UPhilip Pullman; Isithombe: Phil Fisk weSunday Telegraph
NGIVUKE ngo-5: 30 namhlanje ekuseni, kuvunguza umoya, kuvunguza iqhwa. Isiphepho esihle sentwasahlobo. Ngakho-ke ngiphonsa ijazi nesigqoko, ngabe sengiphuma ngaya emimoyeni evunguza ukusindisa uNessa, inkomo yethu yobisi. Nginaye ngokuphepha esibayeni, futhi izinzwa zami zivuswe ngonya, ngazulazula ngingena endlini ukuthola i-athikili ethokozisayo ngumuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, uPhilip Pullman.
Ngomuntu obhala isivivinyo kusenesikhathi kanti abanye abafundi basala bejuluka ngenxa yezimpendulo zabo, uMnu. Pullman uchaza kafushane ukuthi wayishiya kanjani insumansumane yobuKrestu ngokuba nengqondo kokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Okungidonsele amehlo kakhulu, kepha, yimpendulo yakhe yokuthi bangaki abazophikisa ukuthi ubukhona bukaKristu buyabonakala, ngokwengxenye, ngokulunga okwenziwe yiSonto Lakhe:
Kodwa-ke, abantu abasebenzisa leyo mpikiswano kubonakala sengathi basikisela ukuthi kuze kube yilapho isonto likhona akekho owake wazi ukuthi ulunga kanjani, futhi akekho noyedwa owayengenza okuhle manje ngaphandle kokuthi bakwenze ngenxa yezizathu zokholo. Angikukholwa nje lokho. - UPhilip Pullman, UFiliphu Pullman kuMuntu Omuhle uJesu & The Scoundrel Christ, www.telegraph.co.uk, Ephreli 9th, 2010
Kepha ingqikithi yalesi sitatimende iyaxaka, futhi empeleni, inikeza umbuzo obucayi: kungaba khona yini umuntu 'omuhle' ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu?
BUYINI UBUHLE?
UPontiyu Pilatu wabuza, “Liyini iqiniso?” Kodwa njengoba ikhofi lami lasekuseni liphola nemimoya ixebula izigaxa zesitudiyo sami se-webcast, ngiyabuza “Buyini ubuhle?”
Kusho ukuthini ukuthi lokhu noma lowo muntu muhle, noma lo noma lowo muntu mubi? Ngokuvamile, umphakathi ububona ubuhle ngaleyo ndlela yokuziphatha obubona buhle, noma ububi ngokuziphatha okubhekwa njengokubi. Ukusiza indoda eyimpumputhe iwele umgwaqo ngokuvamile kuthathwa njengokuhle; ukumgijimisa ngamabomu ngemoto yakho akunjalo. Kepha lokho kulula. Ngesinye isikhathi, ukulala nomuntu ngaphambi komshado kwakuthathwa njengokuziphatha okubi, kepha manje, akwamukelekile kuphela, kepha kuyakhuthazwa. “Kumele uqiniseke ukuthi uyahambisana,” kusho izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo ezidumile. Futhi-ke sinezindondo ezisabisayo zabantu abadumile abasitshela ukuthi ukubulala izikhova kubi, kepha ukubulala izingane ezingakazalwa kuhle. Noma ososayensi abathi ukubhubhisa imibungu yabantu kuhle uma kugcina kuhlinzeke ukwelashwa kwabanye abantu. Noma amajaji azovikela imisebenzi yobungqingili, kepha aqhubeke nokuthikameza abazali ekufundiseni ubulili bendabuko ezinganeni zabo.
Ngakho-ke, kusobala ukuthi kukhona ukuguquka okwenzekayo lapha. Lokho okwakuthathwa njengokuhle esikhathini esedlule manje sekuthathwa njengobushiqela nokucindezela; lokho okwakukubi manje sekwamukelwa njengokuhle futhi kukhulula. Ibizwa kahle ngokuthi…
… Umbuso wobushiqela wobumbano olungabheki lutho njengolucacile, futhi olushiya njengesilinganiso sokugcina kuphela komuntu nezifiso zakhe. Ukuba nokholo olucacile, ngokwesivumelwano seSonto, kuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-basicism. Kodwa-ke, ukukholelwa ezintweni ezithile, okungukuthi, ukuzivumela uphonswe futhi 'ukhukhulwe yiyo yonke imimoya yemfundiso', kubonakala kuwukuphela kwesimo sengqondo esamukelekayo ezindinganisweni zanamuhla. —UKhadinali Ratzinger (uPapa BENEDICT XVI) ngaphambi komhlangano u-Homily, ngo-Ephreli 18, 2005
UMnu Pullman ukholelwa ukuthi abantu bangenza okuhle ngaphandle kweSonto. Kepha yini 'okuhle'?
