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But it was interesting because I had some very preconceived notions about, for instance, evangelical Christianity,
但是這很有趣，因?yàn)槲矣幸恍┫热霝橹鞯南敕ǎ纾Ｒ襞苫浇蹋?/div>
and I found that it's such a wide and varied movement that it is difficult to make generalizations about it.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一個(gè)廣泛的風(fēng)潮，很難概括解釋。
There's a group I met with called the Red Letter Christians,
我曾遇到一個(gè)團(tuán)體叫做紅字基督徒，
and they focus on the red words in the Bible, which are the ones that Jesus spoke.
他們聚焦于圣經(jīng)上的那些紅字，那些耶穌說過的話
That's how they printed them in the old Bibles.
在舊圣經(jīng)中被印成紅字的。
And their argument is that Jesus never talked about homosexuality.
他們說，耶穌沒有講過同性戀的事情。
They have a pamphlet that says, "Here's what Jesus said about homosexuality," and you open it up, and there's nothing in it.
他們有一個(gè)小冊(cè)子，上面說："這是耶穌對(duì)同性戀的說法"。然而當(dāng)你打開它，里面什么都沒有。
So, they say Jesus did talk a lot about helping the outcasts, helping poor people.
所以他們聲稱，耶穌談?wù)摿撕芏嚓P(guān)于幫助無家可歸、幫助窮人的事。
So, this was very inspiring to me. I recommend Jim Wallace and Tony Campole.
所以這對(duì)我是很大的啟發(fā)。我推薦Jim Wallace和Tony Campole。
They're very inspiring leaders, even though I disagree with much of what they say.
他們是很能鼓舞人心的領(lǐng)袖，即使我并不認(rèn)同他們多數(shù)的言論。
Also, thou shalt not disregard the irrational.
還有，諸位不能漠視無理的事。
This one was very unexpected because, you know, I grew up with the scientific worldview,
這是非常出乎預(yù)料的。因?yàn)椋銈冎溃以谝粋€(gè)科學(xué)的世界觀中成長(zhǎng)。
and I was shocked learning how much of my life is governed by irrational forces.
然而我十分震驚的發(fā)現(xiàn)，我的生命，其實(shí)是由不理性的力量主宰。
And the thing is, if they're not harmful, they're not to be completely dismissed.
然而，如果這些是無害的，就沒必要被完全去除。
Because I learned that -- I was thinking, I was doing all these rituals,
因?yàn)槲覍W(xué)到--我在想，我做的這些儀式，
these biblical rituals, separating my wool and linen,
這些圣經(jīng)上的儀式，區(qū)分羊毛和麻布質(zhì)料。
and I would ask these religious people "Why would the Bible possibly tell us to do this? Why would God care?"
我問那些虔誠的人："為什么圣經(jīng)要這樣告訴我們？上帝為什么在意這些？"
And they said, "We don't know, but it's just rituals that give us meaning."
然而他們說："我們不知道，這只是個(gè)賦予我們意義的儀式。"
And I would say, "But that's crazy." And they would say, "Well, what about you?"
我說，"這很瘋狂!"他們會(huì)說："噢，那你不是嗎?"
You blow out candles on top of a birthday cake.
你會(huì)吹熄生日蛋糕上的蠟燭，這也是個(gè)儀式。
If a guy from Mars came down and saw,
如果一個(gè)來自火星的家伙看到，
here's one guy blowing out the fire on top of a cake versus another guy not wearing clothes of mixed fabrics,
他會(huì)說："這有一個(gè)家伙吹熄蛋糕上面的火，對(duì)比于另一個(gè)不穿混紡衣服的人，
would the Martians say, 'Well, that guy, he makes sense, but that guy's crazy?'"
火星人會(huì)說"噢，這家伙很理性，但是那家伙很瘋狂"嗎?
So no, I think that rituals are, by nature, irrational.
不會(huì)，所以，那些儀式是不理性的。
So the key is to choose the right rituals, the ones that are not harmful -- but rituals by themselves are not to be dismissed.
所以，關(guān)鍵是選擇正確的儀式，那些無害的儀式--儀式本身不該被去除。
