Name: 基督徒為何不讀經 | Kristi Burke & Mindshift (Why Christians Won't Read the Bible | Kristi Burke & Mindshift)
Uploaded: 2025-09-07T19:32:25.000Z
Duration: 9 min

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so often people are claiming this religion, claiming this book, and they're not actually reading it.

人們常常聲稱自己信奉這種宗教，聲稱自己讀過這本書，但實際上並沒有讀過。

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And so I want to be someone who's like, okay, let's sit down and let's really think about this.

是以，我想成為這樣的人，好吧，讓我們坐下來好好想想這個問題。

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Now let's think about how this aligns with what we know about God.

現在，讓我們思考一下，這與我們對上帝的瞭解有什麼聯繫。

You know, we know that God is love and God loves all people and he formed you in your mother's womb and he has a plan for you.

你知道，我們知道上帝是愛，上帝愛所有人，他在你母親的子宮裡造就了你，他對你有一個計劃。

But we also know that in this story, he regretted making all humans and decided he wanted to drown them all in a worldwide flood.

但我們也知道，在這個故事中，他後悔創造了所有人類，並決定要用一場世界性的洪水淹沒他們。

And so when you can sit down and you can kind of present that and then give the viewer the opportunity to question that, to sit back and question it, I think that's really important.

是以，當你可以坐下來，把這一切呈現出來，然後讓觀眾有機會質疑，坐下來質疑，我認為這真的很重要。

And that's really been my goal all along is not to tell people what to believe.

這也是我一直以來的目標，那就是不告訴人們該相信什麼。

I'm not here to tell people why it's wrong, but I am here to share why I think it doesn't add up.

我不是來告訴人們為什麼這是錯的，但我是來分享為什麼我認為這是不對的。

And I don't think enough people think about those things.

我認為沒有足夠的人去考慮這些事情。

Now, some people might think about them and then they're given like some apologetic argument.

現在，有些人可能會考慮一下這些問題，然後就會提出一些道歉性的論點。

Oh, well, God works in mysterious ways or, you know, God, he does what he, you just can't understand it.

哦，好吧，上帝的工作方式很神祕，或者，你知道，上帝，他做了什麼，你只是無法理解。

And that's a really kind of difficult point to get to.

Because if you believe in this God and he works in mysterious ways, well, you know, that's just is what it is.

因為如果你相信上帝，而他又以神祕的方式工作，那麼，你知道，這就是事實。

But I really encourage people to think more critically about that, to use the brain that if this God exists, he gave them.

但我真的鼓勵人們對此進行更批判性的思考，用大腦來思考，如果上帝存在，他就會賜予他們。

And, you know, if God gave you a brain, if God gave you the ability to think critically, to scrutinize your surroundings, does this God want you to be aware of what you're believing, of what you're reading?

而且，你知道，如果上帝給了你大腦，如果上帝給了你批判性思考的能力，給了你審視周圍環境的能力，那麼這個上帝是否希望你意識到自己在相信什麼，在閱讀什麼？

Does he want you to question things people tell you?

他希望你質疑別人告訴你的事情嗎？

And if so, then there should be no problem with sitting down, reading through the book at face value.

如果是這樣，那麼坐下來通讀這本書應該沒有問題。

我真的很喜歡看它的表面價值。

And the reason I do that is because it makes a point about this being the word of God, the divine word of God, accessible to all people.

我這樣做的原因是，這表明這是上帝的話語，是上帝的神諭，是所有人都能獲得的。

And then I ask a lot of questions that I think enough people aren't asking.

然後我問了很多問題，我認為這些問題還不夠多。

That's really just been kind of my goal all along is to put videos out that challenge all of the things that we were taught to believe, that we were made to believe, and to give people the opportunity and the space to actually question it and maybe not leave it, maybe not abandon it all, but to just think through these things.

這也是我一直以來的目標，那就是製作一些視頻，挑戰我們被教導相信、被製造相信的所有東西，給人們機會和空間去質疑它們，也許不是離開它們，也許不是拋棄它們，而是思考這些東西。

It is sad that whether it is actually laid out in scripture, which I think it is, or whether it's just the abuse of the church for control, that people have been essentially told not to think too deeply about these things, not to read too far, to trust authority figures who have the better doctrinal understanding, who have the background in Greek or Hebrew, which again, like the standards are so unfair.

