2011年12月27日星期二

法庭故事

好朋友是虔誠的教徒,明知我是頑固不化的人,總會有意無意之間談點宗教,希冀點化我這頑石。可惜我看見那些表面偽善,骨子裏毫無宗教情操的人太多,鄙夷之心,揮之不去。大道理誰不會說,身體力行卻是兩碼子事。昨日朋友電郵一則《每日聖言》給我,裏面包括以下一段文字:

默想:每日,法庭處理很多大大小小的審訊。法院的種類也很多:有小額錢債審裁處、勞
資審裁處、地方法院、高等法院、終審庭。無疑,法律有助維持社會公義和秩序,但也有
許多事情,是原了本不用鬧上法庭的。


筆者聽過一個這樣的故事:一位法官義正詞嚴地訓示被告庭上的犯人不應違例泊車,審訊
結束後,法官脫下假髮,陪同犯事者去繳交罸款,令在場者大吃一驚。原來,這被告是他
的兒子。天主有時就像這法官一樣,不會因愛我們而捨棄公義。祂的兒子來到人間,承受
著我們的過犯,更希望我們感受到祂的慈愛。


我的反思:殉道聖人斯德望臨終的一句話,反映著天主慈愛的光輝。也願我們能效法祂,
為迫害我們的人祈禱。


看到法庭兩個字,自然吸引我注意。嚴以律己是我做人的大方向,寬以待人我還要很努力學習,要為迫害我們的人祈禱,恐怕我這一世都做不到。要做當然不是口惠而實不至那種lip service,空談騙自己的人太多。用生活實例來闡釋教義,是很務實有効的方法,舉錯了例子可能適得其反。我無意挑剔,也不會冒犯信教的人,但講這法庭故事的人恐怕是講了虛構的故事。

故事存着三個毛病。首先,法官爸爸不會處理自己兒子的案件,就算是親戚朋友也為了避嫌,而轉往別的法官處審理;再者,交通違例,定額罰款方式處理了絕大部份的案件,尤其是違例泊車,除非抗辯,否則不用上庭;第三,這類案只會在裁判法院處理,法官不會戴假髮,不存在法官脫下假髮的情況。

8 則留言:

  1. 睇標少既BLOG,好似睇人捉棋剝人光豬既感覺,好過癮。

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  2. Anonymous,

    Thank you for enjoying reading my blog. It was my slightest intention to belittle people genuinely believe in God. I only look down upon the hypocrites.

    Bill

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  3. hi Bill,

    i am a bit more extreme. even genuinely believing a religion can not escape being hypocrite, because religion itself is hypocrite.

    (a book called God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens has talked about this subject - matter)

    i have actually written an article on this: http://tso1989.blogspot.com/2011/09/christian-ignorance-or-ignorant.html

    William

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  4. William,

    What catches my eyes is the court story instead of the religious teaching. I don't bother what people believe. I just hate hypocrite. We all have our illusion and the eventual disillusionment.

    I really envy you. You know a lot. I am so ignorant. I have a lot to learn from you.

    Bill

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  5. Hi Bill

    You mentioned that your friend is a devout Christian, and has whether consciously or unconsciously, tried to share some "words of wisdom" with you, may I ask what is her reason for believing in God?

    I have had many friends who are strong believers of Christianity, and although have tried to attend gatherings, have always come away from these gatherings feeling somewhat repulsed or further from the "God" that they talk about. One question that I always ponder though is why the belief? Some have informed me that it was because they were brought up with it, others have said that they have something to rely on, and some can't explain why.

    The worst of the groups to me might be in the "someone to rely on" group, where "God" receives the blame for the bad things that happens but rarely do thanks goes to "God". What was originally an emotional support sadly becomes an excuse for things that one has done wrong.

    I guess most humans are guilty of such ungratefulness, as we tend to always percieve positives as our own achievements and negatives as others' faults and influences, I would be lying if I say I've never been guilty.

    Many people have their reasons for their beliefs, while I do not agree with Christian's idea that a non-believer will find their end in hell, I do think that Christianity has somewhat provided some consciousness or descipline (however small) so people who originally lack them.

    I actually found this blog entry while reading some of your other ones, your views are certainly interesting. The recent entry about the number of views in the past year has shown that what you have to offer is definitely valued.

    Looking forward to reading all the back dated ones and also future ones.

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  6. Anonymous,

    How do you know my friend is female since I see that you used the feminine pronoun of "her" here. I really cannot tell you my friend's reason for believing in God. I am not a good messenger. On the other hand, I did not really talk in depth about religion with my friend.

    I am not surprised to see people around us tend to put the blame on other people for any misdeeds. I can only remind myself to see things from a wider perspective and be more grateful to what we have.

    I am grateful for your continuous interest in reading my blog. I will keep writing.

    Bill

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  7. Hi Bill,

    In fact I didn't know that your friend was female, however, I wrote "her" because majority of my Christian friends who I had mentioned are female, thus, I must have been thinking of them while writing.

    Looking forward to reading more.

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  8. Anonymous,

    I was just naughty. The gender is irrelevant. I am writing another blog at the moment. Should be able to post it later, perhaps after watching the Brisbane tennis competition on TV tonight.

    Bill

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