tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442001872260864741.post1227809962080008985..comments2022-04-04T23:44:07.843+09:00Comments on KENDAJAPKID: 垂直にやってくる西洋の神、水平にやってくる日本の神々Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07940315034992790621noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442001872260864741.post-78940882831108558282012-11-22T02:58:46.320+09:002012-11-22T02:58:46.320+09:00そうなんですよねぇ。「GOD」=「神」とされていることが、互いの文化の理解に支障をきたしている。
そ...そうなんですよねぇ。「GOD」=「神」とされていることが、互いの文化の理解に支障をきたしている。<br />その違いを、「垂直」と「水平」とした見方はとても共感でき、また、イメージしやすく流石と思いました。<br />ほかにもこの領域で、誤訳というか、概念がないため理解し合えないものの代表に「罪」があります。英語には「sin」と「crime」とあって、聖書が取り扱っているのは「sin」、いわゆる原罪なのですが、日本にはその概念は無く、すべて「crime」の意で解釈されるため、わかりあえない原因となっています。<br />「愛」もですね。ギリシャ語では4種類ありますから。<br />いっそ概念が違う、または無いと受け止め合ってしまえば、互いの理解が深まるのになあ、と思っています。<br />いつか「罪」や「愛」あたりの顕さんの考察も聞きたいす。<br />そろそろまた、呑みにいきましょうよ。<br />kitagamixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442001872260864741.post-10243765845639115632012-11-06T22:48:18.245+09:002012-11-06T22:48:18.245+09:00Thank you, Mike, for a most intelligent observatio...Thank you, Mike, for a most intelligent observation. Whilst it was never my intention to criticize whatever someone wants to believe in in this blog, I cannot help feeling that the concept of so-called "God" in Christianity is greatly misinterpreted and, dare I say, abused. <br /><br />When I say that, I am not having a go at Christianity in its teachings. I see Christ as one of the greatest thinkers or philosophers "of his time" as Buddha or Mohammed were.<br /><br />There may or may not be a purpose in life, reason for every one of us to be here for all I know. Although I personally really don't care for the term, if someone chooses to call that particular force "God" or "gods", it is not for me to criticize. It is, however, utterly foolish to take what is not self-evident seriously to the point where you kill each other over the interpretation of the gospel. There is always an inherent danger in taking anything, be it holy text or spoken words, literally. Poetry has been around since the dawn of civilization to make us see that vital point in life by charming our intellectual sensitivity.<br /><br />I cannot agree more with your comment, "The word "God" carries too much luggage". The world would be a better place if we discarded of that irrevocably-contaminated word - after all, it's just a word with three letters - and carried on with practising what we believe to be the kind and respectful way to be. <br /><br />Gods in Shintoism ,upon the other hand, fortunately do not carry as much luggage because they don't preach the way one must be. They are devoid of moralities and don't even expect one to believe in them. Some westerners may wonder and ask "why, then, are they called "Gods"?" - Precisely, why should they be called "Gods"? That is the very theme this blog seeks to explore. <br /><br />Shintoism is largely and comparatively harmless except the part that was conveniently added some 2,680 years ago with a political motivation and that is the emperor-worshipping!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940315034992790621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442001872260864741.post-13363223860700255452012-11-06T18:54:39.328+09:002012-11-06T18:54:39.328+09:00The "God" of Christianity is a contradic...The "God" of Christianity is a contradiction... In the west, they say that "If you do not dedicate your life to God and recognize Jesus Christ as your savior, then you will burn in hell for the rest of eternity!"... Then, in the next breath, they say, "But God loves you!"....<br /><br />It is this sort of contradiction and people taking things into literal meanings that make people confused... I don't believe in that "Christian God" or "Allah" or "Brahma Visnu Shiva" or a cow, either...<br /><br />I understand, and am sympathetic to older religions who thought that "God" was nature or the sun or the wind...(although they didn't use the word, "God") <br /><br />Ancient SE Asian and Nepal area civilizations seem to have worshipped the mountains... To them, too much water meant death in floods... To the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, the water God was their life. Without the water, they'd die. <br /><br />The word "God" carries too much luggage and is not suitable to an intelligent discussion on the "reason why we are here." Because, "Why am I here?" Is actually the reason for asking the existence of God, is it not?mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.com