可悲的是，不管聖經中是否真的有這樣的規定（我認為是這樣的），還是教會濫用控制權，人們基本上都被告知不要對這些事情想得太深，不要讀得太遠，要相信權威人士，他們對教義有更好的理解，他們有希臘語或希伯來語的背景，而這些標準又是如此不公平。

Like I can go on and talk about a verse and someone will be like, you don't get to say anything, you don't know Hebrew.

就像我可以繼續談論一節經文，但有人會說，你什麼都不能說，你不懂希伯來語。

And it's like, neither does your pastor or your Bible study leader.

就好像你的牧師或聖經學習班的班長也不會這樣做。

Like if we're gonna hold everyone to a certain standard, there's gonna be 10 people that can talk about this Bible.

就像如果我們要以某種標準來要求每個人，那麼就會有10個人可以談論這本聖經。

But it is sad that so many people don't read their Bibles and they're essentially told not to think.

但令人痛心的是，有那麼多人不讀《聖經》，他們基本上被告知不要思考。

Why do you think it is, aside from like the indoctrination that says don't, why do you think people that actually believe that this God is real and he wrote a book for us or a collection of books essentially, or inspired, or at least these are accounts about him, why do you think people don't read that?

你覺得為什麼會這樣，除了像灌輸式的教育說不要這樣，你覺得為什麼那些真正相信上帝是真實存在的，他為我們寫了一本書，或者基本上是一本書的集合，或者受到啟發，或者至少這些都是關於他的記載的人，你覺得為什麼人們不讀這些書呢？

I think Christianity is just so cultural.

People trust their parents, they trust their family, they trust their pastor.

人們信任自己的父母，信任自己的家人，信任自己的牧師。

They assume that when they go to church and their pastor tells them something about God, that it's gonna be true because he's a man of God and God is speaking through him and everyone else you love and trust believes this too.

他們認為，當他們去教堂，他們的牧師告訴他們一些關於上帝的事情時，這些事情就會是真的，因為他是上帝之人，上帝在通過他說話，而且你愛和信任的其他人也都相信這一點。

And so I think it's just that people trust those that are giving them this information.

是以，我認為人們只是信任那些向他們提供這些資訊的人。

And I think sometimes people do ask questions, but then they're told by the people they trust not to ask questions.

我認為有時人們確實會問問題，但他們信任的人卻告訴他們不要問問題。

And so they get into the habit of, or maybe they don't develop the habit of critical thinking, right?

是以，他們養成了習慣，或者說他們沒有養成批判性思維的習慣，對嗎？

I think critical thinking is something that has to be taught or learned and then you have to practice it.

我認為批判性思維是一種需要教、需要學、需要實踐的東西。

甚至我也失敗了，我們都失敗了。

Even those that are really trying hard to think through things, we're going to fall victim to beliefs that aren't true.

即使是那些真正努力思考問題的人，我們也會成為那些不正確信念的犧牲品。

We might see something on the internet that we believe and find out later it's not true.

我們可能會在網上看到一些我們相信的東西，但後來發現這不是真的。

So we all are only operating from what we know and we're all trying our best, I think.

是以，我認為，我們都只是根據自己所瞭解的情況行事，而且都在盡力而為。

And so I think those people, they just assume that the information they're given is true.

是以，我認為這些人只是認為他們得到的資訊是真實的。

And I think a lot of people aren't that serious about their faith.

我認為很多人對自己的信仰並不那麼認真。

And I hate to say that because I know I get pushed back when I say things like that, but there's a lot of people that just, they're like, this is my reality, God exists.

我不想這麼說，因為我知道我說這種話時會被人反駁，但有很多人就像，這就是我的現實，上帝是存在的。

And I know that I'm supposed to do what the church says.

我知道我應該按照教會說的去做。

I'm supposed to love God and believe in him and be a Christian.

我應該愛上帝，相信他，成為一名基督徒。

And that's good enough for me because I'm saved.

這對我來說就足夠了，因為我已經得救了。

And so I think a lot of people just get complacent in that.

是以，我認為很多人都對此沾沾自喜。

And I also think that people do have questions and they realize that if they keep pressing those questions, they might uncover some information that would shift their perspective.

我還認為，人們確實有疑問，而且他們意識到，如果他們繼續追問這些問題，他們可能會發現一些資訊，從而改變他們的觀點。

And I think that's uncomfortable for a lot of people.

我認為這讓很多人感到不舒服。

也許他們並沒有意識到這一點。

Maybe it's like subconscious or a type of maybe almost like a survival technique within them that's like, they don't want to go through the process of having to dismantle and question everything they believed in.

