被屈已死

昨日讀AM730,看到一則題為「美81歲老翁被屈已死」的趣聞,話說在美國Ohio有位81歲老翁於去年底出院結帳時,因在有關部門的登記顯示為「已經去世」,所以不能從社保的保險金付賬;其後,他的妻子亦因此獲有關當局發放「寡居津貼」,就算他親自向有關部門澄清,仍是不得要領。

此文令我想起一齣很具爭議性的電影。(近來最具爭議性莫過於《斷背山》,在基督教圈子反響尤大,海牛也收到幾個轉寄的電郵,內容當然是批評《斷》片鼓吹同性戀云云。海牛沒看過《斷》片,不便指指點點。)當年這電影所引起的宗教反彈遠較《斷》片嚴重得多,只是那時internet未成氣候,否則每天收到有關反對抗議這齣戲的電郵相信多得叫我不想check email,我所說的就是《The Last Temptation of Christ 基督最後的誘惑》。

我沒進過戲院看這片子,(因公映時,它被評為「三級」,我當時還未夠秤),只在電視上睇了其後半部。當中一幕描述十架上的主預見沒有死去的自己在未來過著一個尋常人婚後生兒育女的生活,並於路上遇見了正在傳講那受死復活之基督的保羅。映像裡的主極力勸止保羅不要再傳,緣因衪根本沒死,但那位保羅卻表示,衪有沒有真死對他傳的毫無干係,因他的「福音」有的是「市場」。這一幕主被保羅「屈死」的戲教我有很深很深的反思,也令我得對這齣被普遍基督徒打為「敵基督」的電影重新定性,可恨到現在我還沒機會從頭再看一次,有沒有人有它的DVD可借我呢?

(按:我希望沒把劇情記錯,因當時只是轉台時無意中看了這齣戲的下半部,若有錯漏,敬請指正。)

最後,我但願有機會看看《斷背山》,我真的不願做個人云亦云的基督徒,請大家也不要做「那個保羅」。

3 thoughts on “被屈已死

  1. lucky you. i have this DVD. hand it to you later. in fact, it’s a good film. a thought-provoking intrepretation of the text (not the Gospel).

  2. I have seen BrokenBack Mountain. To be honest, if the cowboys were not gay, it just look like a very extend version of a Malboro ad. The scenery was beautiful but a very boring film. While I agree Christians should stand up to say that homosexuality is against the scripture but what about all the films about adultery, those that glorifies mafia, war, use of drugs etc. I suppose we need to pray for wisdom otherwise we will be criticised for having double standards.

  3. Lisa said, ‘While I agree Christians should stand up to say that homosexuality is against the scripture but what about all the films about adultery, those that glorifies mafia, war, use of drugs etc. I suppose we need to pray for wisdom otherwise we will be criticised for having double standards.’←同意得很!!

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