2015年4月21日星期二

蘇賡哲:文明進度的差別

4月10日多倫多明報     
    伊斯蘭國經常給我們震撼以至震驚的新聞,諸如屠殺異教徒、將同性戀者從高樓上推下去、將性出軌男女用石頭擲死。 通常都有人圍觀,現場總是血跡斑斑,令人不忍卒睹。 
    然而我一向認為我們之所以覺得震撼和震驚,並非文明的衝突,而是文明進展的程度有差別。如果翻讀聖經,自然知道很多異教徒被處死的事。《利未記》二十章就申明「與鄰舍之妻行淫的,奸夫淫婦都必治死、與繼母行淫的,就是羞辱了他父親,總要把他們二人治死,罪要歸到他們身上。與兒婦同房的,總要把他們二人治死,他們行了逆倫的事,罪要歸到他們身上。人若與男人苟合,像與女人一樣,他們二人行了可憎的事,總要把他們治死,罪要歸到他們身上。人若娶妻,並娶其母,便是大惡,要把這三人用火焚燒」。經文還申明,獸交的男女都要處死,比較可論的是,連那獸也要一起處死。 
    然而歷史進展到今日,猶太人和普世耶教徒都不會實行這治死之規定了。做出這些事,一般只認為是道德上問題,不必用法律管制。其中變化最大的可能是同性戀。我年輕時,香港還有洋警官畏懼同性戀被揭發而自殺,現在部份耶教徒已接受同性戀連道德問題也不是了。 
    這種文明寛容的進展,在耶穌教誨中有階段性突破。行淫的女子將被石頭擲死,耶穌說自問心中無罪者可扔石頭,結果眾人散去。這群問心有愧的人散去時的步伐,走向了人類新世代的曙光。
    前人做過的事,今日我們罷手了,但有人還未醒悟,如此而已。

2 則留言:

天佑女皇 說...

積聚皆銷散,崇高必墮落,合會要當離,有生無不死, 國家治還亂,器界成復毀:世間諸可樂,無事可依怙。

世事都是重重複複的,沒有所謂現在!

人有生老病死,物有成住壞空,心有生住異滅!

天佑女皇 說...

世事都是重重複複的,沒有所謂現在!
超人被困在「重重複複的一天」
76 11 "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" Mike Vejar Tim Minear December 15, 1996
It is Christmas Eve and Lois and Clark are getting ready for the first Christmas dinner at their home with family and friends but things get weird when an imp named Mister Mxyzptlk (Howie Mandel) appears and wants to conquer the Earth making Superman leave. Mxyzptlk traps Metropolis in a time loop where everyone lives the same day over and over again and no one remembers it except Clark. Clark tries to figure out what is happening and Mxyzptlk tells him that every time people live the same day they lose a little of their hope and when the hope is lost completely, Superman will not be necessary to them. Clark tries to break this loop asking Lois' help for whom is hard to believe at first what Clark says. Clark manages to rekindle Lois' hope and frees her from the time loop and the two of them work together to free everyone else as well. They give everyone their hope back and find a way to send Mxyzptlk back to his dimension so everyone can return to their lives and celebrate Christmas.