財富分配不均的成因可以說得很復雜,是社會問題、是政府問題、是窮人自己的問題。但歸根究底的原因就是,即使是同一個人,他:
- 賺錢的時候希望盡量多賺
- 消費的時候希望盡量少花錢
所以,看到地鐵月台人多擠迫,嘴裡便發出"嘖嘖"聲,說"咁多人"的時候,不能忘記自己都是有份令月台擠迫的一分子。你"嘖"的對象是自己,其智慧和一個母親罵自己的兒子"你媽媽的"一樣高。
擇偶,情況一樣。即使是同一個人,他:
- 選擇的時候要求盡量高
- 被別人選的時候希望對方要求盡量低
所以,社會很多問題的根源其實都是自私,而自私就是罪(Sin, 不是Crime)。所以當有人告訴我我是"罪人"的時候,我找不到一個理由說我不是。
要解決貧富懸殊問題,聖經說:
If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;
But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.
...looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.
上帝說,這個世界沒有一天會沒有窮人,窮人的存在是要讓富人有將財富與他們分享的機會,而這種分享是上帝的命令(I give orders to you)。有能力而不助人的,"will be judged as sin in you"。
有不是基督徒的朋友問我,為什麼上帝容許不好的東西存在?因為:
- 你聰明而富有,是因為要你幫助愚蠢和貧窮的
- 你愚蠢而貧窮,是因為要你幫助比你更愚蠢更貧窮的
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