, faith is a kind of consciousness, and morality is the reaction of consciousness to matter.

Understood from the concept of truth, faith is people’s correct awareness of the future world, and morality is correct behavior under the control of faith.

If we speak from a personal perspective: What is faith? Faith is self-righteous belief (or truth). Morality is behavior governed by beliefs.

Because people are products of the times, because matter determines consciousness, and because everyone’s environment is different, people’s beliefs are different. When you are taught by Islam from a young age, then your belief is God; when you are taught by Christianity from a young age, then your belief is not necessarily God. Only by having the experience of confessing and repenting to God and letting God forgive your sins can you be a true Christian. Christians believe that Christ was crucified on the cross for you, and His precious blood can wash away all sins of sinners; if you are young If you are polluted by the smell of money, then money will be your god.

Because people have different beliefs, people’s moral values ??are also different, so people’s moral behaviors are also different, so various contradictions will arise in society. This is not the same. The fundamental reason for a harmonious society.

On the contrary, if we all have the same beliefs and advocate some different morals, then our world will inevitably be a harmonious world.

Material determines consciousness. Therefore, the lofty belief of a person who has escaped from the crisis of survival is not innate, but learned from excellent education and sprouted from the influence of love. Cultivated in a suitable environment. The lofty belief comes from a great era and a great society - the eudaimonic society (let's call it this way).

Material determines consciousness, so our beliefs should be subject to objective laws and the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Because the earth is the cradle of mankind and the mother of mankind, caring for the earth and protecting nature is to love our home and our mother. Therefore, making the earth exist more harmoniously should be our most noble ideal, because it is related to to the ages of our humanity.

Historically speaking, feudal society was a society where there was great disharmony between people, because there were conflicts between higher people and lower people, but it was relatively harmonious with nature. In capitalist society, everyone is equal (at least it can be understood from a legal perspective), but it is extremely disharmonious with nature, with indiscriminate excavation, indiscriminate hunting and killing almost to an unparalleled level. Nature has been destroyed by modern society to a dangerous level unsuitable for human survival, and yet we are still shouting long live GDP and long live freedom! Modern humans, your sins are unforgivable. You have failed your ancestors and our descendants.

A eudaimonic society is a society that realizes the happiness of the greatest number of people on the basis of ensuring the harmony of nature and striving for equality and harmony between people.

What are the lofty beliefs of a eudaimonist society? It is love, love for our earth, which is love for our mother; love for the entire human race, which is love for our brothers and sisters; love for our law, which is love for our father.

I believe in a eudaimonist society because it is the most noble society for mankind. ——Excerpted from the Chinese Happiness Research Website

Faith Value

The pillars of faith embody the reliable implementation of life values, and their most fundamental meaning is to give eternal meaning to a short life. This spirit can be said to be the pursuit of life value. The realization of life value must not be separated from the requirements of social progress and civilization development. In other words, the realization of life value is based on the pillars of faith.

Faith also includes believers’ pursuit of beautiful ideals for the future. There is a difference between having faith and not having faith. The presence or absence of faith determines the possibility of a person's development to a large extent. People without faith will lose the power to control their own destiny, and their development possibilities will be greatly reduced. People with faith will mobilize all their strength for their faith and focus on the established goals. Their knowledge, abilities, and inner world will be enriched and improved, thus promoting the development of individuals and society.

(Contemporary Muslims often use the moral construction of "based on Islamic faith, taking belief in Allah as the core, striving to be consistent with socialist civilization, and taking patriotism and love as the principle" to continuously improve their lives.)

Faith is people’s general view and general policy on the world and life. It is a spiritual bond, the spiritual foundation and spiritual motivation for the members of an organization or class, a society or a country to unite and forge ahead. It has the directional function of life value, the control function of social order, the cohesion function of social power, the dynamic function of behavioral selection, etc.

Beliefs can be divided into scientific beliefs and non-scientific beliefs. Non-scientific beliefs are blind obedience and superstition. Scientific belief comes from people's correct understanding of essence and ideals. Therefore, we need to establish correct and unbiased beliefs.