Hong Kong Liberal Religious Forum

An unlikely form of theological discourse. But it is. A Cantonese pop song reflecting on many theological issues.

許志安 - 與神對話 (KTV) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBqdDuUlCQ

曲：S. Suyama | 詞：林夕 | 編：舒文

* 我想我問我在和誰對話
告訴你我看見的真實吧
我思我在最後誰能答話
只得你會永遠講公道話 *

靜靜用六日創造萬物製造明暗
誰能信奉神也換來庇佑憐憫
不過為何由凡人
在宇宙萬物裡負重大責任 被判做主人
某個角落貧民 離棄你教訓
還是從沒傳道人去附近傳頌你全能
人類太軟弱無能
看誰能在地獄裡變成佛

神呀你曾說個個也有罪
而我但求活著沒有戴面具
講我想講不致生活於甚麼恐懼
依足給我的箭咀 奮鬥再去入睡
忘記世界靠誰去控制秩序
誰去惹我們發笑再落淚
誰引誘我犯罪 誰設計散或聚
請你給我解答所有苦水

# 我想我問我在和誰對話
告訴你我看見的虛幻吧
我思我在最後誰能答話
請寬恕我對你的衝撞吧 #

活在慾望下 我們成為愛情人質
但上帝未曾徵詢過我們同意
可以成為情人誰話過事
命運裡並未話過事 就似是政治
世界滿是憾事 人要靠意志
還是人類來學神 你全憑權力說道義
和睦靠炸藥維持
對敵時仍然用上你名義

神愛世人 你我卻愛快樂
除愛以外 就是為吃喝玩樂
一世一生 瑣碎短暫貪甚麼收穫
望著罪人在行樂 你也會怕寂寞
輪到爾國降臨世界要落幕
忘記了我們也信仰過佛學
忘記了政治學 忘記上過了大學
等你賞賜得救的處方

Repeat * #

"最後誰能答話" ("In the end, who can answer me?")


My comment:

Yes, we've got no answer. God is silent. What is the difference between an absolutely silent God and a non-existent God?

Some say that God is not silent; God has spoken. Some say that God has spoken in the Bible, but more claim that God has spoken in the Koran. Some say that Jesus has come, but Mithras, as well as some contemporaries of Jesus, have also been claimed to be God. Some say that God has spoken in the history of Hebrews, but other tribes have claimed the same. More importantly, God is not talking to us now (even if He had talked to some ancient tribes as claimed).

Some say that they can "feel" God, but anybody can claim "feeling" anything. Some say that God is "the ground of being" (and hence cannot talk), but the so-called "ground of being" can be given any name, why not simply call it the Universe? Obviously, God has not talked to me personally. I've got no answer. God is silent to me.

The trouble is: a God who does not exist is better than a God who exists but remains absolutely silent. If I have no father, that is okay. If my father does not talk to me nor see me throughout my life, I would call that an irresponsible father. Be mercy to God, don't believe that He exists; if you believe that He exists, you are accusing Him of irresponsible fatherhood.