宗教与哲学在形态上十分相似,它们都是系统化、理论化的世界观;都是抽象的概念形式的思想体系;都是“更高的即远离物质经济基础的意识形态”(《马克思恩格斯选集》第4卷,第249页)。但是,由于宗教在当前仍具有相当广泛的社会、文化基础,在世界范围内广大人民群众仍大多处于贫困、落后、愚昧之中;几千年来的宗教世界观已根深蒂固;在相当多的国家,宗教仍被作为维护社会秩序的意识形态工具加以扶持和利用,等等。这一切 Both religions and philosophies are very similar in form. They are all systematic and theorized world views. They are abstract ideological forms of ideology. All are “higher ideologies that are far from material economy.” (Selected Works of Marx and Engels Volume 4, page 249). However, as religions still have a fairly extensive social and cultural foundation at present, the vast majority of the people in the world are still in poverty, backwardness and ignorance; the religious worldview has been deeply rooted for thousands of years; in a considerable number of countries, Religion is still supported and utilized as an ideological tool for maintaining social order, and so on. all of these