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Monthly Archives: January 2018
從洪水看神的公義和慈愛
By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); January 7, 20118 我有一位好友朋友,他每星期日都上教堂,他這個習慣已經有好幾年了。我問他,「甚麼障礙在你心中使你還不願受洗相信耶穌呢?」他很爽直地告訴我,他無法接受洪水的史實,他認為慈愛的神怎能消滅當時世界上所有的人? 如果基督徒相信聖經是無誤,我就不能相信聖經中的神。這篇文章是特為他而寫,也為與他有相同困難的讀者而寫的。 不錯,讀到洪水的歷史,的確有很多難題:洪水是局部性還是全球性?水從那裡來?方舟夠大嗎?遠方動物如果進去? 等等。科學家和神學家對這些問題都有研究。但當人們讀到創世記第六章和第七章後,下面這些道德上的句語卻是使人在相仰上裹足不前: 「神要將所造的人和走獸,並昆蟲,以及空中的飛鳥,都從地上除滅,凡有血氣的人,鼻孔有氣息的生靈, 他們的盡頭已經來到。神要把他們和地一併毀滅。」(創6:13) 除滅所有的人? 包㧷小孩和嬰孩? 除滅所有的生物? 這是難以接受。如果你馬上認為聖經中的神是一位橫蠻殘暴的神,不值得我們相信,甚至認為祂根本不可能存在, 那麼你不是第一位,还有不少人和你有一樣的想法。激進派無神論者道金斯 (Richard Dawkins) 保存他對基督教最強烈的攻擊,就是針对聖經和神所命令的「莫测高深的残暴」。他用了許多令人作呕的形容詞列成清單以表達他的觀點。在他的書「上帝的迷思 (God Delusion) 」中, 他寫道: 『舊約聖經的上帝,可被認為是最使人厭惡的小說 (註:他把聖經視為小説) 人物,他是: 妒忌並引以為榮的 (jealous and proud of it); 一個小氣 (petty), 不公義 (unjust), 沒有原諒別人且喜歡控制別人的怪物 (unforgiving … Continue reading