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远古时代的人类,对各种自然现象找不到合理的解释。因而猜想在天上有各种神祗存在。至于是众多的神各司其责,或是一个万能的神统管一切。则不同的民族,各有他们自己的说法。由此而产生的宗教,也是各种各样的。中国古人崇拜祖先,认为远古的祖先如盘古、女娲等,本来都是神灵下凡。近代的祖先,则是死后成神,一统于昊天上帝。犹太人则认为上帝是唯一而万能的,他创造了世界,又统率着一群天使,对人世奖善罚恶。其他民族的信仰各不相同,这里不必详说。随着人类文明的发展,信仰逐步形成为宗教。不同的民族相遇时,由于宗教不同和争夺生活资源,发生战争。战胜的一方,就要把自己的宗教视为正统。不同于正统的则是异端,必须予以消灭。那时的信仰是不自由的。耶稣被罗马帝国杀害,就是一个例子。统治者出于自身的需要,用宗教来统一人心,也影响宗教的发展。例如,虽然基督教在初期不被认为正宗,但罗马帝国的君士坦丁大帝为了安抚人心,首先废除了对基督教的禁令,并宣布说:如果耶稣之灵在战争中帮助他统一分裂的罗马帝国,他将信
Human beings in ancient times can not find a reasonable explanation of various natural phenomena. Therefore, it is suspected that there are various gods in heaven. As many gods perform their part, or a universal God rules everything. Different peoples have their own views. The resulting religion is also varied. Chinese ancients worship ancestors, that ancient ancestors, such as Pangu, Nu Wa, etc., had been descended. Modern ancestors, it is God after death, unified in Haotian God. Jews regarded God as the only and omnipotent. He created the world, and he led an ancestral group of angels to reward and punish the worldly good. The beliefs of other nations are different, and we do not need to say in detail here. With the development of human civilization, faith has gradually become a religion. When different ethnic groups meet each other, wars occur because of different religions and competition for living resources. The victorious party must regard its own religion as orthodox. Different from orthodoxy, it is heresy and must be eliminated. The faith at that time was not free. Jesus was killed by the Roman Empire, as an example. For their own needs, the rulers use religion to unify their hearts and also influence the development of religion. For example, although Christianity was not considered authentic in its early days, Constantine the Roman Empire, to appease the people, first abolished the ban on Christianity and declared that if the Spirit of Jesus helped him in the war to unify the divided Roman Empire He will letter