文／HuSir

　　在今天的当下，越来越多的行业与概念被“还原真实”——钻石被揭穿为商业炒作，茶叶沦为资本博弈的筹码，影视辉煌背后不过一场流量与虚饰的秀。光环剥落后，人们惊觉：那些被长期当作美好象征的事物，不过是精心包装的幻影。

　　宗教信仰也面临同样的质问：它是不是也需脱去政治与制度的缰绳，让人回到最初的自由呼吸？

　　当我们勇敢地提出这一疑问，正预示着心灵深处对真实的渴望已被点燃。

一、为何“宗教信仰”在现今反而成了“迷信”的代名词？

　　这背后并非偶然，而是几十年来政治话语与教育系统的刻意引导与压制。在现在的语境中：

• 无神论虽未写入宪法，但却在各种路线方针政策中处处体现，信仰被当作落后与非理性的表现，甚至被映射为封建迷信；
• 教会被纳入“爱国体系”，宗教活动需接受“组织”监管，逐渐失去在社会事件中的活动自由；
• 真正带有属灵根基与内在启示的信仰被污名化、边缘化，只剩下庙会、形式化礼仪或政府认可的“宗教文化展示”。

　　正如在自媒体上看到的，很多行业“包装过的光环”都被逐渐揭开，露出其真实本质。而宗教信仰被长期遮蔽的“光环”恰恰是“黑纱”，不是耀眼神圣的包装，而是令人误解的蒙蔽。

　　除了这些大环境下的‘蒙蔽’之外，很多基督徒的领袖和主导人物更是沉浸在宗教信仰的学术研究中，所说所行渐渐脱离了世俗群众可以理解的范畴，用高深莫测的话语解释经文和圣经真理，让看到的人费尽心思的去揣摩其中的含义，无法起到广传真理的目的。

二、宗教的本质：是人生自由的觉醒与属灵尊严的建立

　　任何真正的信仰，无论是基督教、犹太教、佛教，伊斯兰教（非极端主义），甚至古代的原始宗教，其原初目的都是：

• 解释人从哪里来，要往哪里去；
• 帮助人在苦难与死亡面前保持尊严；
• 在强权、贫困、悲伤中找回存在的意义。

　　这就是为什么圣经里，耶稣从不为掌权者说话，而是不断地：

“被掳的得释放，瞎眼的得看见，叫那受压制的得自由，”（路 4:18b）

　　而这正是政治权力最不愿意人们知道的事：一个属灵觉醒的人，不容易被权力控制，不容易接受谎言，不愿失去内心追求人生的自由。

　　在这个国度里，宗教之所以呈现为独立于政权的体系，起初是为了在政治体制之外开辟一条通向自由与尊严的道路。各种教义背后，都是人们对真正自由生活的追求——冲破政治枷锁的渴望。然而，这样的信仰却被权力执刀者以更高压的手段将宗教推向二线。因此，真正的信仰者不得不以温和的面孔暂居暗处，等待天命，伺机以觉醒的状态投入现实的变革。

　　要知道，信仰被打压、被污名化，不是因为它无害，而是因为它足以唤醒人最真实的生命。

三、不同教义表面纷争，背后其实都是对“真正自由”的寻找

　　表面上，教义的差异（如三位一体争议、戒律和经文译本侧重点不同等等）看似互相冲突，其实深层都是为了帮助人走出惧怕、虚妄、自我中心，回归真实的生命。

　　笔者认为，被“包装”的行业在褪去神话后，只剩下黄金般的核心。耶稣鼓励信徒回归到‘小孩子’的样式，何尝不是暗指世俗世界里的各种虚浮现象背后也该回归到最初的样式，如本文开头所示。而宗教信仰若愿意“去伪存真”，也会露出那不可替代的黄金本质——

　　不在于哪一个教派说得更好；而在于有没有真正帮助人不被恐惧辖制、不被贪欲绑架、不被制度奴役，勇敢活出“自由”与“爱”，这才是更深层次的悔改，超越了个人的局限，上升到基督徒群体的集体悔改和觉醒。

四、神为何在中国不能轻易解开宗教信仰的“面纱”？

　　因为一旦信仰的真实意义被大众广泛理解，就意味着：

• 人将不再惧怕权威，不再唯上是从，不再‘少数服从多数’，不再‘舍小家为大家’，不再为集体利益而牺牲‘个人利益’；
• 人将开始反思体制的不公，寻找更高层次的意义与生活方式；
• 人将重新定义“成功”“幸福”“价值”，而非按照宣传口径过活。

　　所以，信仰的“面纱”不是偶然形成的，而是制度所特意掩盖的一个真相，是神给中国基督徒觉醒留下的机遇。一旦面纱被揭掉，就会带来真正意义上的“信仰觉醒”，而这不是任何专权体系愿意看到的，但却是这个民族崛起的希望。

