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I am not as liberal as Rob Bell, I believe Hell does exist, but it is only reserve for truly evil people like Mao Tse Dong or Muammar Gaddafi (maybe George W. Bush too). I definitely won’t agree only Christians can go to heaven and everybody… [...]
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I have been saying skiing nurture my spirituality for many years. Finally there is some theology proof from an Anglican priest with his Ph.D thesis on spiritually in snowboarding. CBC News, Mar 4, 2011 Thesis examines connection between spirituality… [...] I once asked my Israeli colleague, is Jewish a religion or a race, as a Jew himself, he doesn’t know the answer. If a Chinese school admits only Chinese students, I am sure it will sued by the government. However, it is OK for a Christian school… [...] I am looking forward to the day when the Catholic Church lift the celibacy requirement of priests. Maybe I could become a priest as my second career when I am bored working as an engineer.… [...] Defaming is to falsely accuse against something, but religion matters can not be proved true or false. Therefore, in theory no one can defame religions. Moreover, it is our basic human rights to criticize some stupid or evil religions.… [...] 
田立克是二十世紀四大神學家之一﹐去年基督教人文學會舉辨網上讀書組﹐閱讀他的名著基督教思想史。這是難得學習基督教歷史的好機會﹐我二話不說便立即報名參加了。這次參加讀書組雖然獲益良多﹐但過程只可以用痛苦來形容。閱讀田立克這本神學巨著並不容易﹐特別對我這個神學的門外漢。既然下了決心要看畢全書﹐便每星期按進度表閱讀﹐並寫下閱讀筆記幫助理解內容。我在閱讀小組所花的時間﹐大慨足夠讀大學兩課的學分。我看書的速度已經比常人快﹐但也要花一小時才讀二十頁左右﹐實在需要時間去嚼咀吸收書中的解釋。每章我至少看了三次﹐第一次速讀繪畫記憶地圖﹐第二次細心閱讀跟隨默絡﹐第三次綜合整理知識寫下筆記。讀書小組進行到四分三時﹐我因去印度工幹事忙﹐跟不上閱讀度﹐險些兒就此半途而廢。雖然讀書小組早已完結了﹐最近兩個月我還是重新拿起書來﹐努力地完成餘下的章節。很高興我能夠堅持到底﹐成為讀書組中少數能夠完成此巨著的人。… [...] 哈納克 哈納克(Harnack)是Ritschlain學派的重要人物。他的著名教義的歷史(History of Dogma)﹐提出很多今天仍解決不到的神學難題。早期教會決定教義時﹐引用了很多希臘哲學的思想。他並為諾斯底主義翻案﹐指出諾斯底主義不完是無稽之談﹐是配合當時民情的想法﹐不失為解釋救贖問題的神學嘗試。基督教反對諾斯底主義的原因﹐是諾斯底主義反對舊約﹐善神邪神的二元論世界觀。他的另外一本著作什麼是基督教(What… [...] 十九世紀後期綜合神學崩潰﹐扭曲神學的基本要素﹐令神學陷入虛無主義的危機。傳統神學無力要對歷史批判和哲學批判﹐任何神學思想也受到質疑。於是神學家嘗試找出調解的新方法﹐回答如何能夠肯定基督教思想的問題。… [...] 唯意志論和生命哲學 唯意志論是推倒黑格爾綜合系統的最後一個神學思潮。人並不是物質﹐也不是人格﹐而是意志。唯意志論最初源於聖奧古斯定的哲學﹐他認為真實就是意志﹐而意志就是愛。神的愛就是對自我意志的肯定。中世紀方濟各會的神學傳統﹐承接聖奧古斯定和柏拉圖的思想﹐為認意志先於智慧。