Name: 為什麼我們都需要解構基督教 (Why We All Need To Deconstruct Christianity)
Uploaded: 2025-08-30T23:08:03.000Z
Duration: 9 min 38 s

Deconstruction has been a hot topic in the church for about a decade, but why is that?

大約十年來，解構一直是教會中的熱門話題，但這又是為什麼呢？

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Well, in part, because the internet has brought like-minded people together to start to recognize they weren't the only ones thinking what they were thinking about Christianity.

嗯，部分原因是互聯網讓志同道合的人們走到了一起，開始認識到他們並不是唯一對基督教有自己想法的人。

In fact, they had similar stories to share.

事實上，他們有相似的故事可以分享。

Stories about harm and abuse from within the church, making them question the religious structures that they had been told they should just accept as fact.

來自教會內部的傷害和虐待的故事，讓他們質疑他們被告知應該接受為事實的宗教結構。

The power structures of Christianity, especially the ones espoused by conservative evangelicals in America, they don't want you to deconstruct.

基督教的權力結構，尤其是美國保守福音派所信奉的權力結構，他們不希望你去解構。

They don't want you questioning the beliefs that keep you in line with their authority.

他們不希望你質疑那些讓你與他們的權威保持一致的信念。

But I would argue the opposite, actually.

但實際上，我的觀點恰恰相反。

If you never examine your faith, is it really real?

如果你從不審視自己的信仰，它真的真實嗎？

Whether you're a Christian or firmly anti-religion, deconstruction is for you.

無論你是基督徒還是堅定的反宗教人士，解構主義都適合你。

Because what deconstruction is ultimately about is standing up to the power structures of religion and sharing your story about the harm that it causes.

因為解構的最終目的是站在宗教權力結構的對立面，分享你關於宗教傷害的故事。

So let's look at some inspiration of deconstruction in action that even Christians can't ignore, starting with Jesus.

是以，讓我們從耶穌開始，看看一些連基督徒都無法忽視的解構行動的啟示。

Jesus lived in a time where religion and politics were tightly intertwined, similar to today.

耶穌生活的時代是一個宗教與政治緊密交織的時代，與今天類似。

The Pharisees, Sadducees, and temple authorities had tremendous power, both politically and socially.

法利賽人、撒都該人和聖殿當局在政治和社會上都擁有巨大的權力。

The Pharisees were the moral gatekeepers of the day, who built fences of purity around the laws of God.

法利賽人是當時的道德守門人，他們在上帝的律法周圍築起了純潔的柵欄。

They claimed authority by defining who was clean and unclean, who was in and who was out.

他們通過界定誰是乾淨的，誰是不乾淨的，誰在裡面，誰在外面，來宣稱自己的權威。

Similar to the voices of today, these figures' power came from controlling morality and appearances.

與今天的聲音相似，這些人物的權力來自於對道德和外表的控制。

The Sadducees, on the other hand, were the wealthy elite who controlled the temple system, think priest.

撒都該人則是控制聖殿系統的富有精英，即祭司。

They kept their power by collaborating with the Roman Empire, often enriching themselves at the expense of the average person.

他們通過與羅馬帝國合作來保持自己的權力，常常以犧牲普通人的利益為代價來發財致富。

Today, you might think of them as the megachurch pastors with deep political connections, or the Christian nationalist pastors, or the televangelists who build their fortunes on the back of regular people.

今天，你可能會認為他們是有深厚政治關係的大教會牧師，或者是基督教民族主義牧師，或者是靠普通人發家致富的電視佈道家。

Their power came from aligning religion with money and political power.

他們的權力來自於將宗教與金錢和政治權力結合起來。

So what did Jesus do in this environment?

那麼，耶穌在這種環境下做了什麼呢？

He challenged purity culture by aligning himself with and spending time with those ostracized by the temple system.

他挑戰純潔文化，與那些被聖殿制度排斥的人結盟，並與他們共度時光。

He flipped social hierarchy by elevating women, children, the poor, and immigrants.

他顛覆了社會等級制度，提升了婦女、兒童、窮人和移民的地位。

He called out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees by letting them know that their obsession with rules was in opposition to the scripture.

他指出法利賽人的虛偽，讓他們知道他們對規則的痴迷是與聖經背道而馳的。

And he even confronted corruption in the temple, driving out the people who were turning religion into profit.