结语：我们为何还要谈信仰？

　　笔者认为，我们今天谈信仰，不是为了拉人进教会，不是为了遵守规则，不是为了表现虔诚。而是因为——

• 人心渴望真实，不愿活在体制的谎言中；
• 灵魂不愿为奴，不肯继续做工具人；
• 属灵的力量是我们在这个压抑的社会中，保持站立、爱邻舍、不畏强权的唯一源泉。

　　真正的信仰，从来不是人造制度的一部分，而是那永远在体制之外，为人类留下一线出路的天上的光。

　　愿我们在新形势下，同心敬拜、彼此守望，直到荣耀再临之日。

Guarding the Light Within in a Fractured World

By HuSir

Today in China, more and more industries and ideals are being “laid bare”—diamonds exposed as mere marketing ploys, tea reduced to a pawn in capital game, the glamour of entertainment revealed as nothing but a show of inflated metrics and false veneers. Once the halo is stripped away, people awaken to the truth: what they long believed to be symbols of beauty were carefully packaged illusions.

Religious faith now faces the same challenge: must it also shed its political and institutional reins so that we might breathe freely once more? Asking this question with courage is itself proof that our hearts are aflame with a yearning for authenticity.

I. Why Has “Religious Faith” Become Synonymous with “Superstition”?

This shift did not happen by chance, but through decades of deliberate messaging and educational shaping. In today’s discourse:

• Atheism may not be written into the constitution, yet it is woven into policies at every level—faith is cast as backward, irrational, even “feudal superstition.”
• Churches have been absorbed into the “Patriotic Religious System,” their activities regulated by official bodies and increasingly barred from engaging social issues.
• Spiritually rooted, revelatory faith is marginalized and stigmatized, reduced to folk fairs, empty rituals, or government-sanctioned “religious culture displays.”

As we see on social media, once-venerated industries are being unmasked. Yet the halo long shrouding religious faith is not radiant packaging but a dark veil—one that distorts rather than uplifts.

Moreover, many Christian leaders have immersed themselves in academic theology so detached from the common person that their lofty jargon obscures rather than communicates the Gospel. Their disciples must puzzle over hidden meanings, defeating the very purpose of spreading truth.

II. The Essence of Faith: Awakening to Freedom and Dignity

Every genuine faith—whether Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, non-extremist Islam, or even ancient indigenous traditions—originated to:

• Explain our origin and destiny;
• Uphold human dignity amid suffering and death;
• Restore meaning in the face of oppression, poverty, and grief.

As the Bible records, Jesus Himself never spoke for the powerful but declared,

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed.”
— Luke 4:18 (NKJV)

This message terrifies every earthly regime: a spiritually awakened person resists control, rejects lies, and refuses to surrender the freedom of the soul.

Religion emerged as an independent sphere outside political power—an alternative path to freedom and dignity. Every doctrine reflected humanity’s quest to break political shackles. Yet rulers wielding the sword pressed religion into the shadows, forcing true believers to adopt gentle faces and wait for the right moment to reemerge, alert and ready for transformation.

Remember: faith is suppressed not because it is harmless but because it awakens life at its most authentic.

III. Doctrinal Disputes Conceal a Common Quest for True Freedom

On the surface, theological debates—over the Trinity, moral laws, or variant Bible translations—appear divisive. In reality, they all serve a deeper purpose: helping us overcome fear, illusion, and self-centeredness, and return to genuine life.

Just as overhyped products reveal pure value once debunked, so faith, when stripped of its trappings, unveils its golden core. Jesus invited us to become like children (Matthew 18:3), hinting that beneath life’s artifices lies the simplicity of true trust. If religion would “remove the dross,” it would show its irreplaceable essence: not which denomination is superior, but whether the faith frees us from fear, greed, and oppression—empowering us to live in liberty and love. This is repentance at its deepest, rising from individual awakening to a collective revival.

IV. Why Can’t the Veil of Faith Be Easily Lifted in China?

Because once the true meaning of faith is widely grasped, people will no longer fear authority, follow the crowd unquestioningly, sacrifice personal well-being for collective gain, or live by propaganda. They will begin to critique injustice, seek higher purposes, and redefine success, happiness, and value on their own terms.

Thus the veil covering faith is no accident but a deliberate concealment by the system—yet also an opportunity granted by God for Chinese believers to awaken. When that veil is removed, true revival dawns—a hope no autocracy can endure, yet the very hope this nation needs to rise.

V. Why Speak of Faith Today?

We discuss faith not to recruit church members, enforce rules, or flaunt piety. We speak because:

• Hearts crave authenticity and cannot bear living in lies;
• Souls refuse to remain enslaved or become mere cogs in the machine;
• Spiritual power alone sustains us in this stifling society—enabling us to stand firm, love our neighbors, and face authority unafraid.

True faith has never been a tool of the state but a light from beyond—an eternal way out for humanity.

May we in these challenging days worship together in spirit and truth, watch over one another, and keep the inner flame alive—until that glorious day when He returns.