迷信的马来西亚人

JowY

下面这篇评论，连泰国和印尼的报章都转截，就分享下（我随便翻译下其中一些部分，不要要求太多）
里面提到的新闻，大家可以帮忙查证是否属实
迷信的马来西亚人。。这个现象不只发生在民间信仰，其实连好像很严的回教，马来人bomoh的生意还是源源不绝的

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Split by religion, bound by beliefs
M Veera Pandiyan
http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Along-The-Watchtower/Profile/Articles/2013/10/23/Split-by-religion-bound-by-beliefs.aspx

Malaysia has set a lofty target to becoming a developed nation in seven years but is still rooted in superstitions and witchcraft.
还剩几年就是2020了- 我们成为先进国的目标年，但是迷信和巫术仍然普遍！

AT a time when it seems like too many people are getting their knickers in a twist over a name for God, let’s look at another “spiritual” fixation binding Malaysians – belief in the supernatural.

In spite of our skyscrapers, focus on science and technology and dreams of becoming a developed nation in seven years, the country is still rooted in superstitious beliefs and fears of dreadful ghouls.

Two weeks ago, it was reported that an exorcism ceremony was carried out by spiritual healers at Putrajaya’s state-of-the-art hospital to fend off evil spirits supposedly haunting the place.
两个星期前，拥有顶尖设备布特拉再也医院才邀请了灵媒到医院进行驱邪仪式，赶走医院的幽灵

About 40 healers from a centre run by a prominent faith healer, who also happens to be a politician, reportedly conducted rituals for three days, using prayers, “holy” water, salt and pepper.
人数40人的灵媒，老板是一位政客，他也是著名的信仰治疗师。仪式进行了3天，包括用祷告、“圣水”和胡椒。

It makes one wonder if there is a consultant shaman at the hospital in addition to other specialists.
这样不禁让人好奇，除了专科医生，我们要不要考虑也在医院聘请巫师给与咨询？

So far, there has been no official comment from hospital administrators or the Health Ministry so far.

The hiring of bomohs to keep heavy rain away, however, has become almost common practice in the country.
聘请巫师帮忙把雨赶走，在这个国家非常普遍

At about this time last year, the Malacca government engaged one to minimise the effects of a wet spell before the opening of the RM4.6mil Rural Transformation Centre (RTC) in Kuala Linggi.
去年此时，马六甲政府才聘请了巫师为乡区转型中心开幕典礼驱雨

Then Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam confirmed that a bomoh was hired to shift the dark clouds and allow contractors to complete their job on schedule.
当时的州务大臣Ali肯定了这件事

When I was staff correspondent in Malacca in 1991, the Durian Tunggal dam ran dry and among those who came forward with offers to fill it up by creating rain was an American.
90年代甚至还出现过美国人“现代高科技巫师”自荐可以为马六甲干枯的水坝进行降雨，要价320万，没成

As his technology sounded rather dubious, I asked if he would consider himself as a “high-tech” bomoh and he agreed.

He claimed that he could create over the dam rain through manipulation of “chi and ether” at a cost of RM3.2mil.

He was not paid the proposed fees because the water level at the dam was not raised by the stipulated time.

Yet, he was back in the country seven years later, claiming that his company’s “technology to guide rain clouds to water catchment areas” in the Klang Valley was a success.

According to news reports, the then Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Government had agreed to allow the company to work together with Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd and RMAF to move clouds towards water catchment areas for cloud-seeding activities.
后来当时的副首相安华还曾经答应和这个美国公司合作进行造雨计划

As for our regular bomohs, their lucrative businesses appear to be expanding. In addition to offering “love potions” spells, charms, amulets and exorcism rituals, it appears that they have now even elbowed into the field of education.
巫师的行业，生意从来不缺。爱情降、护身符、驱邪，无奇不有，现在还流行教育生意

There is one popular bomoh, for example, who claims to use the skills of djinns (spirits in Arabian mythology) to help students of a college get better grades.
巫师声称可以让学生成绩更好

The purportedly English proficient djinn work through charms that come in the form of folded betel leaves sold for RM350 each.
该法术就只是施过法的槟榔叶，一片要价RM350!

According to a local Malay daily, students who used to get poor results in their English paper had testified that they got better scores after using the charm.

With such beliefs in place, one can only wonder about the implementation of the National Education Blueprint, drawn up by consulting firm McKinsey and Co at the whopping cost of RM20mil.
如果酱神奇的话，我看我们不需要什么教育大蓝图了

Continued credence in hocus-pocus certainly won’t propel the country to the top three level in global education rankings.

The belief in evil spirits and supernatural forces is a boon to conmen, based on the number of cases being reported in the media.

