Real And Virtual

In 1995, the Internet was popular in the whole world. The appearance of the Internet is not only a technological revolution, but also a social revolution, playing an indispensable role in the politics, the economy, the culture and so on. As an important part of human culture, Religion has not repelled the internet technology, instead it fully utilizes Internet to reveal itself and presents the brand-new landscape on the Internet. This phenomenon deserves academic concern and research. Under this kind of new background, discussing the Internet technology and the religion as well as the influence of network religion on the Chinese society, is an urgent and significant research work.The author outlines the brief evolution of religion dissemination medium and represents its current situation on the Internet. Then it describes the dissemination forms of how religion uses Internet medium, analyzes the characteristics on the Internet. Finally it focuses on the influence of the religious dissemination on the Internet, both to the society and to religion itself: analyzing the changes which possibly appears to the religion, exploring the relevant law establishment and consummation, providing feasible suggestion for the government.It concludes that: to the religion itself, the religion dissemination on the Internet causes the organization religion to decline, the religion is weaken as to the restriction of the individuals. There is no central authority; For the belief aspect, the Internet religious dissemination displays the trait of "the materialization"; As to the society, it has brought a series of issues such as the lag of our country's legal preparation, the religious infiltration from the western countries, the lack of talented person with religious knowledge and so on. The government could by no means neglect the phenomenon of religion dissemination on the Internet. Meanwhile, the government should give the above matters the full attention and take corresponding measures to ensure our country's religion to develop with prosperity.