也許這是他們的潛意識，也許是他們內心的一種生存技巧，他們不想經歷拆解和質疑他們所相信的一切的過程。

So they're just going to keep on the path that they're on and they're not going to ask too many questions because that's uncomfortable.

是以，他們只會繼續走自己的路，不會問太多問題，因為那會讓他們感到不舒服。

It's uncomfortable to be faced with the fact that everything you believe might not be true.

面對自己所相信的一切可能都不是真的這一事實，會讓人感到不舒服。

And some people just don't want to face that.

I think it does come down to fear is a huge one.

我認為，恐懼是一個很大的原因。

Or like you said, and again, I already feel the pushback.

或者就像你說的，我已經感覺到了反彈。

The reactions that I get when I say this kind of thing.

You hear the responses as you're talking, right?

你在說話時聽到了迴應，對嗎？

好像你知道他們要說什麼似的。

Yeah, like you don't want to tell someone they're not serious about their faith, but it's like, if your significant other wrote a book and it was long, 800,000 words, same length as the Bible, I can't imagine a world where you don't read their book.

是的，就像你不想告訴別人他們對自己的信仰不認真，但這就像，如果你的另一半寫了一本書，而且很長，80 萬字，和《聖經》一樣長，我無法想象一個你不讀他的書的世界。

And yet the creator of the universe who supposedly loves you that you claim you have a personal relationship with that you say you're willing to die for, you've read four chapters, six books, like whatever it is, the fact you haven't like, you don't read this, like it always blew my mind.

然而，你聲稱與之有私人關係、你說你願意為之獻身的所謂愛你的宇宙造物主，你已經讀了四章、六本書，不管是什麼，你都沒有讀過，這讓我大吃一驚。

There were definitely times where I was like, oh, I don't need that.

有時我肯定會想，哦，我不需要那個。

You're like, oh, the Old Testament is just pointing Jesus.

你會說，哦，《舊約全書》只是指向耶穌。

Here's how Paul is telling me to interact in the church.

保羅是這樣告訴我在教會中如何互動的。

And you make a bunch of excuses, but it does always baffle me that there is this other side of it where some of the most extreme people, people that I know tomorrow would like sign up to be martyred for this religion.

你找了一大堆藉口，但總是讓我感到困惑的是，在宗教的另一面，有一些最極端的人，我明天認識的人都願意為這個宗教報名殉教。

Or I think about like people like my mom, who for all of her faults has dedicated the last 40 years of her life as a missionary, as a missions director, making very little money, not living well off and she's not benefiting from this at all.

或者我也會想到像我媽媽這樣的人，她在過去的 40 年裡，作為一名傳教士，作為一名傳教士的指導者，奉獻了自己的一生，儘管她有很多缺點，但她賺的錢很少，生活並不富裕，而且她根本沒有從中受益。

You know, it's like, how can you be this confident with such little backing or information?

你知道，這就好比，你怎麼能在支持或資訊如此匱乏的情況下還如此自信？

And the other answer there, I think, is that people think Jesus is having a relationship with them personally.

我認為，這裡的另一個答案是，人們認為耶穌正在與他們建立個人關係。

So when they pray, they're hearing something and that's gonna be personal.

是以，當他們祈禱時，他們會聽到一些東西，而這些東西會是個人的。

That's so much better than reading Ecclesiastes.

So I think there's a lot of reasons, but yeah, it's interesting.

是以，我認為原因很多，但這很有趣。

I think one that you brought up that is especially big is there's a lot of people that I think know if they look too deep, they're going to get themselves in a pickle to say the very least.

我覺得你提到的一個特別重要的問題是，我認為很多人都知道，如果他們看得太深，至少會讓自己陷入困境。

Yeah, they don't wanna bring up all of these questions because it's opening up a can of worms.

是的，他們不想提出這些問題 因為這會引起軒然大波

And once you flip the light on, you can't flip it back off.

而且，一旦把燈打開，就再也關不回去了。

Like once you see it, you can't unsee it.

就像一旦你看到了，就再也看不到了。

And I think deep down, some people know that and they don't want to open themselves up to that possibility of becoming like me.

我想，在內心深處，有些人知道這一點，但他們不想讓自己有可能變得像我一樣。

You know, the angry atheist on YouTube who's just mad and bitter and lives a miserable life without God.

你知道，YouTube 上那些憤怒的無神論者，他們只是瘋狂而痛苦，過著沒有上帝的悲慘生活。