Contemporary Reflections Of Religious Belief

Religious belief, as a kind of ideology, is the product of human society development to a certain stage. In recent years, the religion has undergone a tremendous change worldwide. People used to think the religion will decline gradually with the development of science and technology, but the fact is that the religion has become more and more active. In China,from reform and opening up to now, the science and technology have been developed continually, the people's thought has been enlightened gradually, but the number of religious believers is increasing instead of decreasing. The religion has effects on people's life as before. Today, as a kind of important social awareness existence, religion plays a important role in the development of the society whether in the west or the east.With the reform and opening and the establishment of market economic system, new changes have taken place in the politics, economy, culture and social life in our country, but at the same time we also have to face a variety of new problems. A group of religious believers has rise up in the social sphere, and “The Warming of Religion” phenomenon stands out. Religious belief has gradually become one of diversified religious choices, began to influence people's daily life actively and strong. This problem is related to personal values, culture accomplishment, and also involves the stability and development of the society. On the background of “The Warming of Religion”, we must have a correct understanding of the connotation of the religious beliefs, realize the social function of religion adequately, play the education function of religious positively, and promote the religions to adapt themselves to the socialist society, dedicate force to the construction of a harmonious society.By elaborating the historical origin and essence of religion, Social and cultural functions and heresy hazards of the religious faith, this paper explicate the related content of religious faith, then analyze the relationship between religious beliefs and the Marxist belief dialectically. On this basis, understanding religious beliefs more comprehensively and rationally.Finally, this paper put forward the way to understand and treat religious beliefs correctly, such as treating the religious beliefs by adhering to the Marxist stand, viewpoint and method, thinking about the social effect of religious beliefs comprehensively and dialectically, leading the religion to adapt to the construction of harmonious society actively.