他甚至直面聖殿中的腐敗，趕走了那些把宗教變成利益的人。

This is what makes Jesus a great example of deconstruction in the church.

這也正是耶穌成為教會解構主義典範的原因所在。

He stood up to the systems of power that were harming people in the name of religion.

他挺身而出，反對以宗教名義傷害人民的權力體系。

And if we look around today, the parallels are striking.

如果我們今天環顧四周，這些相似之處是驚人的。

We have purity culture and hypocrisy running rampant among Christian nationalists and the prosperity gospel and culture wars.

在基督教民族主義者、繁榮福音和文化戰爭中，純潔文化和虛偽橫行。

Jesus was committed to dismantling a system that thrived off of oppressing people in the of religion.

耶穌致力於瓦解以宗教壓迫人民為生的制度。

The Catholic church is now the immense power structure in need of dismantling.

天主教會現在是亟待解體的巨大權力機構。

They didn't just control the church, but also social capital, political capital, and wealth.

他們不僅控制著教會，還控制著社會資本、政治資本和財富。

Ordinary people were expected to submit to these rituals, pay indulgences, and live ordinary lives while the wealthy elite clergy often lived opulent lifestyles.

普通人要服從這些儀式，支付贖罪金，過普通人的生活，而富有的精英神職人員往往過著奢華的生活。

Wealthy clergy control the flow of money and impose what's called indulgences or attacks on sin, where a cash payment could reduce your punishment for a sin committed.

富有的神職人員控制著金錢的流向，並實施所謂的 "贖罪 "或 "罪罰"。

Their rigid hierarchies and rituals focused on obedience and following the rules of the church rather than developing a personal faith in God.

他們僵化的等級制度和儀式側重於服從和遵守教會規則，而不是培養個人對上帝的信仰。

And their suppression of questioning ensured that their system would stay intact, because anyone that would question the system would risk being excommunicated from the social environment at play here.

他們對質疑的壓制確保了他們的制度不會受到破壞，因為任何質疑這個制度的人都有可能被逐出這裡的社會環境。

Enter Martin Luther, who I'm sure you know who he is and exactly what he did for the Christian church.

馬丁-路德，我相信你知道他是誰，也知道他為基督教會做了什麼。

But something that I don't hear talked about enough is how the things he did was deconstruction.

但我很少聽到有人談及他所做的事情是如何解構的。

He challenged the financial exploitation of the rich elite leading the church.

他對上司教會的富人精英的經濟剝削提出了挑戰。

He called out indulgences for being exploitative, turning grace into this weird commodity that hurt people.

他斥責縱慾是一種剝削，把恩典變成了一種傷害人的奇怪商品。

He called out the hypocrisy of the Catholic priests living lavishly while calling their people to a must align with both scripture and personal conscience, not hierarchy or tradition.

他揭露了天主教神父的虛偽，他們一邊過著奢侈的生活，一邊卻號召他們的人民必須與聖經和個人良知保持一致，而不是與等級制度或傳統保持一致。

His 95 theses were publicly displayed so that people would engage in thoughtful dialogue, which was a revolutionary act at that time.

他的 95 篇論文被公開展示，以便人們進行深思熟慮的對話，這在當時是一種革命性的行為。

And lastly, he risked everything to do the things that he did.

最後，他不惜一切去做他所做的事情。

Like Jesus, confronting these abusive power systems meant facing excommunication, being socially isolated, or facing political pressure to stay The economic, social, political, and religious environments of this time were so intimately intertwined that Martin Luther really risked his entire quality of life in order to deconstruct these power structures.

當時的經濟、社會、政治和宗教環境是如此緊密地交織在一起，以至於馬丁-路德為了解構這些權力結構，真的不惜冒著生命危險。

And he didn't know if he would be the only one, the only one to feel the power imbalance and the abuse of power happening within this system.

他不知道自己會不會是唯一一個，唯一一個感受到這個系統中權力失衡和權力濫用的人。

What he discovered was that he was not alone.

As soon as he raised his voice, he found that there were others, other dissenters, other detractors who didn't like this system either and saw the same kind of abuses that he saw.

他一大聲疾呼，就發現還有其他人、其他持不同意見者、其他詆譭者也不喜歡這種制度，也看到了和他一樣的弊端。

A revolutionary movement that came out of it.

We have an abusive power structure within the religious system, specifically in conservative evangelical movements that have been working on devising this plan and building it into a power structure for some time now.

