淺寫聖經

很小便接觸到聖經﹐除了大部份家族是基督教徒﹐也在天主教學校長大。小時候去過教堂﹐也有唱過聖詩﹐甚至有段時間每晚祈禱。幸好﹐母親還算開明﹐認為我如果得到感召才去洗禮﹐無必要強逼我和弟入教。所以聖經我就最少由頭到尾看過五﹑六篇﹐福音更是為了考試看多幾次﹐會考的聖經科好像也只讀了兩﹑三個鐘。其實一開始讀﹐便應感到迷惘: 如 Genesis 1:25-26 與 Genesis 2:18-19﹐咁究竟係上帝係做人先定係禽獸先? 又或 Genesis 1:27 與 Genesis 2:21-22。 1:27不是已做了男女嗎? 做乜後來又要揪肋骨做多次女人呢? Matthew 10:16 也叫人要聰明如蛇﹐蛇不是撒旦/魔鬼嗎? (且看看古猶太人對蛇/龍的觀念:古猶太聖龍傳說。)

其實無論當文學﹐當宗教﹐本義也是為了導人向善﹐沒有什麼不好。但執著的教徒看了如Galatians 1:11-12﹐就話本書係神嘅旨意﹐然後唯恐天下不亂﹐到處找尋可攻擊的目標。他們是否就是 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 提起的假門徒﹑欺詐者或是撒旦本身。我﹐不知道。難到要如 Luke 14:26 說﹐要對父母同胞妻兒也產生怨恨才可成教徒? 中國人己所不欲﹐乜施於人。但 Luke 6:31 "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." 就己之所欲﹐施於他人。(參考:金銀律。)得到寵愛﹐本來也有點受寵若驚﹐不過同時感到種思想和行為管制的系統﹐帶著邪惡的動機隱伏在內。原來神愛世人之"世人"二字﹐狹窄得很﹐簡直就是「順我者昌﹐逆我者亡」。信徒不用擔心﹐讀了Deuteronomy 13:5-15﹐無論子女﹑親人﹑朋友﹐如果他們不能及時信你偉大的神﹐你就算殺了他們也是天經地義的。不是騙你的﹐2 Kings 2:22-24 內有四十二個小孩就不知好歹﹐夠膽笑先知Elisha光頭﹐因此給兩頭母熊撕為碎片。而且Genesis 9:6 也表明﹐殺某些人就是沒問題的 (嚴重聲明: 我在說聖經﹐不是在教唆犯罪。寫這句可能多餘﹐不過廢事有個白痴仔殺了人後入我數﹐我想我還是盡快整個有免責條款嘅frontpage先。)

本來嘛﹐撕裂小孩也算不了什麼﹐鬼叫佢地夠膽笑咩。我一直也放不下些疑惑﹐如那些宗教團體如果真係信聖經的每句話﹐入櫃的就不是同性戀者﹐因為據Matthew 6:5-6 說﹐祈禱才要入櫃。Acts 9:4-15 神用強光把 Saul 弄盲了﹐又給他光明﹐成為後來的 Paul 。不是說 free will 嗎? 這還算是選擇嗎? 即係神給了人自由意志﹐但他可用能力令你屈服為止! 老實說﹐就是明知是魔鬼﹐遇到如此強大的壓力﹐我還是會不考慮就屈服的。看到聖經內的殘暴和不合理﹐真想知神那有資格去做神? 又怎能有人如此弱智﹐可以一句一句咁用來攻擊人? 我對不少神父(2)﹐牧師(4-5)提出了我的疑問﹐不過完來他們也有招相同的至尊絕學﹐次次都令我慘淡收場﹐就係一句: God work in mysterious ways.

看著這麼多紛爭﹐我也一於懶理﹐如 Mark 13:7-8 說﹐打仗﹑飢荒﹑地震﹐預咗架啦。可能全部以上的也有人寫過﹑講過﹐(就算佛教和基督教的對比﹐也可產生趣味) 而且其實我也尊重信仰自由﹐不過我希望信的人也可尊重別人不信的自由。同時﹐他們可跟足聖經指引去做人﹐但不要把自己的規律加諸他人身上。聖經再寫得簡短點﹐就能寫成兩句:「恩威漫怒懲世人﹐殺兒兼愛救世主」


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對聖經的中文名字不熟﹐很難找到想找的段落﹐因此引用了英文﹐在此對照﹐以便讀者翻閱他們的中文聖經。
Genesis 創世紀
Deuteronomy 申命記
2 Kings 列王記下
Matthew 馬太福音
Mark 馬可福音
Luke 路加福音
Acts 使徒行傳
2 Corinthians 歌林多後書
Galatians 加拉太書

以下是大部份引用過的段落:
(Genesis 1:25-26) "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that is was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."
(Genesis 2:18-19) "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air..."
(Genesis 1:27) "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
(Genesis 2:21-22) "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
(Genesis 9:6) "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."
(Matthew 10:16) "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15) "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."
(Galatians 1:11-12) "But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."
(Luke 14:26) "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."
(2 Kings 2:22-24) "And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them."
(Matthew 6:5-6)"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
(Mark 13:7-8)"And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows."