解读“道法自然”的宗教学内涵

Understanding the Religious Connotation of "Dao Fa Zi Ran"

老子的“道法自然”命题内涵有至上神的非人格化、多元化和动态化趋向,这有助于破除对人格化一元神论的迷信,避免狭隘和偏执,有化解宗教冲突以及社会冲突的作用,它对于解释神与恶的共存的矛盾也是有力的;同时,这一命题反映了老子宗教价值观的人文化取向,理性是老子思想的重要特色,宗教理性观要求正确区分宗教与信仰的关系,反对迷信事物;这一命题也反映了信仰道德化取向,这是老子学说能够积极参与到现世社会生活的必然要求。

Laozi＇s proposition ＂Dao Fa Zi Ran＂ has the connotation of religious non-personification,multiplicity and dynamic chaactenistic, which may be useful for doing away with the superstition of religious monism, avoiding narrow-mindedness and obastinacy,solving problems of reigious conflict and social conflict, and expounding the contradition of the coexistence of god and evil. This proposition is a reflection of the humanity inclination of Laozi＇ s religious value, in which reason is an important component;the religious view of reason calls for a oorrect differentiation of religion and belief;and superstition is to be opposed. This proposition is also a flection of the inclination of Lazi＇s belief and morality,which explains the reason why Laozi＇s doctrine is related to the real social life.