Faith and Science
(Teacher Chen Yikui)
Does faith need science? Yes, it needs science. You want science to create faith, you look at our very simple thing, why Catholicism came to China, the Chinese will accept it. The Chinese government will accept that the Vatican will give China a cardinal, and a cardinal is equal to a king. Why would it agree? The scientific beliefs.
Matteo Ricci was unable to make a living in China, and every day he talked about God and no one believed, and talked about the Virgin Mary. In order to resist this Virgin, our Qianlong Emperor named Meizhou Mazu as the Virgin of the Heavens, to fight with the Virgin of Catholicism. Matteo Ricci found Xu Guangqi: because he was studying astronomy at that time, and the astronomical research at that time was very good. He can calculate, according to Newton's theory, that day your Heavenly dog will eat your sun. Xu Guangqi said that this astronomical basis is the great Book of Changes in China, including the great Zhou Bi's Suanjing. That day; Matteo Ricci said it was that day, including any hour. The emperor didn't believe it at first, and he could give you the head if he was wrong (it was always like this before, if you made a mistake, you were guilty of deceiving the emperor, waiting to be beheaded). When the time came to eclipse, Xu Guangqi believed that your gods and spirits became your gods and spirits. Okay so bad, bad how? Matteo Ricci demanded at the time that you should declare that you cannot worship idols or worship the main card of gods. That's too bad. You can't do anything about it. Worship your ancestors. The Chinese have worshiped their ancestors since the Yellow Emperor, and worshipped them until the Ming Dynasty. How can that be done? That's why Matteo Ricci asked the Pope, the Vatican at that time, and the Vatican approved the use of incense to worship ancestors in Asia, which is reasonable! We want to be like it together, so you Catholics can hold incense, and it comes from here. This is our habit, and it matches with this belief, and it becomes our habit to cooperate with our faith.
Matteo Ricci experimented and became united with the emperor's side. After being united, he thought that why the Chinese people did not burn incense, those who did not worship their ancestors and did not burn incense would not be safe, and why would those who burn incense be safe. Matteo Ricci had to study it in a scientific way, and finally the scientific theory of burning incense was researched by Matteo Ricci. The problem is the material for burning incense, whether you will be safe or not. The problem with your material is not the taste. The problem of materials was announced, so when there were so many plagues in the past, there must be a kind of herb called Cangzhu for six years or more in the incense. It is necessary to deify Cangshu. Otherwise, this Cangshu is worthless, and those who work to pick Cangshu will have no wages to pay, so they will become a deification. During the Dragon Boat Festival, three-year Ai and Cangshu roots will be used, tied together, hanging at the door, you won't easily catch the plague, that's how it came. It is equivalent to saying that this herbal medicine is scientific, so when you come here again, it will be expressed in some kind of ecology, so as to achieve the goal and make you believe in it. So as long as this belief is applied to your science, then your belief will be preserved.
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