The latest involved a woman in Kulaijaya, Johor who ended up RM26,000 poorer last Saturday after being coaxed into taking part in a “cleansing” ceremony to save her only son from “evil spirits”.
最新的还包括花了26千的驱魔仪式

Superstitious beliefs can also result in deadly results, as was in the case of the three-year-old girl in Penang who was crushed to death last year during an exorcism ritual by family members who believed she was possessed by evil spirits.
这些仪式还闹出过人命，之前那种驱邪仪式3岁童被压到窒息丧命的新闻就很轰动

Seven family members and an Indonesian maid were found piled over her under a blanket. She suffocated.

But Malaysians are not alone in believing in evil spirits and supernatural beings.

Even in the apparently progressive countries of the US, Canada and the UK, many people believe in such things. In the US, a poll conducted by the Huffington Post showed that 45% of those interviewed believed in ghosts or life after death.

In Canada, it was 47% and those with children seemed more likely to believe than those without kids.

As for the UK, a recent study conducted by the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena showed that 52% of those interviewed believed in ghostly spirits and that women were more likely to be believers than men.

In China, belief in the supernatural is also growing with the popularity of Thailand-made “voodoo dolls” among young women.

The dolls, made out of balls of string, are used for sticking pins and casting curses.

mcdonalds

在下有神奇power可以提高国家人民的收入，国家如果有意思聘请在下当法术部长，在下愿意考虑这个职位。

星星的女儿

古代也有国师这个职位，现代可以考虑看看。。。

q(T_T)p

破除迷信 － 基本上是不可能的。就算是现代，无神论者只占了世界人口的几吧仙而已。

更何况迷信，其实是很好的洗脑和控制人心的工具。人类是不会放弃它的。

JowY

mcdonalds 发表于 28-10-2013 05:19 PM
在下有神奇power可以提高国家人民的收入，国家如果有意思聘请在下当法术部长，在下愿意考虑这个职位。

有这个职位的话应该很多人排队要做

JowY

q(T_T)p 发表于 28-10-2013 05:32 PM
破除迷信 － 基本上是不可能的。就算是现代，无神论者只占了世界人口的几吧仙而已。

更何况迷信 ...

我很赞同
巫师是人类最古老的职业- 可能比妓女还古老 哈哈哈

rio90

还好这篇文的翻译不是google translate

JowY

rio90 发表于 28-10-2013 05:50 PM
还好这篇文的翻译不是google translate

LZ 翻译的啊
打错字见谅

q(T_T)p

JowY 发表于 28-10-2013 05:36 PM
我很赞同
巫师是人类最古老的职业- 可能比妓女还古老 哈哈哈

肯定是巫师。。。

地球有40亿岁，宗教起源不过一万多年，在40亿年那么漫长的岁月里都不知有多少宗教不停的出现和末落。（有信仰的人不会和你谈这个课题的）即使到了现代，历史也会一直的重演，现代的宗教总有一天会末落，又有新的宗教出现取而代之。
就算排除掉有人利用宗教谋取利益这个因素，人类也是无法摆脱宗教这东西的。

所以换句话说，人类的智慧其实并不是那么高，很讽刺。

huoshiren

不奇怪，西方也还是相信驱邪的。

连电影都变成大制作，强打真人真事改篇~

konglong

我是素食者.
我见过很多对我说不要迷信的人，但他们的所作所为，却是最迷信。

JowY

q(T_T)p 发表于 28-10-2013 06:00 PM
肯定是巫师。。。

地球有40亿岁，宗教起源不过一万多年，在40亿年那么漫长的岁月里都不知有多少宗教 ...

其实不错高的，只是人性犯贱

dupont378

世界上每一个民族都有自己的信仰，

中东３ 大 阿伯拉翰拜撒旦的邪教,
侵略各民族再强行洗脑，
让各民族放弃本身的正神信仰，
制造混乱，
达到统治的目的。。

JowY

huoshiren 发表于 28-10-2013 06:06 PM
不奇怪，西方也还是相信驱邪的。

连电影都变成大制作，强打真人真事改篇~

其实我个人也是不排除它的可能性的，什么都有可能，只不过我们要小心，不要丢了理智
endless possibilities 嘛

JowY

konglong 发表于 28-10-2013 06:37 PM
我是素食者.
我见过很多对我说不要迷信的人，但他们的所作所为，却是最迷信。

针对素食的选择吗？有什么故事讲？

konglong

JowY 发表于 28-10-2013 06:52 PM
针对素食的选择吗？有什么故事讲？

也不是针对素食而已，太多太多了，一匹布酱长。

mcdonalds

JowY 发表于 28-10-2013 05:34 PM
有这个职位的话应该很多人排队要做

肯定是很多人要的，这个职位可以给你们A钱A到你们堵懒那种。

最爽是不必向上司会报，每天的工作只需要report给神。

Leon590

q(T_T)p 发表于 28-10-2013 06:00 PM
肯定是巫师。。。

地球有40亿岁，宗教起源不过一万多年，在40亿年那么漫长的岁月里都不知有多少宗教 ...

伊斯兰是不会没落的

q(^_^)p

有些东西不是所谓的科学可以证明的。

lowsl

新加坡F1 开跑前也是有请7大宗教来作法事的哦。