我們的宗教體系中有一個濫用權力的結構，特別是在保守的福音派運動中，他們制定這個計劃並把它變成一個權力結構已經有一段時間了。

現在是我們大聲疾呼的時候了。

These systems of religious exploitation are winning as long as we stay silent.

只要我們保持沉默，這些宗教剝削制度就會獲勝。

We need every voice in our communities flipping over the tables of injustice, nailing our opinions to the door, saying you can't just keep ignoring all of us.

我們需要我們社區中的每一個聲音，翻開不公正的桌子，把我們的意見釘在門上，說你們不能一直忽視我們所有人。

Speaking out against abuses, holding these systems accountable when they won't hold themselves accountable.

公開反對濫用權力，在這些系統不承擔責任時追究其責任。

And what's really cool is that we don't even need to wonder if we're alone anymore.

最酷的是，我們甚至不必再懷疑自己是否孤獨。

Social media has long proven that you are not the only one questioning these things.

社交媒體早已證明，並非只有你在質疑這些事情。

You are not the only one with a story to tell.

You are not the only one who has been abused by this system, if in fact you have been.

如果你確實受到過這種制度的虐待，那麼你並不是唯一受到虐待的人。

Hey, did you know that Christians who deconstruct have abandoned the authority of God and made themselves their own authority, essentially becoming their own God?

嘿，你知道嗎，解構主義的基督徒放棄了上帝的權威，把自己當成了自己的權威，實質上成了他們自己的上帝。

I definitely have because I used to think it and I used to say it.

我肯定有，因為我曾經這樣想，也曾經這樣說。

Fundamentalism creates a reality where our relationship with our parents is an extension of our fear of God.

原教旨主義創造了這樣一種現實：我們與父母的關係是我們對上帝的敬畏的延伸。

Christina Cleveland said that her and her parents were patriarchally intertwined and that their relationship seemed intimate because she consistently submitted to their authority, confined herself to their spiritual world.

克里斯蒂娜-克利夫蘭說，她和父母是父女關係，他們的關係看起來很親密，因為她始終服從他們的權威，把自己限制在他們的精神世界裡。

One of the greatest lessons I've learned since leaving evangelical Christianity in a leadership role is just how self-righteous it made me.

離開福音派基督教擔任領導職務後，我學到的最大教訓之一就是它讓我變得多麼自以為是。

I would go travel the world, preach to all these groups, cultures, ethnicities, languages, and I would essentially ask them to become like me.

我會周遊世界，向所有這些群體、文化、種族、語言傳教，我基本上會要求他們變得像我一樣。

I would essentially say that, hey, I'm here because I believe this and you're here because you believe this and you're going to hell if you don't turn and believe like me.

我基本上會說，嘿，我在這裡是因為我相信這一點，而你在這裡是因為你相信這一點，如果你不轉過來像我一樣相信，你就會下地獄。

And it essentially gave me a superiority complex.

John 3.16 says, For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, and the world doesn't have any qualifiers in it.

約翰福音》3.16 說，神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們。

In Matthew 22, 37-40, Jesus sums up the law by saying, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.

在《馬太福音》第 22 章第 37-40 節中，耶穌總結律法時說："要盡心、儘性、盡力愛主你的神，愛人如己。

Neighbor doesn't have any qualifiers either.

And what I know about evangelicals is they're obsessed with the afterlife.

我對福音派的瞭解是，他們對來世非常著迷。

For Jesus, heaven wasn't some dreamy, ethereal afterlife.

對耶穌來說，天堂不是夢幻般虛無縹緲的來世。

It was God's world breaking into this world.

這是上帝的世界闖入這個世界。

It was wholeness, justice, flourishing, and harmony on earth as it is in heaven.

這是人間的完整、公正、繁榮與和諧，就像天堂一樣。

The kingdom of heaven, he said, is not out there.

In hell, he was often warning about the hell we create here through our greed, injustice, corruption, and indifference.

在地獄裡，他經常警告我們，我們的貪婪、不公正、腐敗和冷漠會在這裡製造地獄。

Don't make deconstruction a personal, passive process.

不要讓解構成為一個個人的、被動的過程。

It's understandable to do a lot of processing in private.

私下進行大量處理是可以理解的。

But if you've done that for a while, start speaking up.

但如果你已經這樣做了一段時間，那就開始大聲說出來吧。