與之相對的是道明會的神學傳統﹐承接聖多瑪仕和亞里士多德的思想﹐認為智慧先於意志。自康德(Kant)以來的神學思潮﹐均是智慧派佔上風。中世紀神學家Scotus認為神是純意志的存在﹐但在Ockham的神學則變成不理性的意志。若果神是純意志的話﹐祂可以做任何他想做的事情﹐那他就沒有各羅思(Logos)的限制。世界則變成全無規則可尋﹐人類不可能對神有任何期望﹐神甚至可以把善惡倒轉﹐把殺人變成善愛人變成是惡。… [...] 祈克果的存在主義神學 祈克果(Kierkegaard)反對黑格爾的精神學說﹐他不認為人的主觀精神﹐能夠通過宗教和哲學﹐與神的絕對精神融合。他認為人活在存在的領域﹐在這領域中融合未曾發生﹐存在就是要對善與惡作出決擇。祈克果在生時候對十九世紀神學影響不大﹐但他的思想對二十世紀存在主義思潮很有淵源。他認為每個人在神要前也是孤獨﹐世界上的一切也不能解放他活在世上的責任。人會為自己的自由感到焦慮的矛盾﹐一方面為受到限制沒有自由﹐不能真正的存在而焦慮﹐另一方面也為行使自由而失去自我感到焦慮。自由產生墮落﹐墮落產生罪惡感的焦慮。人沒有辨法逃避罪惡感﹐就算自殺也不能消除罪惡感﹐只能夠憑信心的一躍去跳出焦慮。… [...] 黑格爾(Hegel)大慨是神學史上﹐最後一個整合不同神學派別的人。自黑格爾之後﹐雖然有很多人嘗試整合神學﹐但始終走不出黑格爾的框框。 黑格爾學派的分裂… [...] 去年因為忙著去印度工幹和結婚﹐閱讀這部書的計劃暫停了。基文會那邊的讀書會早完結了﹐只有一位會友能夠堅持到最後。但我不想就此半途而癈﹐希望善用這個假期讀畢餘下的三章﹐完成這部使我獲益良多的鉅著。… [...] 
達文西密碼自零三年出版以來﹐不單連續兩年佔據小說排行榜冠軍位置﹐全球總銷量超過八百萬本﹐更因為書中富爭議性的有關宗教內容﹐在社會各階層中引起廣泛討論﹐一般人就算沒有看過也會聽過這本書。曾看過有報紙的專欄文章說﹐這是在飛機或公車上見得最多人閱讀的書﹐差不多成為愛書者的指定讀物﹐風頭甚至蓋過了早幾年大熱的哈里波特。原本我個人看書不喜歡追潮流﹐喜歡看一些經得起時間考驗的作品﹐一直想等到平裝版推出來買來看。不過機緣巧合當是獎勵自己的情況下﹐我結果還是等不及買下了大減價的精裝版。… [...] 
自十八世紀啟蒙運動以來﹐宗教的影響力漸漸被邊緣化。步入二十一世紀﹐宗教卻一次重新的踏足世界舞台之上。拉登以回教聖戰之名發動九一一襲擊﹐基督教極右勢力左右美國的政局﹐以色列在巴勒斯坦的猶太殖民區﹐也都是原教旨主義運動下的產物。暢銷宗教研究作家Karen… [...] It has been a long day today. I had to wake up early in the morning to attend the ordination of deacon ceremony of Br. Anthony Ho at the Holy Rosary Cathedral in downtown. I have to pick up Pat and her friends as well. It was so rush that I don’t… [...] Tonight’s Simpsons episode is really hilarious by making fun of the concept of rapture commonly believed among evangelist Christians. In the episode, Homer walked into a theater and saw one of those left below (mocking the left behind… [...] Today is the first faith session organized by the Archdiocese of Vancouver for everyone going to the World Youth Day. Out of my surprise, everyone form our parish team went to the session, and we were probably the biggest group there. The session… [...] Today is the day before easter friday, according to the Bible, tonight is when the last supper took place. I went to the passover mass at St. Marks college in UBC tonight. On top of the usual rituals, there is a feet washing event in the mass. I had… [...] |
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