URobert Jensen
Kumdlalo wezopolitiko
igama elithi unxulumano, “umKristu” phantse lisoloko lidibanisa “ubuqhetseba” kunye
"yevangeli." Abo bantu- bahlala bephiko lasekunene kunye ne-fundamentalist-baye baba
baphumelele kakhulu ekulinganiseni ipolitiki yabo nokholo lwenkolo kwi
iUnited States yangoku.
YeyeRev.
USimon Harak, ezopolitiko ezisekelwe elukholweni zincike kwicala elahlukileyo. Kukho i
Imfesane eninzi kodwa i-conservatism encinci kwipolitiki yobuKristu
Umfundisi wamaJesuit.
UHarak wayengumntu
unjingalwazi weenqobo zokuziphatha kunye nomlweli wezopolitiko wethutyana de kwangowe-1999, xa warhoxayo
isikhundla sakhe sokufundisa kwiYunivesithi yaseFairfield ukuze asebenze ixesha elizeleyo neVoices in
i-Wilderness, iqela elisekelwe eChicago elizama ukunyanzela urhulumente wase-US
ukuphelisa izohlwayo zezoqoqosho eIraq. Umbhali we Iinkanuko ezilungileyo:
Ukusekwa Komlingiswa WobuKristu, uHarak usemsebenzini Kubi
Iinkanuko: Ukuguqulwa kwesimilo sobuKristu.
UJENSEN: Yintoni
ucinga ukuba abantu abaninzi bacinga xa besiva ibinzana elithi “unqulo kunye
kwezopolitiko?”
HARAK: Ngayo yonke into
ngenxa yentlonipho yohlobo lwezopolitiko esizibona kwi-"700 Club," i-conservative
AmaKristu anokuthi abambe abeendaba kodwa abakhange bayivale imarike
ukuziphatha konqulo. Ngeminyaka yee-1970 kunye nee-1980, abantu abalondolozayo baqalisa
ngokwabo kwindawo yesizwe ngokugqame ngakumbi kwaye baye bongamela
ingcamango yemilinganiselo yobuKristu ukususela ngoko. Kodwa into engabonwa luluntu
amajelo eendaba ngawo wonke umsebenzi wobulungisa bentlalo eyenziwa ngamaKatolika anenkqubela kunye
AmaKristu.
Kukho kakhulu
yentetho yamaKristu abambeleleyo malunga “nokusekwa ngokwebhayibhile.” Kodwa ndinako
ndikuxelele ukuba iinqobo zokuziphatha zam kunye nezopolitiko zam zivela ngqo eBhayibhileni,
ukusuka kuYesu nakwiivangeli. Ndiyikhupha ngqo encwadini.
Uphi na
ingcamango yakho yokholo nezopolitiko ivela phi?
Ngo-1970,
xa ndingena kumyalelo wamaJesuit, kwakukho inani lamatsha ntliziyo kwaye siza kwenza
thetha ngobuKristu nokubandakanyeka kwezopolitiko. Ndaqala ngoko ke
qonda ukuba ukungabi nagonyamelo akuyonto nje yokusabela—uyandibetha kodwa andiyi kukubetha
ubuyile. Kukuzibophelela ukusebenzela ubulungisa ukuze ubundlobongela bungabikho
kuyimfuneko. Ndaqala ukumazi uYesu ngokwesithethe sabaprofeti, ndaye ke mna
baqalisa ukubona ukuba izinto ababegxininisa kuzo abaprofeti—ubulungisa kunye
inkululeko—ziyinxalenye enkulu yesithethe sam samaKatolika.
Oko kukhokelele
kufuneka ugxeke kakhulu umkhosi wase-US kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wezoqoqosho. Ngoba?
Kufanele si
qala ngokuvuma ukuba simalunga nesi-5 ekhulwini sabemi behlabathi
zisitya malunga nama-25 ekhulwini obuncwane behlabathi. Ngaba ngokwenene sicinga abantu
kuMbindi Merika, umzekelo, bayakuvuyela ukubona abantwana babo belambile ukuze thina
uyakwazi ukuqhuba iiSUVs? Ukuba akunjalo, kuya kufuneka sibuze ukuba izinto zibenje.
Abantu kwihlabathi jikelele abasinikeli ngezi zixhobo; kufuneka kubekho
ukunyanzeliswa okuthile kubandakanyeka.
Nje ukuba siqale
ukubuza loo mibuzo, sinokuthetha malunga nezicwangciso zase-United States
isebenzisa-amandla omkhosi, ukunyanzeliswa kwezoqoqosho-ukunyanzelisa eso sakhiwo esahlukileyo
ulwabiwo lwempahla kwihlabathi jikelele. Emva koko, kunzima ukuba ungabikho
intle kakhulu ekufuneni ubulungisa.
