周恩来作为一个忠实的马克思主义者,不仅继承了马克思主义的宗教观,而且在许多方面还有新的发展。他在处理中国宗教工作事务中提出的基本观点,切合中国实际,对于当前形势下处理宗教工作事务,仍具有很强的现实意义。(一)在中国,宗教将长期存在1951年1月20日,在中共中央统战部举行的茶话会上,针对有些同志认为“一分到土地,天主教的基础就没有了”的认识,周恩来指出:“别说分了地的农民,就是进入了社会主义社会,也还有信教的。苏联十月革命已经三十多年了,现在还不是有很多教堂,很多人画十字?既然宗教 Zhou Enlai, as a faithful Marxist, not only inherited Marxist religious concepts, but also developed new things in many aspects. His basic ideas put forward in handling the work on religious work in China are in line with China’s reality and are still of great practical significance to the handling of religious work in the current situation. (1) Religion Will Persist for a Long Time in China On January 20, 1951, at a tea party held by the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, in response to some comrades’ recognition that ”there is no basis for the Catholic Church“, Zhou Enlai Pointed out: ”Far from being a peasant, that is, entering a socialist society, there are also religious." Soviet October Revolution has been more than 30 years, and now there are not many churches, many people draw a cross? Since religion