最初由[南山秀才]发布
说人(8):罪与罚
圣经》记载,人类的始祖受到了魔鬼撒旦(化身为蛇,Serpent)的谎言引诱,夏娃、亚当偷吃了智慧树上的禁果,违背了神的律法,从而整个人类都受到了神的惩罚。夏娃和亚当犯的罪就是人类的原罪(Original Sin)。撒旦的谎言是:“你们吃了智慧果,就和神一样能分辨善恶了。”但是,人类是不可能与神平起平坐的,人类的先天禀赋分不了宇宙的善恶。亚当和夏娃吃了智慧果,只是立即认识到了“私”处,赶紧用无花果叶子遮住阴部。“私”者,自己也,自私的罪恶由此产生,而自私是万恶之首。
突然发现这段文字与“GENESIS”所述出入甚大(不知为什么上次读时未发现):
蛇并未撒谎。“‘You will not surely die(神对人说过偷吃禁果会导致死亡),’the
serpent said to the woman.‘For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes
will be opened , and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’"
人偷吃禁果后发生的一切,与蛇所说的完全一致:
“...Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were
naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves."
"The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
And the Lord God said, 'the man has become like one of us, knowing good
and evil. ..."
秀才看来需要把“GENESIS”再仔细读一遍。
另外,把“私处”的“私”与“自私”的“私”挂钩,也过于牵强。第一,把生殖
器称为私处是中文才有的,英文和希伯来文都不会有(在上引英文中甚至完全没有
提到生殖器),所以《圣经》本意不会有这两者间的联系;第二,即使在中文里,
这两个词里私这个字的含意也完全不同。以秀才之中文水平,不会不辩其中的区别。
想来是为了强调自己的观点,便失去了应有的客观态度。这是不可取的。 |