Yintoni i
ubulungisa? Siyenza njani into yokwenene ehlabathini?
Bendiya kuqala
noluntu, imfuno yethu kwabanye abantu. Sibotshelelwe omnye komnye,
kwaye umbuzo ngowokuba sisebenza njani na obo budlelwane. Yintoni isimilo,
zokomoya, nezomzimba ezifunekayo ukuze abantu bahlale ekuhlaleni? Ukwenzela mna,
oko kuthetha ukulandela iindlela zikaKristu, kodwa oko kuthetha ntoni kwi
ikhonkrithi kunye nendlela esiyiguqulela ngayo entsonkothileyo.
Ngaba ubulungisa
kunokwenzeka kwinkqubo yethu yangoku yezoqoqosho?
Ngeliphandle, I
musa ukucinga njalo. Akunakuthanda uThixo nemali. Awukwazi ukusekela ubomi bakho kwi
ukufunyanwa kwempahla kwaye ube nokuziphatha, kwakhona. Kufuneka usekele ubomi bakho kubulungisa
ukusasazwa kweempahla, hayi ukufunyanwa kwazo. Ingcamango yokuba wonke umntu kufuneka
babe ngokwaneleyo-kwaye nokuba kancinci ngaphezu ngokwaneleyo ukubonelela ngokuzonwabisa kunye
uxolo-oko kubaluleke kakhulu eluntwini kwaye kubalulekile kwintlalo yamaKatolika
ukufundisa. Kodwa ngaphaya kwelo nqanaba, ukufunyanwa kuba kubi. Kwaye oku ku
uluntu olusekelwe ekufumaneni.
Ingaba i
Ukuzinikela kwaseMelika kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-free market economics ehambelanayo
uluntu?
Uluvo lokuba
sonke singabantu omnye yinxalenye yesithethe samaKatolika, kodwa andicingi
abantu bayaqonda ukuba ingakanani na loo mbono elamlwa kwiimarike. Uninzi
abantu abanalo ixesha lokujonga ukuba ingcamango yemarike isichaphazela njani. Kodwa
kufuneka siqonde ukuba ungakanani umhlaba olawulwa ngamaziko
njengeNgxowa-mali yezeMali yaMazwe ngaMazwe, ubungakanani bokwenziwa kwezigqibo okusekelwe
kungekhona kwiinkxalabo zabantu kodwa kwimali.
Oku yi
inkcubeko yomntu ngamnye kwaye sinomsebenzi omninzi ekufuneka siwenze ngalo mbono
ukuba umntu unokwabelana ngezinto ngokwenene kwaye abelane ngobomi bakhe. Ngelishwa, asikho
ukuva oko kwiipulpiti kangangoko sidinga.
Umsebenzi wakho ngaphakathi
imigaqo yokuziphatha kunye nezopolitiko azigxininisi kwisini okanye ukuqhomfa, okuhlala kubonakala
ukuba ziinkxalabo eziphambili zeCawa yamaKatolika. Ngoba?
Le nkcubeko
ityekele ekunciphiseni isimilo ukusuka kumbuzo wentlalo ukuya kwinto yobuqu. Kodwa kunye
Ingqwalasela yesini, ayiphelelanga nje ebuntwini—incitshiswa kumalungu esini
umntu. Kuyakhubaza ukunciphisa ukuziphatha kuloo nto.
Ndifuna wonke umntu
ukuphila ubomi obudibeneyo ngokwesondo kunye nobungcwele ngokwesondo. Kodwa kufuneka sifumane okwethu
izinto eziphambili ngokuthe ngqo. Ngaba sinokuyandisa intsimi yethu koko kubaluleke njengokuziphatha okubi? Ukuba
ubani uthi “Ngumfazi oziphethe kakubi,” ngoko nangoko abantu bacinga ngesini
ukuziphatha. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba sibuza umbuzo malunga nabantu abanesibini
amakhaya kunye nesikhephe, ngoxa abazalwana noodade babo behamba bejonge ezitratweni
Ngaba kukuziphatha okubi oko? Lo ngumbuzo ongafane ungene ezingqondweni zethu.
Ukwenza oku
Ndiye ndabuza abantu ukuba, “Xa sawisa ibhombu eHiroshima—xa thina
yabangela ukufa kwabantu abali-135,000 kwindawo engeyoyamkhosi—nto leyo eyenziwa yiU.S. Catholic
oobhishophu bathini?” Impendulo kukuba, akukho nto. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba i-Enola Gay iye yawa
135,000 iikhondom eHiroshima? Kuya kubakho umbala kunye nokukhala okungenakuba
ziphelile unanamhla.
