首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In my early childhood I received no formal religious education. I did, of course, received that ethical and moral training that
In my early childhood I received no formal religious education. I did, of course, received that ethical and moral training that
admin
2010-02-20
25
问题
In my early childhood I received no formal religious education. I did, of course, received that ethical and moral training that moral and conscientious parents give their children. When I was about ten years old, my parents decided that it would be good for me to receive some formal religious instruction and to study the Bible, if for no other reason than that a knowledge of both is essential to the understanding of literature and culture.
As lapsed Catholics, they sought a group which had as little doctrine and dogma as possible, but what they considered having good moral and ethical values. After some searching, they joined the local Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Although my parents did not attend Meetings for worship very often, I went to first Day School there regularly, eventually completing the course and receiving an inscribed Bible.
At the Quake School, I learnt about the concept of the "inner light" and it has stayed with me. I was, however, unable to accept the idea of Jesus Christ being any more divine than, say, Buddha. As a result, I be- came estrange from the Quakers, who, though believing in substantially the same moral and ethical values as I do, and even the same religious concept of the inner light, had arrived at these conclusions from a premise which I could not accept. I admit that my religion is the poorer for having not revealed word and no supreme prophet, but my inherited aversion to dogmatism limits my faith to a Supreme Being and the goodness of man.
Later, at another Meeting of Worship, I found that some Quakers had similar though not so strong reservations about the Christian aspects of their belief. I made some attempt to rejoin a Meeting for Worship, but found that, though they remained far closer to me than any other organized religious group, I did not wish to become one again. I do attend Meeting for Worship on occasion, but it is for the help on deep contemplation which it brings rather than any lingering desire to rejoin the fold.
I do believe in a "Supreme Being" (or ground of our being, as Tillich would call it). This being is ineffable and not to be fully understood by humans. He is not cut off from the world and we can know him somewhat through the knowledge which we are limited tea-the world. He is interested and concerned for humankind, but on man himself falls the burden of his own life. To me the message of the great prophets, especially Jesus, is that good is its own reward, and indeed the only possible rewards that are intrinsic in the actions themselves. The relationship between each human and the Supreme Being is an entire personal one.
It is my faith that each person has this unique relationship with the Supreme Being. To me that is the meaning of the inner light. The purpose of life, insofar as a human can grasp it, is to understand and increase this lifeline to the Supreme Being, this piece of divinity that every human has. Thus, the taking of any life by choice is the closing of some connection to God, and unconscionable. Killing anyone not only denies them their purpose, but corrupts the purpose of all men. (553)
If offered a reward for doing a good deed, the author would ______.
选项
A、spurn the reward indignantly
B、accept it only as a token of the other person’s feelings of gratitude
C、neither take nor refuse the reward
D、explain to the offerer that rewards are blasphemous
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。文中倒数第二段谈到To me the message of the great prophets,especially Jesus,is that good is its own reward,and indeed the only possible rewards that are intrinsic in the actions themselves.The relationship between each human and the Supreme Being is an entire personal one,可知作者认为做好事本身就是奖赏,人与人之间的关系也完全是个人的,由此判断,别人的褒奖作者只是把它作为他人感激之情的一种表达。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/G29YFFFM
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Ifyoufindyouspendmorethanyoumake,thereareonlytwothingstodo:decreaseyourspendingor【C1】______.It’softeneasie
Whenprehistoricmanarrivedinnewpartsoftheworld,somethingstrangehappenedtothelargeanimals:theysuddenlybecameex
A、It’salargemuseum.B、Visitorswillhavetopaygointhere.C、Thereareawiderangeofthings,includingSamuraiarmor.D、I
评论家们说职业教育没有充分重视数学和阅读等课程。一些青少年——尤其是一些来自贫困家庭和少数民族的孩子——被不公平地指定接受这种培训。
A、ThesituationofBritishreligions.B、TheIndependenceWar.C、TheAmericanCivilWar.D、ThediscoveryofAmerica.D
澳大利亚有成百万上千万头羊。据说每位国民人均三头羊。在澳大利亚,每年生产成千吨的羊毛。
Necessitycanspurnovelty.Evenpoliticalnovelty.Astheneedforfiscalausteritygrows,anunlikelyalliancehasemergedbet
LasVegaswasfounded【B1】______yearsagoandwasofficially【B2】______in1905.Sincethen,LasVegashastransformeditselfint
A、thedecisionscanbetakenmoreeasily.B、EU’srelationshiptothememberstatesisclearlyregulatedC、thevotingprocedures
Inhisessay"TheParableoftheTapeworm,"MarloVargasLlosaarguesthatattheheartofthewriter’swilltowriteisrebell
随机试题
A、利用生物碱的碱性差异B、利用生物碱特殊官能团的性质C、利用生物碱或生物碱盐溶解度的差异D、利用各生物碱极性差异而与吸附剂作用的强弱不同E、利用各生物碱在两相(固定相和流动相
如果杨富贵对心美区公安分局的行为不服起诉,下列法院中有管辖权的是:杨富贵被遣送回原籍之后,受家人催促赴运好县做工。20天后以心美区公安分局为被告,向运好县人民法院提起行政诉讼。下列做法中正确的有:
某建筑基坑采用土钉墙支护结构,基坑底面有软土层,如图9.3.1所示,基坑深度h=6m,顶面均匀荷载q0=80kPa,土钉墙坡面宽度b1=2m。地基软土层以上土的天然重度均为18kN/m3,软土层的天然重度为18.5kN/m3,c=20kPa,φ=15°。基
对于土质渗透性较大、挖掘较深的基坑可采用基坑排水方法有()。
下列关于加工贸易保税货物进出口报关说法正确的是()。
以下哪个是直接将转移概率与宏观因素的关系模型化,然后通过不断加入宏观因素冲击来模拟转移概率的变化,得出模型的一系列参数值()
以学生学习“电流”概念为例,简述前概念对中学物理教学有利与不利韵影响。
面对大剧院热闹的歌剧景象和观众热烈欢呼的场面,最近,《纽约时报》发表评论,对中国歌剧发展大加赞扬,对此,歌剧理论家、南京艺术学院教授居其宏持不同观点。他认为,衡量一个国家歌剧艺术的发展状况,原创作品质量更具根本性,而当下中国歌剧的原创作品质量普遍较低,戏不
材料一:取妻如之何?必告父母。取妻如之何?匪媒不得。婚礼者,将合二姓之好,上以事宗庙而下以继后世也,故君子重之。是以昏礼纳采,问名,纳吉,纳征,请期,皆主人筵几于庙,而拜迎于门外。人,揖让而升,听命于庙,所以敬慎重正婚礼也。取妻不取同姓,故贾妾不知其姓则卜
如果子网172.6.32.0/20再划分为172.6,32.0/26,则下面的结论中正确的是__________。(2010年下半年试题)
最新回复
(
0
)