The Responsibility of Democratic Taiwan --- Discussion on Political and Psychology's Point of View

 

The Responsibility of Democratic Taiwan
--- Discussion on Political and Psychology's Point of View

I am a doctor myself and I know something about psychology, so here I would like to discuss and analyze Taiwan's social phenomena and its religious mission from psychology's point of view. The approach primitive human beings took to explain psychological problems and natural phenomena like lightning, thunder, wind and fire was neither logical nor rational. They thought there must be an invisible force controlling the natural environment, so they respect as well as fear this being whom they call God/gods. This is the most naive way to explain natural phenomena, which still exists today. And whether it is right or wrong we can analyze it from a third party's point of view. In the past, when a person got sick, people would say he was being possessed by a demon, his soul had left his body, he was affected by other people's thought-wavelengths, or he had done things he should not have done. Whether this is reasonable or not, anything the community forbids its populace to do becomes a taboo, so people know to stay away from tabooed matters can avoid unnecessary troubles with gods and deities. Up until now, not all natural phenomena can be proved or disapproved by pure scientific means. I do not think people should obstinately think science, biology, philosophy etc. can provide complete explanation for natural phenomena. Human beings should live in harmony with Nature by follow along in the direction Nature guides us. Virtuous people and prophets in the past came up with schools of thoughts that taught us to live in harmony with Nature, to be one with God, to treat matters in the phenomenal world with a tranquil mind etc. These are all correct attitudes we should have when living in this mundane world. Primitive human beings lacked the means to counteract with the natural environment they lived in, this is why their life-style was greatly influenced by it. So there evolved the conception that the universe or God is dominating over us. On the other hand however, people at the same time sense the hope of, through praying sincerely to God, God will respond to their needs; this is a universal concept of human being's volition (or will power) as well as the source of believers' faith in God's omnipotence.

 

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