Kulula ukuba
khomba umnwe wethu kwisini. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kufuna isibindi kunye nokuqinisekileyo
ukukulungela ukulahlekelwa iwonga, ukuphulukana namandla ehlabathi, ukubuza ezinye iintlobo zokuziphatha
imibuzo, ukucela umngeni kubacinezeli ngamandla enkululeko.
Yenze njani iIraq
kwaye ukunyuswa kwezohlwayo kube ngundoqo kuwe?
Mfutshane
impendulo nguYesu. Impendulo ende yeyokuba abantu bam bazalelwa eLebhanon, kodwa
ndakhulela e-US, kwaye bendisoloko ndinomdla kuMbindi Mpuma. Oko
umdla wakhula xa ndaqalisa ukunqula; Le yindawo awayekuyo uYesu
wajikeleza. Ukuzibophelela ekungenzini ubundlobongela kwandikhokelela ekubeni ndixhalabe. Ngoko nini
ngo-1990-91 saba nendyikityha yeMfazwe yeGulf, zonke ezo nkxalabo zadibana.
Ndakhe ndaba
ndisebenza kwimfazwe yenyukliya ixesha elide kwaye ndabona oko ngokukhawuleza njengeSoviet
Umanyano lwawa siya kufumana utshaba olutsha kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo lwaba ngumArabhu
abantu kunye namaSilamsi. Ke ndiye ndalandela idemoni yamagosa ase-US yethu
abathi ziintshaba, besithi, Hayi, hayi, asiyondlela ilungileyo leyo. Ukususela kwi
Imfazwe yeGulf, ukubulawa akuyekanga kwaye ndiza kubandakanyeka de bayeke
ukubulala amaIraq.
Xa u
Thetha malunga nesigidi esinye sabemi abafayo ngenxa yokungqingwa kwe-Iraq, wena
basebenzise igama elithi ububi. Uthetha ukuthini ngalo nto?
Njengengcali yokuziphatha,
ububi yenye yezinto endizihlafunayo. Sikwanalo nobutyebi obumangalisayo
isithethe sedemon ebuKristwini, somntu okhohlakeleyo ofuna ukutshabalalisa
ubuntu. U-Lucifer ulutshaba lobuntu bethu, uhlobo lwamandla asebenzayo
oko kuchasene nabantu, ngokuchasene nemvelo yomntu.
Xa abantu
ubanjwe ngamandla kunye newonga, ungaboni kakhulu ekubulaweni, le yile
izinto zobudemon. Xa uya e-Iraq uze ubone ukubandezeleka, uze uze
ndibuyele eUnited States kwaye ndive abantu bethetha malunga nendlela ipolisi exabisa ngayo
ixabiso, kunzima ukuxoxa awujongani nento yedemon. Njani
Ngaba uluntu lwalungenakushukunyiswa koku?
Ndakhe ndeva a
umncedisi wezopolitiko uthi, "Abase-Iraqi kufuneka bayazi ukuba bayahluka
Umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle waseMelika kukho iziphumo. ” Xa ufika kuloo ndawo,
apho ubuntu buye bavalwa, kuluncedo kakhulu ukuba nemfundiso
leyo ithi kukho into engaphaya kobubi obuqhubekayo, kukho i
amandla asebenzayo azama ukoyisa uluntu.
Kulapho wam
ukholo lubaluleke kakhulu. Ndiye ndema ebhedini yabantwana abasweleka eIraq njenge
isiphumo esithe ngqo somgaqo-nkqubo wethu-ngoyilo, koko izohlwayo ziyilelwe ukuba
yenza. Kodwa kukho ithemba, ngokuyinxenye kuba uYesu wafumana indlela yokukhulula bonke
ukuba, kuquka abantu ababalekayo xa bekufanele ukuba basokole kwaye
abantu abenza ububi.
Masihambe
ubuyele kwiiyantlukwano zakho zeemfundiso kunye nabalandeli bobufundamentali bobuKristu, abathi rhoqo
bagxininisa ukuba ubuKristu kuphela kwendlela yosindiso. Uhlangabezana njani nayo
lonto?
Enye ye
Izinto ezithethwa ngamaSilamsi, nekuthethwa ngayo kwiKoran, kukuba uThixo wayenako
zisenze uluntu olunye sonke, kodwa siluluntu olwahlukileyo ukuze thina
ninokukhuthalelana ukwenza okulungileyo. Ke ukuba sifuna ukungqina, njengamaKristu,
ukuba sinendlela engcono eya kuThixo, ngoko sikwenza njani oko? Ubomi obuninzi, ngaphezulu
inkululeko, ubulungisa obungakumbi. Ukuba ukukholelwa kuThixo kukusesikweni ngesenzo, ngoko makhe
silwelane omnye nomnye, masibonise ukuba sineyona ndlela ilungileyo ngezenzo
inkululeko nobulungisa.
