大使命20
相互衝突的世界觀
我們的世界觀就是我們如何來看世界；上週我們提到，基本上有四個主要的世界觀：基督教、伊斯蘭教、世俗和馬克斯主義世界觀。正如我們曾談到的，今日世界大部分的困難與衝突是這四大世界觀相互抵制的結果。瞭解這些世界觀就是瞭解今日世界的關鍵。
對於馬克斯主義追求者而言，全世界必須被征服並服在單一世界秩序。真正的馬克斯主義無法實現此理想，除非全世界歸順它。在馬克斯主義中有對世界秩序的定義，它是一個沒有宗教的世界─所有的價值與道德原則皆由國家來決定。國家控制每個人生命中的重大決定，包括你住在哪裡、在何處工作、嫁娶誰，甚至可以有多少孩子。在純正的馬克斯主義下，國家代表一切，由國家來定義所有價值，規範所有行為。這即是何以共產主義的國家幾乎沒有色彩，你所看見的多數事物不是褐色就是灰色，因為沒人敢特立獨行。神賜給人最根本的形象─創造力─在馬克斯主義下幾乎全然抹殺了。
今日的基督教擁有許多面貌，伊斯蘭教也是如此。有些伊斯蘭國家是允許自由，並且尊敬與包容其他信仰。即便如此，古蘭經確實教導要為阿拉來征服全地，凡是不願向阿拉屈膝的人，不是成為奴隸就是遭到殺戮。正如基督教切斷與聖經的關係，伊斯蘭改革者對古蘭經也有許多不同的詮釋。然而，如同在基督教裡，有敬虔者對聖經認真以待並尋求真實活出聖經。
最極端的伊斯蘭主義者尋求在全世界實施集權主義的『伊斯蘭法─沙里亞法』（Sharia Law），沙里亞法只有極小部分的宗教，卻有著對生活各方面最極端與嚴苛的法規，包括社會、經濟、政治、法律與軍事。當一個信奉沙里亞法的教徒使用『公平正義』（justice）這個字，其所代表的公平正義和我們所認為的極為不同─它代表沙里亞法所定義的公平正義。
舉例來說，在沙里亞法的公平正義下，非穆斯林的話無法成立抵擋穆斯林。因此，一個非穆斯林永遠不會贏得與穆斯林在法律上的爭端。此外，女人的話也無法與男人的話相等。在沙里亞法下，強暴的定罪需要四個男人的證詞。幾年前有一位住在實行沙里亞法地區的14歲少女，控告她堂哥強暴她。由於這位年輕女孩無法得到四位男性的證詞，最後她因犯姦淫罪而被處死。雖然此判決遭到國際社會強烈的抗議，但這就是在沙里亞法下的公平正義。
沙里亞法並沒有成為穆斯林的主流法律，許多穆斯林學者相信其已脫離常軌，甚至是伊斯蘭教的一個異端。這是伊斯蘭國家內部衝突的一個原因，就像我們最近目睹在埃及所發生的事。穆斯林兄弟會想要執行沙里亞法，但今日大多數的穆斯林仍拒絕，並不想要沙里亞法。
就連施行最嚴厲伊斯蘭法的國家沙烏地阿拉伯都沒有用沙里亞法，最近還稱穆斯林兄弟會為恐怖組織，一些西方國家卻驚人地允許在穆斯林社區裡執行沙里亞法。沙里亞法明顯地違背美國憲法和人權法案，允許沙里亞法在美國等同於聲明放棄我們的憲法與人權法案。
我們會在未來更多探討馬克斯主義與伊斯蘭教世界觀的基本概要與論述；然而，我們需要先來檢視符合聖經的基督教世界觀，就從下週開始。
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week20, 2014)
Clashing Worldviews - The Great Commission, Part 20
Week 20, 2014
Rick Joyner
Our worldview is how we see the world. As covered last week, there are four basic, dominant worldviews—Christian, Islamic, Secular, and Marxist. As stated, most of the troubles and conflicts in the world today are the result of the clash of these four worldviews. Understanding these is a key to understanding the world in our times.
To the Marxist purist, the entire world must be conquered and brought into submission to the one world order. True Marxism cannot work until the entire world is compliant with it. This world order is defined in Marxism. It is a world without religion—all values and all moral principles are what the state says they are. The state controls every major decision in every person’s life, including where you live, where you work, whom you marry, and even how many children you can have. Under pure Marxism, the state is everything, defines all values, and dictates all behavior. This is why in communist countries there is virtually no color. Most of what you see is just a drab brown or gray because no one dares to stand out. The most basic image of God given to man—creativity—is almost completely smothered under Marxism.
As is true today with Christianity, there are many faces to Islam. Islamic states exist in which considerable freedom is allowed and where there is considerable respect and tolerance of other faiths. Even so, the Koran does teach the conquest of the entire earth for Allah and that those who do not bow the knee to Allah are to be either enslaved or killed. Just as Christians have done with The Bible, Islamic reformers have brought various interpretations of these texts in the Koran. However, as in Christianity, the devout take their book literally and seek to fulfill it literally.
The most extreme Islamists seek to impose the totalitarian Sharia Law on the entire world. Sharia is only in small part religious, yet it is the most extreme and strict code of conduct for all facets of life including social, economic, political, legal, and military. When an Islamic person who believes in Sharia uses the word “justice,” it means something very different from what we would think of as justice—it means justice as defined by Sharia.
For example, under Sharia justice, a non-Muslim’s word can never stand against that of a Muslim. Therefore, a non-Muslim could never win a legal dispute against a Muslim. Neither does a woman’s word count as equal to that of a man’s. Under Sharia, a conviction of rape requires four male witnesses. A few years ago, a fourteen-year old girl, who lived where Sharia was imposed, accused her older cousin of rape. Because this young girl could not produce four male witnesses, she was executed for adultery. This created an international outcry, but that is justice under Sharia.
Sharia is not held to be the law by a majority of Muslims. Many Muslim scholars believe that it is an aberration, and even a heresy within Islam. This is a reason for many of the clashes within Islamic states such as we have witnessed recently in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood seeks to impose Sharia, which the majority of Muslims today still reject and want no part of.
Even Saudi Arabia, which imposes strict Islamic Law but not Sharia, recently named the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, while some western nations have shockingly allowed Sharia courts to impose its form of justice within Muslim communities. Sharia is obviously in basic conflict with the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. To allow Sharia Law in the U.S. would be a basic renouncing of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
These are basic, and necessarily superficial, treatments of the Marxist and Islamic worldviews, which we will develop further in the future. However, first we need to examine what a biblical Christian worldview is. This we will begin next week.
