宗教と政治
釈迦もキリストもマホメットも宗教の開祖は、人類の幸福を願って教えを開いた筈である。しかしながら、その宗教も多くの間違いを生み出してきた。十字軍や１９世紀の植民地獲得競争、奴隷貿易等々、殆ど悪事といってよいことを、宗教界がバックアップしてきたのである。
しかし、だからといって宗教を全否定することは、間違っている。宗教を分解すると教義、団体、信者の民度となるが、しばしば問題を起こすのは団体組織であろう。
宗教家は、政治に宗教的見識を入れるべきだというが、過去の多くの事例を考えると、政教分離が無難なように思える。しかしながら、特定の宗教団体が政治に関与することには反対だが、博愛、非戦、友好、協力、信頼といった政治の質を上げる目的であれば、宗教的見識は大いに役立つだろう。
２０世紀は科学が万能であるかの如くであり、科学技術で何でも解決出来るかのごとくであった。しかし、科学技術は飽くまで道具を提供するものであって、人間の情操がこれに伴わないと大きな不幸をもたらすことになる。現代は経済でも政治でもソフトパワーが非常に重要になってきており、博愛、非戦、友好等は宗教的活動から得られることも多いので、次代のためにも宗教界の役割は大きくなっていく筈だ。
どこかの戦争好きの大統領のように、自国のことしか考えられない人物では、２１世紀の荒波を乗り切ることは、困難だろう。
religion and politics
The founders of all religions, such as Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad, should have preached their teachings in hopes of the happiness of mankind. However, the religion has also made many mistakes. In the crusades, the 19th-century competition for acquiring clonies, the slave trade, and so on, the actions that it is better that we almost conclude evil, have been backed up by the religious community.
However, it is wrong to completely deny religion depending on the reason. Religion can be broken down into doctrines, organizations, and the people of the believers, but it is often the organizations that cause problems.
Religious people say that religious views should be included in politics, but considering many cases in the past, it seems safe to separate religion and politics. However, while I oppose the involvement of specific religious groups in politics, religious insight can be of great help if it is aimed at improving the quality of politics such as philanthropy, non-warfare, friendship, cooperation, and trust.
In the 20th century, it was as if science was omnipotent, as if science and technology could solve anything. However, science and technology is nothing more than a means of providing tools, and unless human wisdom accompanys this, great misfortune will result. In modern times, soft power has become extremely important in both economics and politics, and philanthropy, non-warfare, and friendship,etc are often obtained from religious activities. I So, the role of the religious world will grow up for the next generation.
It will be difficult for a person who thinks only of his own country, like a certain war-loving president, to survive the rough seas of the 21st century.
