八十年代对这个世界提出的挑战是什么? 记者曾不止一次对海外朋友提问。有的回答说,宗教狂热将触发危机。有的说,不,不,是经济衰退带来灾难。更多的人却说,八十年代最大的挑战是战争。宗教狂热的挑战提起宗教狂热,记者不由得不想起前年年底发生的“丛林惨剧”:美国人民圣殿教的成千个信徒,按教主琼斯的“启示”,在圭亚那的丛林中“集体自杀”。这竟然发生在科学昌明的二十世纪七十年代,竟然发生在自诩信奉“民主”“自由”的美国公民中,真是难以想象。可是,它毕竟是事实。统计表明,七十年代宗教书籍销路突增。连记者本人前几天也收到了纽约寄来的 What were the challenges posed to the world in the 1980s? The reporter asked more than one overseas friend. Some replied that religious fanaticism will trigger a crisis. Some say, no, no, it is a disaster brought about by the economic downturn. More people said that the biggest challenge of the 1980s was the war. Religious fanaticism challenges religious fanaticism. Journalists could not help but think of the “jungle tragedy” that took place at the end of the previous year: thousands of followers of the American people’s temple were “suicidal in mass” in the jungles of Guyana according to the “revelation” of the leader Jones. This actually happened in the prosperous scientific history in the 1970s and it is unimaginable that even among the U.S. citizens who profess the “freedom” of “democracy” and self-proclaimed themselves. However, it is a fact after all. Statistics show that sales of religious books in the seventies soared. Even a reporter a few days ago I also received the New York sent