Religion can’t solve problems, but it can give you a feeling of succor and relief. Religion is a strange thing. If you don’t believe in the present, you bundle your belief and put it in religion. It’s a form of idealism. But it’s got a lot of nonsense in it too.
宗教信仰不能解决社会问题，但它能给人在苦难中带来救助与解脱。宗教是个奇怪的东西，如果你不愿相信“当下的现实”，你会把你的信仰包装起来，安置到宗教里面去。这就像一种唯心主义的体现，当然它其中也包含了不少胡说八道的东西。
via The New York Review of Books, Interview with Bao Tong.
摘自《纽约书评》半月刊对鲍彤的采访，快80岁的老人了，说话与想法却很有意思。本人身体欠佳就不去翻译全文了，强烈推荐阅读。
