Chapter １５５
　
 
物化的中共思想會是未來的亂源


 

　　在大陸，台灣子女可以在台灣設立的學校讀書，不過要刪除有關對中共政權不利的歷史、地理與思想。

　　而中共對宗教的控制也是如此，它不管您信的是什麼神，只能以神話故事來解釋經典，而經典或聖經、可蘭經的內容，解讀也必須合乎共產黨的最高指導原則。在大陸可以買到官方版的聖經，也可以參加官方核定的教堂，而道觀、寺廟之修行，亦不過是為觀光而設置的權宜方便，其唯物論法則，全盤否定一切靈修的正當性。

　　中共有許多教堂、寺廟、佛堂，皆僅止於研究、誦讀官方版經典，信徒的信仰，必須合乎中共的要求，所謂上帝、耶蘇、仙佛皆須一律遵守中共的法律。故有越來越多的信仰者，不甘心中共管到天堂、地獄、眾仙眾佛、阿拉真主或是唯一的上帝，因為在大陸人民心中，最缺乏的是精神層面的依靠。

　　中共控制信徒的方式，就是洗腦與勞改。香港人民Lai，帶了33,000本的新版聖經到大陸地區，供地下教會的信徒研讀，馬上就被逮捕，成為階下囚，其理由就是未經官方許可，供邪教信徒使用。美國總統小Bush，就為此事希望中共能夠了解，中共國際化的第一步，必先開放自由信仰，可是中共怕真實版的聖經、怕壯大的信徒會反中共政權，怕東怕西，就只好加強公安與無所不能的解放軍。

　　有人會問，在台灣的媽祖信仰為何能延伸到湄州島？這是因為拜拜求神的方式與所謂天命的信仰無關，中共認為局部開放拜拜，不會影響中共政權，因為中共領導者發現台灣的拜拜風潮，反而是可以被運用的統戰工具，其真實面在於拜拜只是一種欲求的世俗行為。

　　在台灣已經有不少人，把拜媽祖的心態轉變到拜中共領導的移情。台灣廟會組織是一種風俗，與宗教信仰無關，其中參雜迷信與不可知的盲從，質變的結果，已經成為政客運用的工具。

　　中共害怕的是有經典、有教主、有天命的信仰者，因為這些人的精神層次，無法被中共人為所控制。中共非常了解若真的讓宗教進入大陸，就會有反共、求自由、求平等、要求民主的行為，而此種害怕情結，於文化大革明，信仰毛澤東教主的方式，有異曲同工之妙，會引起全面的暴動，信仰加上精神力，於教主的掌控下，中共的解放軍亦會瓦解。看得見的教主有目標，可以打壓，而看不見的教主，則無法消滅。

　　中共地區的人民於富足之後，享受物慾的高潮，會有精神面的低潮，而引發追求信仰的必然性。現在中共能控制宗教信仰，是因為中共長期以來，教育民眾在精神面與物質面皆要以黨的領導為始終，故有教條、有口號、有嚴打，文化大革命的大教主是毛澤東，文革之後，中國的精神面蕩然無存，而傳承毛教主之後，依法統還有鄧小平的信仰，中共不斷宣傳偉大的領導，不但具有人性、有威望，亦有超人的顯化。

　　在極端封閉的媒體系統架構中，一般人民對政權不會感興趣，因為無從參予，而以消極能享受就享受，能拿多少算多少的利己主義，就因應改革開放而滋養壯大。長久以來，道德的觀念，因為缺乏宗教的滋潤，就逐漸敗壞，中共要中央集權，控制30多省份的生計，真是困難重重！故開放宗教信仰，方足以重整中國人的精神改造，而產生真正的中華傳承，對未來中共和平政權轉移，有正面的效果。

　　未來某些事項會更難以掌控，中共在積極參予國際治務時，對宗教的打壓、迫害，會是成為中華大國的大礙！

　　請參考TIME 的一篇報導；

 