HITLER KAHLE, STALIN Omuhle
UMnu. Pullman uthi waqala ukuvuka enganekwaneni yobuKristu 'ngemva kokuba ngifunde isayensi encane.' Impela, isayensi iyinkolo eyinhloko yokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, ethopha umkhathizwe womuntu ibe yilokho okungathintwa, kunambitheke, kubonwe futhi kuhlolwe.
Ngakho, ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kungenye yezinkolelo eziyinhloko zezinkolelo zalabo abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu. Kwakungenxa kaHitler. Futhi manje sibona inkinga iziveza.
Ukulandela umqondo womuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, akunakubakho imigomo yokuziphatha. Imikhuba yokuziphatha isho okungenakuphutha umthombo yaleyo mibono. Asho ukuhleleka kokuziphatha okungagudluki okugxile esisekelweni. Kepha kuyacaca namuhla ukuthi lokho okwake kwathathwa njengeziphetho okususelwa kuko umthetho wemvelo—Njengokuthi ungabulali — azisekho iziphetho. Ukukhipha isisu, ukuzibulala okusizile, ukubulawa kwesiguli… lezi “izimiso zokuziphatha” ezintsha ezingqubuzana nalokho obekulokhu kuthathwa njengomthetho wemvelo obanjwe phakathi kwamasiko neminyaka eyizinkulungwane.
Futhi ngaleyo ndlela, uHitler wamane wasebenzisa lezi "zimilo" ezintsha ezigabeni zabantu abathola bengazifanele uhlanga lwesintu. Ngiqonde ukuthi, uma simane nje siyizinhlobo zezinhlobo eziningi zomhlaba eziguquka ngokuzivumelanisa nokukhethwa kwemvelo, kungani singasebenzisi ubuhlakani bethu ukwenza lula ukukhetha kwemvelo? 
Manje, umuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu angaphikisana futhi athi, "Cha, sonke singavuma ukuthi ukususwa okuhleliwe kwamaJuda kwakungaziphethe kahle." Ngempela? Kuthiwani-ke ngokususwa okuhlelekile kwengane engakazalwa, noma labo abafuna ngempela ukufa? Futhi sizokwenzenjani lapho sibhekene nenkinga yangempela lapho ukunakekelwa kwezempilo noma ukudla kukuncane? Ngokwesibonelo, e-United States, impikiswano ephathelene nokunakekelwa kwezempilo yayihlanganisa izingxoxo ezimayelana nabantu abadala okungukuthi okokugcina ukuthola ukunakekelwa kwezempilo esimweni esibucayi. Ngakho-ke ngubani owenza lezo zinqumo futhi asuselwa kumuphi “umthetho wokuziphatha?” Lowo ngumbuzo ongaguquguquki onempendulo eshintshayo.
Ngabe akulungile ukuqeda izigaba zabantu "abangasekho isisindo", abangasizi emnothweni, "abadlayo abangenalusizo", njengoba abanye besho? Ngoba uma ulandela i- isayensi, usebenzisa isizathu ngaphandle kokholo, lapho-ke kunengqondo kakhulu ukusebenzisa imigomo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo nomaphi lapho singasiza khona inqubo. UBillionaire Ted Turner wake wathi inani labantu emhlabeni kumele lehliswe lifike kubantu abayizigidi ezingama-500. INkosana uPhilip yaseNgilandi ithe ingathanda ukuphindukuzalwa iphinde ibe yigciwane lokubulala futhi yaphakamisa ukuthi imindeni emikhulu iyisihlava emhlabeni. Inani lomuntu lisivele lingalinganiswa ngesithunzi sabo esingokwemvelo kepha libhekwa “yikhabhoni” abayishiyayo.
Ngakho ngubani ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ongathi uHitler noma uStalin "wayemubi?" Mhlawumbe amadoda afana noMnu. Pullman asemadala kakhulu ukubona indlela entsha yokucabanga namuhla evulela indlela isiko lama-eugenics eliqhutshwa ososayensi abazimisele, osopolitiki kanye nosomabhizinisi. Isiko elisha labantu abathandekayo, eliqhubekele phambili nge-nanotechnology futhi liguqulwe ngokwezakhi zofuzo ukuze libe uhlanga lwesintu oluphelele futhi "oluhle". NgeNkosana uPhilip, noma kunjalo, lokhu bekungeke kubandakanya imindeni emikhulu. Kumsunguli wePlanned Parenthood, uMargaret Sanger, lokhu ngeke kufaka abamnyama. KuBarack Obama, lokhu ngeke kufake izingane "ezingafuneki". KuHitler bekungeke kufaka amaJuda. KuMichael Schiavo, bekungeke kufaka abakhubazekile ngokwengqondo. Lokhu, bangathi, "kungaba kuhle" esintwini, "kuhle" emhlabeni.