Itsho ngaphakathi
IBhayibhile—kwaye le yi-bugaboo yabo bakholelwa ngokukodwa kuyo
UbuKristu—bokuba “akukho bani unokuza kuBawo ngaphandle kokuza ngam” evela kwiZibhalo
ivangeli kaYohane. Kodwa ndicinga indlela yokufunda ukuba uYesu uthi, “Ukuba
ufuna ukusondela kuThixo, endikubiza ngokuba nguBawo, okuphela kwamzeleyo
indlela oza kuyifumana ngayo iza ngam.” Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba akunjalo
ekuphela kwendlela yokunxulumana noThixo, ngendlela uYesu wenzayo. UThixo utyebile kwaye usisityebi
ngokomoya ukuba kukho amawaka eendlela zokuza kuThixo.
Nawe ngokunjalo
kubonakala kulula kakhulu ukusebenza namatshantliziyo ezopolitiko.
Xa ndiqala kuqala
ndifike eNew York ndagilana nabantu abaninzi besoshiyali kwaye ndachukumiseka ngabo
ukuzibophelela kwihlabathi elingcono. Kukho izinto ezininzi ezifanayo. Ndicinga ukuba yintoni
okubaluleke kakhulu lulwalamano lobuqu. Abantu basebenza nawe kwaye babone
ukuba uze ngenxa yabo, kwaye ngokuphambene, kwaye ukhulise intlonipho. Emva koko
Abantu baqala ukubuzana, "Yintoni ekwenza uphawule?" Sisithethe kwi
Icawa yobuKristu ukubona ukufana kwiminqweno yabantu.
The
I-stereotype ye-pacifist yamaKatolika yeyomntu ozolileyo, othobekileyo. Ukanti ungaba njalo
ezibukhali nezibukhali kwiintetho zakho zesidlangalala.
Ndihlala ndijonge
kubaprofeti, ababethetha kakuhle kwaye benobuchule kwaye babengqwabalala ngendlela engaqhelekanga
ngamaxesha athile. Akwaba bendinokuba ngqwabalala ngokusemthethweni njengabo. UYesu wathabatha
phezu kwabahanahanisi kwaye waba nokugqabhuka komsindo nodano ngenxa yobumfama
yeenkokeli zonqulo nezopolitiko. Nam ndizama ukulinganisa lonto
indima yam njengomfundisi, efuna ukuthantamisa ebantwini.
Ngaba ufumana
Ngaba kunzima ukukuphepha ukuba ngohlonel’ uThixo okanye ukuzenza ilungisa?
Kum, kwi
UbuKristu kukho ukugqithisela okuvumela, kwizinto ezilungileyo, a
uhlobo loburharha, uhlobo lokungagqibeki malunga neprojekthi oyenzayo.
Uyaqonda, iprojekthi endiyenzayo ibalulekile kodwa ayiphelelanga. Kukho
mnye kuphela owokugqibela; nguThixo andinguye. Kufuneka sizithathe
ngokunzulu, kodwa hayi ngokunzulu. Oko kukwazi ukususa izinto
i-pedestal yokugqibela isinika igumbi lokuphefumla kunye nomzuzu wokuhlekisa.
Abaninzi behlabathi
abantu ababuboni ubuKristu bubalulekile kubomi babo, ngakumbi babo
ubomi bezopolitiko. Ungakuphikisa njani oko kubaluleka?
UYesu wangena
elinye lala mazwe oyisiweyo alawulwa ngamandla awongamileyo exesha lawo.
IRoma yayazi into ekufuneka uyenzile ukunyanzelisa ubukhosi, kanye njengobu bukhosi baseMelika
namhlanje uyazi. Kwakukho izinto ezintle ngobukhosi baseRoma—iindlela ezilungileyo,
umthetho ongaguqukiyo—kanye njengokuba kukho izinto ezilungileyo ngobu bukhosi. Kodwa ukuba wena
phuma emgceni, ubekwa emnqamlezweni.
Ufunda malunga
uzuko lwaseGrisi nobungangamsha beRoma, kodwa kuthekani ngabantu bona
woyisiwe, ngubani na ongafunanga ukulawulwa? Ngabantu abaya kubo
UYesu weza nawayephilela waza wafa ngenxa yabo. Khumbula, ukuba ubethelelwe, wawunayo
ukugwetyelwa ukuvukela umbuso. Oko kuthetha okuninzi malunga wethu
inkcazo yomsebenzi njengamaKristu.
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