The Not-So-Good Book

Lai Kwong-keung is a God-fearing man, and that spooks Beijing - which is why the Hong Kong trader faces the death penalty in a mainland court. China's devout are learning that Bibles can bring big trouble

JANUARY 21, 2002 VOL.159 NO.2 TIME
BY HANNAH BEECH Beijing

In the crowded stalls of Beijing's Book Street, Bibles compete openly for space with self-help manuals and guides to getting into American M.B.A. programs. Selling the holy book is perfectly legal in China, certainly more legitimate than the peddling of skin magazines. (Look under the stack of computer journals.) So when Lai Kwong-keung, a 38-year-old Hong Kong trader, was indicted last month in Fujian province for bringing 33,000 Bibles into China, his mainland-born wife was puzzled. "How can you arrest someone," she asks, "for bringing in books that are available all over China?"

In fact, Lai's books weren't the kind of Bibles the People's Republic condones. His New Testament Recovery version, unlike the text officially sanctioned in China, contains footnotes that try to explain particularly tricky parts of the scriptures. By using Lai's edition, underground evangelical worshippers can further their understanding of Christianity without the aid of preachers. That might sound innocuous enough, but not in the Chinese context. If you want to study the Bible in China, you are supposed to do so through either the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement or the Catholic Patriotic Association, which follow state-sponsored liturgy. If you have doctrinal questions, those churches provide the only approved answers. If you're interested in such taboo topics as the Second Coming of Christ, you are defying the state. "Lai was just trying to help people explore all parts of Christianity," says a friend of Lai's, who worships at the same church in Hong Kong. "But Beijing does not want anyone learning about Christianity without its guidance."

Lai's arrest highlights China's rough crackdown on religion. While previous Bible couriers have been deported for their secret work, Lai could face the death penalty for smuggling "cult publications" and will be up for trial as early as this week. In a worrisome precedent set last month, leaders of a Protestant denomination similar to Lai's were sentenced to death for holding underground meetings. Last fall, more than a dozen secret churches in eastern China were razed, leaving piles of rubble and crucifixes scattered throughout Fujian and Jiangsu provinces.

Lai's plight has become an international concern. He is a Hong Kong resident, not a mainland Chinese citizen, and Hong Kongers still enjoy religious freedom even though the territory reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. Last week U.S. President George W. Bush expressed concern about Lai's case, which has chilled relations that had turned almost chummy after the Sept. 11 attacks. Beijing responded by telling Washington to stop meddling in its judicial affairs. Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi claimed Lai's transgression wasn't just bringing in Bibles, but also passing them to a fast-growing evangelical Christian sect called the Shouters, banned in the mid-'90s as an "evil cult."

The 500,000-strong Shouters, who yell out a condensed version of the Lord's Prayer during their services, are one of many underground Protestant groups that have flourished in China in recent years, circumventing the state-supported Catholic and Protestant churches. That makes their meetings (often in basements or abandoned buildings) illegal, but many of the devout want little to do with "patriotic" churches. "How can I believe in a Jesus who has to listen to leaders in Beijing?" asks an underground preacher from Henan province, who leads a group of Shouters. "My Jesus does not have any masters."

That sentiment is precisely what worries Beijing. As China gears up for an expected succession struggle in the Politburo later this year, the Communist Party wants to ensure that no group nibbles away at its hold on power. Thus Beijing's severe crackdown on Falun Gong, the Buddhist-exercise movement that spooked China's leaders by getting 10,000 followers to protest in front of Beijing's leadership compound three years ago. The demonstration prompted the hasty passage of a law dictating harsh punishment to anyone involved in a cult𨫎hile conveniently failing to define what exactly constitutes one. "Anytime a religious group gathers strength, it's at risk of a crackdown," says Frank Lu, head of the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Hong Kong. "Yesterday, it was Falun Gong. Today, it's the Shouters. Who knows which group it will be tomorrow?"