聽神談【建立「新社會」人類必須了解的事】
尼爾:許多人對這男女根本是不平等的基本觀念,至今仍然如此深信不疑,如果這些觀念並非直接來自神的教導,爲何我們立意良善的宗教會獲致如此的結論呢?
我的朋友,你們的聖典中所謂直接來自神的教導,並不只是歧視女性而已。那些宗教組織也不時地教導說,神的律法禁止不同種族之間通婚;同性之間不得有肉體關係;甚至黑人不得擔任神職工作。
認爲某些人就是比其他人更優秀。你們的社會正是因爲這個謬誤而追隨了組織化宗教的脚步,施行各式各樣的歧視。
如果你們想要産生一個新人類社會的話,動亂會是必然的。這個新社會必須了解,無論是種族、性別、國籍、宗教信仰、性傾向或其他個人特質,都不該取消個人「完全參與人類最高層次的體驗」的資格,只要不妨礙到其他人的權利或安全,他或她可以做出任何形式的抉擇。
摘自《與神對話之新啟示》第 18章
Neale: Many people believe them still. Basically, the idea is that women are simply not equal to men. But how could our well- meaning religions come to such a conclusion if this is not a Direct Teaching from God?
My friend, it is not simply discrimination against women that your holy writings have said is a direct teaching from God. Your organized religions have also taught, at one time or another, that God's Laws forbid people of differing races to marry, that people of the same gender may not physically demonstrate their love for each other, and even that blacks may not be priests.
Their justification stems from the Fourth Fallacy About Life, which states that some human beings are better than other human beings.
It is this fallacy that allows your societies to follow in the footsteps of organized religions and practice discrimination of all kinds.
If you are to produce a society of New Humans who understand that neither race nor gender nor nationality nor religious persuasion nor sexual orientation nor any other aspect of a person's individuality should disqualify that person from participating fully in the human experience at the highest level and in whatever way he or she chooses, so long as that choice does not impinge upon the rights or safety of others.