Sunday, October 15, 2006

鬼神论(科学篇)/ Demonology (Scientific Note)

世上有鬼神吗?我相信有,不过不迷信。物理学说能量是永恒的,它可以转换成不同的形态但不会增加或减少。我认为灵魂是一种能量,它无形,科学目前无法证明它的存在。宗教说当一个人去世的时候,灵魂将离开肉身往天堂或地狱去。那可否解释所谓的地狱天堂或极乐世界是一个我们人类无从知晓的异度空间在容纳这些能量?佛学谈因果,轮回转世,跟物理学不谋而合。‘鬼’‘神’只是个代名词。

至于永恒能量的产生,科学家提出的
宇宙大爆炸至今无从证实,这是比较受落的科学假设。Dan Brown 的著作 Angels and Demons 以深入浅出的方式谈及此理论,不妨一读。


Does ghost exist? I believe it does, but not superstitious. Physics state that energy is constant and transformable. I reckon the spirit is a form of energy, though science couldn’t prove its existence. The religions believe the soul would depart from the body to the heaven or hell when one deceased. Could we explain that the so-called heaven and hell is an unknown dimension where this energy is accommodated? Buddhism discussed cause and effect, the reincarnation, coincidentally matching with this Physics theory. “Ghost” is just a name to it.

Questioning the generation of constant energy, scientists have presented the
Big Bang Theory which is the most acceptable hypothesis though no proof yet. The fiction of Dan Brown – Angels and Demons has briefed and simplified the explanation of the same.