Ngakho-ke abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu abaphakamisa ukuthi abantu abanjengoHitler “babi” akufanele bavumele izinkolelo zabo ziphazamise “inqubekela phambili yomuntu.”
NKULUNKULU Omuhle!
Abaningi bethu bezwile, noma bazazi thina ngabantu abangasonti, kepha “abalungile” (ngencazelo yamaJudao-yobuKrestu). Futhi kuyiqiniso: ziningi izisebenzi laphaya, abantu abanomusa abaningi, imiphefumulo ebinganikela ngehembe emhlane wabo… kepha abangafuni lutho oluthinta inkolo. Kungabamangaza abangakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu njengoMnu. Pullman ukuzwa lokho iSonto elikufundisayo ngabanye balabantu:
Labo okuthi, ngaphandle kwephutha labo, abalazi iVangeli likaKristu noma iBandla lakhe, kepha abafuna uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo eqotho, futhi, beshukunyiswa umusa, bazame ngezenzo zabo ukwenza intando yakhe njengoba bekwazi imiyalo kanembeza wabo - nabo bangafeza insindiso yaphakade. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 847
Kodwa-ke, lokhu akusho ukuthi iSonto alibalulekile ngalutho.
“Yize ngezindlela ezaziwa nguye uNkulunkulu angaholela labo okuthi, ngaphandle kwephutha labo, bangalazi iVangeli, kuleyo nkolo okungenakwenzeka ukumthokozisa ngayo, iSonto lisenesibopho futhi linelungelo elingcwele nishumayele bonke abantu. ” -CCC,n. 848
Isizathu ukuthi uJesu weza ukuzokhulula isintu, futhi kunjalo iqiniso okusikhululayo. ISonto-ke yilokho okukhulunywa ngakho kanye nesango leqiniso.
[UJesu] uqobo lwakhe washo ngokusobala isidingo sokukholwa nobhabhadiso, futhi ngalokho waqinisekisa ngasikhathi sinye isidingo seBandla elingena ngamadoda ngokubhabhadiswa njengasemnyango. Ngakho-ke babengeke basindiswe, ngokwazi ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika lasungulwa njengoba lidingeka nguNkulunkulu ngoKristu, ababenqaba ukungena kulo noma ukuhlala kulo. -CCC,n. 846
UJesu wathi, “Mina ngiyiqiniso. ” Ngakho-ke, kunengqondo ukuthi imiphefumulo elandela “iqiniso” elilotshwe ezinhliziyweni zayo, noma ingamazi ngegama ngaphandle kwephutha, isendleleni yensindiso yaphakade. Kepha uma ubheka isimo sethu esiwile nokuthambekela esonweni, kunzima kanjani ukulandela le ndlela!
… Isango libanzi nomgwaqo obanzi oholela ekubhujisweni, futhi labo abangena ngawo baningi. Lincane kangakanani isango futhi liminyanise umgwaqo oholela ekuphileni. Futhi labo abawutholayo bambalwa. (Mathewu 7: 13-14)
Nakhu-ke indawo eyimpumputhe yezinhloso ezinhle kepha, kahle, abangakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu abanjengoPhilip Pullman: abakuboni lokho iqiniso liyadingeka impela ekusindeni kwesintu. Lezo zimiso zokuziphatha ziyisisekelo esiqinisekile sokuthula nokuzwana, nokuthi iSonto liyisiqinisekiso nesitsha saleli qiniso. Ubuthakathaka obukhulu kunabo bonke abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu ukungakwazi kwabo ukubheka ngale kobuthakathaka nezono zeSonto. Balindele okukhulu kakhulu kubantu futhi abenele kuJesu. Angazi ukuthi kungani, kodwa, nakuba ngiphatheke kabi kakhulu, angixakaniseki ngawo wonke umlando weSonto wokuhlukunyezwa, amahlazo, ukuqulwa kwamacala ezihlubuki nabaholi abakhohlakele. Ngibuka esibukweni, ekungeneni kwenhliziyo yami, futhi ngiyaqonda. Ngicabanga ukuthi nguMama Teresa owathi amandla empi alele kuzo zonke izinhliziyo zabantu. Lapho samukela leli qiniso - uNkulunkulu ongakholwa, umJuda, umSulumane, noma umKrestu - ukuthi abantu abakwazi ukuxazulula imfihlakalo yamandla abo wobubi ngaphandle kwamandla oVuko, lapho-ke sizoqhubeka nokuntanta ngasemanzini . Sizoqhubeka kuze kube, ngelinye ilanga, "umuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu" angathatha amandla azokwenza uHitler noStalin babonakale benesizotha uma beqhathaniswa. (Okusho ukuthi, impumputhe ingafuna ukuhlala ekhaya).
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