Quote of the Day

當回憶到他的第一任妻子因為長年受困於精神疾病，而最終一個人孤獨死去時，Hauerwas如此寫著：

I am a Christian theologian. People assume that I am supposed to be able to answer that question. I have no idea how to answer that question. If anything, what I have learned over the years as a Christian theologian is that none of us should try to answer such questions. Our humanity demands that we ask them, but if we are wise we should then remain silent. .... Such "answer" cannot help but turn Christianity into an explanation. For me, learning to be a Christian has meant learning to live without answers. Indeed, to learn to live in this way is what makes being a Christian so wonderful. Faith is but a name for learning how to go on without knowing the answers. That is to put the matter too simply, but at least such a claim might suggest why I find that being a Christian makes life so damned interesting.

Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah's Child, p.207-8.

 或許，我們不該去回答某些生命中本就無法回答的問題……