【原创】上周听了摩门教的Broadcast

yogibear

上周去听了摩门教的Broadcast（传音）。

1）还没到达Temple Square,就在一个十字路口遇到一个老者。穿着黑色服装，胸口挂着一个铭牌，是一个志愿者。他问我们是不是去听Broadcast,还热情地为我们指路。一路上遇到这样的志愿者不少。脸上总是挂着和蔼的笑容，让人感觉心里很温暖。
2）进入大厅之前，我问一个志愿者，能不能使用DC, DV等设备， 回答是在Broadcast之前可以，Broadcast开始后就不行。这下心理踏实了。
刚进入大厅，带着耳机，壮得像头牛的保安就上来问我包中是什么东西。我把包打开，给他看了看。 查看后就OK了。于是进入大会堂。

3）大会堂有点像人民大会堂，台上的背景金碧辉煌，是一个巨大的管风琴状的东西。灯光打上去，带有宗教建筑特有的庄严和神圣感，有一种震撼人的力量。Broadcast开始后，台上的唱诗班音乐声的陪伴中唱歌。分为几个片断，中间有人宣读'The spoken Word', 全文见后。
宗教的力量的确是巨大的。如果你细细读读这篇全文，你更会明白这一点。

如果物质生活已经不成为其问题的时候，每个人都应该寻找心灵的归属，都应该问自己的内心：“Who is my Shepherd?”

全文如下：（该文版权归原作者所有）
Who Is Your Shepherd?

We've all seen people who appear to be ignoring a conversation until a word comes up that catches their attention. And we all know children who seem to have "selective listening" when reminded about their chores. Many of us hear only what we want to hear.

Sheep know the voice of their shepherd and will come only to his call. If someone else calls, they go on grazing, oblivious to the unfamiliar voice.

We are often the same way; we have trained ourselves to perk up at topics that interest us. It could be the score of a ballgame, news of a way to make more money, or a splashy headline about favorite celebrities. We give our attention to the things that hold priority in our lives. Just as we tune our TVs and radios to stations that broadcast our favorite programs, so do we tune our mental attention to our favorite subjects.

So who is our shepherd? Is it wealth, popularity, pleasure seeking, indulgence in the creature comforts? Is it the accumulation of material goods? Or have we trained ourselves to ignore these distractions and listen to the still, small voice of God?

If the Lord is our Shepherd, we learn to block out the allurements of the world. We seek His guidance through prayer, study, and quiet contemplation. We look upon others with love and compassion and seek to bless and lift those around us, just as the Good Shepherd would. His is the voice we try to follow. Others may beckon, and crowds may follow after fleeting distractions. But if we carefully choose our priorities, we will hear the one True Shepherd. His is the voice we will seek and follow, the voice that will never lead us astray.

The past has its place and is valuable for lessons learned. The present also has its place, and what we cannot change should not now needlessly keep us from looking and moving forward. Nothing lost or left behind should keep us from now becoming what we can become, from learning what we now can learn.

There are new decisions every day, every hour, and reasons to improve and to repent. Whatever we are, wherever we've been, each day we have some opportunity to determine direction.

webgenius

文章看完了,感觉写的很空虚呀,都是大道理.
不过我是觉得信仰很重要,很多老外素质很高,和他们信仰基督教有很大的关系

yogibear

我觉得宗教就需要大道理。然后在传播教义的过程中将其具体化，现实化，这样才能落到实处。赫赫。

的确，就拿摩门教来说，他们也宣扬奉献比索取快乐等等向上的思想。
当然，宗教并不能解决一切问题。

brianzh

摩门教感觉很怪,有一次坐subway上来两个白人帅小伙,笔挺的黑西服,周围都没人,然后一个哥们就作我旁边搭话,中文说得相当相当好,他说只学了3个月,然后给了一张名片有个教堂的地址,俩哥们第二站就下车了,整个过程就像特工接头

VanLife

挺有意境呀~赫赫

yogibear

QUOTE:

Originally posted by brianzh at 2005-3-8 07:08:
摩门教感觉很怪,有一次坐subway上来两个白人帅小伙,笔挺的黑西服,周围都没人,然后一个哥们就作我旁边搭话,中文说得相当相当好,他说只学了3个月,然后给了一张名片有个教堂的地址,俩哥们第二站就下车了,整个过程就像 ...

摩门教徒很多人去世界各地传教的。所以有会说中文的不奇怪。

dblhmly

快走火了

onlypig

对宗教向来很模糊
看不懂。。。
没有吃饭来的具体

月光疾风

吃饭去了～

zjbruce

以前没接触过摩门教
但是宗教劝人为善的思想我是很能接受的