Name: 【TED】李歐伊格威: 為什麼我選擇人道主義而非信仰 (Why I choose humanism over faith | Leo Igwe)
Uploaded: 2018-05-01T11:16:45.000Z
Duration: 10 min 20 s

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Peipei Xiang

I came in contact with a different idea of life.

An idea of life that contradicted the main teachings of religion --

我接觸到了一種不同的人生想法。

這種人生想法和宗教的 主要教義有所矛盾──

Some of you may be wondering, what on earth is humanism?

在座有些人可能納悶， 人道主義到底是什麼？

that emphasizes the agency of human beings.

人道主義是一種思考和生活的方式，

Humanism stresses the fact that we, human beings,

That we have the power to make a difference in our lives,

我們有力量讓世界因我們而不同，

It may interest you to know that the best humanist lessons I learned

你們可能會想知道， 我所學到最棒的人道主義課，

or from poring over humanist manifestos and declarations.

也不是來自熟讀 人道主義宣言及聲明。

The best humanist lesson I learned was from the life of my own parents.

My parents come from a poor family background

我所學到最棒的人道主義課， 是來自我父母的人生。

位在奈及利亞南部的姆巴依斯。

But my parents did not allow the circumstances of their bad upbringing

to determine the ambition and dreams for themselves and for their children.

但我父母不讓那糟糕的教養環境

My father worked part-time, trained as a teacher,

決定他們及孩子的野心和夢想。

and rose to become a headmaster at a local primary school.

我父親一邊打工， 一邊受訓成為老師，

My mother dropped out of school quite early,

升遷成為一間地方小學的校長。

because her mother, my grandmother, could not afford her education.

因為她的母親，我的祖母， 負擔不起她的教育。

combining farming, petty trading and taking care of my siblings and me.

同時務農、做小額貿易， 還要照顧我和我的手足。

that was shortly after the Nigerian civil war --

life was very difficult, a struggle day by day.

那是奈及利亞內戰之後沒多久──

生活非常困苦，每天都是場硬仗。

With the eye of a child, I can still see water

我的家庭住在一間簡陋小屋中。

dripping from the thatched roof of our house when it rained.

那時我還是個孩子， 到現在我還看得到

My father reared goats to supplement the family income.

下雨時水從我們房子的 茅草屋頂滴落。

And part of my duty after school hours or during vacation

我父親有養羊，來補足家庭收入。

我下課後或是假日時有一部分責任

There was no electricity, no pipe with water.

We trekked to fetch water from the nearby streams.

我們要艱苦跋涉到附近的溪流取水。

但在又熱又乾的日子， 要走上數公里。

my parents were able to erect a block apartment

They made it possible for us to enjoy a standard of living

他們讓我們享受到的生活水平，

which they only imagined when they were growing up.

My parents' life, their story, is my best lesson in humanism.

So as a humanist, I believe that human beings

我父母的人生，他們的故事， 是我學過最棒的人道主義課。

Our destinies are in our hands, not predetermined.

我相信人類是信仰的挑戰者而非囚犯。

And it's left for us to shape our lives and destinies

我們的命運掌握在 我們的手中，不是注定的。

to reflect our best hopes and aspirations.

要由我們自己來形塑 我們的人生和命運，

I believe that human beings have the power

來反映出我們最好的希望和熱望。

to turn situations of poverty into those of wealth and prosperity.

We have the capacity to alleviate suffering,

能夠把貧窮轉變成富有和興榮。

cure debilitating ailments, reduce infant mortality

治癒讓人衰弱的病痛、 減低嬰兒死亡率，

But we cannot accomplish all these goals by wishful thinking with our eyes closed

or by armchair speculation or by expecting salvation from empty sky.

但要達成這些目標，我們不能 閉上眼一廂情願地打如意算盤，

In contrast, millions of Africans imagine that their religious faith

不能做不切實際的思索推測， 也不能期望救贖會從天上掉下來。

相對的，有數百萬非洲人 想像他們的宗教信仰

and they spend so much time praying for miracles

and for divine intervention in their lives.

他們花了好多時間在祈禱奇蹟發生，

In 2009, a Gallup survey in 114 countries

祈禱他們的人生中出現神聖的干預。

revealed that religiosity was highest in the world's poorest nations.

2009 年，蓋洛普有一項 對 114 個國家進行的調查，

In fact, six of the 10 countries where 95 percent of the population

指出在世界上最貧窮的 國家，最多人篤信宗教。

said that religion was an important part of their daily lives, were African.

有 95% 人口都說宗教是他們 日常生活重要部分的國家中，

In some cases, religion drives many Africans to extraordinary length:

to attack other human beings, to commit ritual killing,

在一些情況中，宗教驅使 許多非洲人到不可思議的程度：

去攻擊其他人類或犯下儀式性殺戮，

and as I recently learned, those with a bald head.

我最近才知道，還有光頭的人。

with so many people believing in witchcraft,

something that has no basis in reason or in science.

Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons

那些沒有理由或是科學根據的東西。

are still routinely attacked, banished and killed.

而被指控為巫師的人，通常 是女人、孩童，以及老人，

And I've made it part of my life's mission

仍然經常被攻擊、流放，及殺害。

to end witchcraft accusation and witch persecution in Africa.

So as a humanist, I believe in a proactive approach to life.

要終止非洲對巫師的指控及迫害。

The changes that we want cannot be achieved only by dreaming

身為人道主義者，我相信人生 要採取積極主動的方式。

我們想達成的那些改變， 不是用夢想就會實現，

The challenges that we face cannot go away

if we recoil and retreat into our shells, wishing and imagining

that those problems will somehow magically disappear.

如果我們只是畏縮退怯地 在自己的保護殼當中，

The good life that we desire will not fall like manna from heaven.

希望和想像那些問題會神奇地消失。

My parents did not erect a block apartment by wishing and dreaming.

我們渴望的好生活不會像以色列人 漂泊時神賜的食物一樣從天而降。

They worked hard, they failed, they tried again.

我的父母並不是透過希望 和作夢而建起公寓的。

他們奮鬥，他們失敗， 他們再次嘗試。

with their hands deep in debt, they plowed ahead,

他們負債累累， 他們艱難地緩慢前進，

So as a humanist, I believe we must be adventurous and even daring.

The path of success is paved with risk and uncertainties.

身為人道主義者，我相信 我們必須要冒險，要大膽。

We have to muster the will and courage to do what people have never done.

成功之路舖滿了風險和不確定性。

我們得要堅定意志、鼓起勇氣， 去做以前沒人做過的事。

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