宗教与道德在概念内涵、产生时间与存在依据上都有着很大不同,是两种泾渭分明的社会意识形式。分析与把握宗教与道德关系,必须首先对这些根本差异具有明确的认识。就宗教道德之为道德而言,它本质上就是世俗道德,并不存在独立于世俗道德之外的所谓宗教道德。道德在被宗教纳入其教义体系、从而服从于其神灵信仰下之后,不可避免地会发生异化现象,始终存在被直接异化为非道德的危险。作为一种较为低级的他律道德,宗教道德并不是一种值得推崇的理想道德状态。那种试图借助宗教拯救道德、利用宗教信仰提升道德水平的做法,无异于饮鸩止渴。只有在无神论基础之上的道德建设才是坚实和可靠的,才能真正有利于我们当前的社会主义现代化建设事业。 Religion and morality have very different connotations, origins and bases of existence, and they are two distinct forms of social consciousness. To analyze and grasp the relationship between religion and morality, we must first have a clear understanding of these fundamental differences. As far as the morality of religious morals is concerned, it is essentially a secular morals and there is no so-called religious morals independent of secular morals. Morality is inevitably alienated after being enshrined in religion by its doctrinal system and subordinated to its spiritual beliefs, and there is always the danger of being alienated directly to non-morality. As a kind of lower ethical morality, religious morality is not a worthy ideal moral state. The attempt to save the morality through religion and the use of religious beliefs to elevate moral standards is tantamount to drinking and quenching thirst. Only moral construction based on atheism can be a solid and reliable solution that can truly benefit our current socialist modernization.