宗教发源于人对自然的恐惧。原始人对自然现象感到不可理解,便把它们人格化、社会化,造出了神。进入阶级社会以后,统治阶级的需要和社会力量的压迫,使宗教得到了进一步的发展。宗教在现实社会中有相当大的影响作用,所以,我们要加强对它的治理,发挥其积极作用,消除、抑制其消极作用,保证社会主义现代化建设顺利进行。 Religion stems from the fear of nature. Primitive people feel incomprehensible of natural phenomena, they put them humanized, socialized, made God. After entering the class society, the needs of the ruling class and the oppression of social forces have brought about the further development of religion. Religion has a considerable influence in the real society. Therefore, we should strengthen its governance, give play to its positive role, eliminate and suppress its negative effects, and ensure the smooth progress of socialist modernization.