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| Yun Ma |
When it comes to Christian culture, people will naturally join the United States of America, but in reality, the United States of America is not what we think of as a “Christian country”. It must be said that the Christian faith in the background of the Hebrew civilization has greatly influenced all aspects of American society. Despite the serious secularization of America today, Christian culture is still the core and soul of American culture.
Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma, who is the principal founder and current chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, was recently mentioned in Umi's "On the Road" speech. Development is based on Christian culture, and the legal system is built on Christian culture..."
Excerpts from Jack Ma
"Happiness is found alone. I am talking about the rapid development of China's economy today, but our value system and cultural system are crumbling. The earliest new cultural movements destroyed the old culture without building a new culture. Many of our value systems have been confused. Some scholars today do not completely agree that China is not a legal society. It seems that with a set of laws we can solve this problem, not that."
"Was the development of the United States because of the legal system? That this person is beautiful is because of her beautiful nose. No. Everyone remembers that the development of American society is based on a Christian culture. Building a legal system based on a Christian culture, and building a political system within this legal system. The electoral system for the leader they are founded on. The whole system is much more complicated than you think. This is just the simple part. If our cultural value system were to be destroyed today, we would take some values from others. This system is equivalent to building on the beach, which cannot be built."
"We need to reinvent the value system so that young people understand not to blame others for being rich, but how I want to change myself. I am not shaken that you will find a value system for us, for this country, for China, and This is the era when China really takes off."
Mainstream American culture - Christian culture
Examining the history of the founding and development of the United States, it is not difficult to discover that the tentacle of Christianity has extended to all aspects of American life: the cornerstone of American democracy, the Mayflower Convention, states that Puritan experimentation must continue in the name of God To complete God's purposes, in short the American Declaration of Independence, there are actually four references to God, if the word "God" is removed, the spirit of the Declaration of Independence cannot be understood.
Christian culture is mainstream culture in the United States. Deeply rooted mainstream Christian culture is like the root system of a large tree, constantly providing nutrients to the trunk. Only by knowing this root system can you truly understand the true meaning of successful American society. Many ideas about democracy, the rule of law, and freedom in American society are rooted in the teachings of the Bible.
The core of mainstream Christian culture lies in its concepts of equality and brotherhood. Christianity promotes equality, forgiveness, and brotherhood, loving all people, loving others as themselves, and even our enemies. This is the ideological basis for the establishment of democracy and freedom in western society. The foundation of a universal democratic system stems from the basic spirit of Christianity: humans are finite and sinful, humans are not only imperfect, but also flawed. The same applies to institutions created by humans. Therefore, the power must be limited and checked. The separation of powers is a popular political doctrine in the West and an important tenet of the American political system. The US government maintains a separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers, the status of Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court is equal and mutually limiting and balanced. In the western countries today, the United States is the most typical country that applies check and balance.
Americans believe in the Bible, and many people go to church to receive spiritual baptism on the weekends. The Bible teaches people to be kind, kind, and noble. Many people live by this belief and associate with other people. As people say: "One more church, one less prison; one more Christian, one less criminal."
Christianity believes that God is God, man is man, God is always supreme, man is always God's servant, and man's power will never exceed God. Therefore, it limits the expansion of human desires from the depths of thought. This even made the greatest officials smile to ordinary people, no matter how famous that person was, they did not dare to act arrogantly in public, no matter how great that person was, they had to check their actions and not do things that went against God's will.
Christian culture also promotes human rights, respects life, and respects human rights. Influenced by Christian thought, Americans regard democracy, equality, and freedom as life. They have always chosen democratic governments, free economies, autocracies, dictatorships and privileges. There is no room for them in the depths of American thought.
Christian culture does not rule out economics, and even encourages people to gain wealth through self-struggle. The Protestant ethic not only regards the pursuit of wealth and money as a sin, but also associates it with the glory of God, and uses wealth management to properly glorify God. Hard work, frugality, and dedication are virtues and moral obligations, and Christian duties. The most famous is the famous preacher John Wesley: "Despite to make money, desperately to save money, dedicate to dedication."
