From: Thach.Pham@Eng.Sun.COM (Thach Pham)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [misc] Thus spoke an atheist
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:14:58 GMT
Reply-To: Thach.Pham@Eng.Sun.COM

To^i vie^'t ba`i na`y dda~ la^u tre^n mo^.t die^~n dda`n nho? va`
tha^n ma^.t. DDo.c la.i tha^'y ... cu~ng ddu+o+.c ne^n su+?a ddo^?i
ddo^i chu't tru+o+'c khi dda<ng o+? SCV. 

To^i thu+o+`ng ddu+o+.c ddo.c va` nghe nhu+~ng lo+`i chi? tri'ch
ngu+o+`i vo^ tha^`n. Na`o la` bo.n vo^ tha^`n so^'ng kho^ng co'
dda.o ddu+'c, kho^ng coi tro.ng to^? tie^n, ba'ng bo^? tha^`n
tha'nh, va` la` co^.ng sa?n (sic). DDo^i khi co' ngu+o+`i de` bi?u
"bo.n" vo^ tha^`n ma` kho^ng vi` mo^.t ly' do ro~ ra`ng na`o ca?.

To^i la` mo^.t ngu+o+`i vo^ tha^`n theo ca'ch rie^ng cu?a mi`nh.
To^i kho^ng theo ba^'t cu+' mo^.t to^n gia'o na`o, va` ra^'t hoa`i
nghi su+. kie^.n con ngu+o+`i khi che^'t ddi linh ho^`n va^~n loanh
quanh dda^u ddo'. To^i kho^ng tin la` co' mo^.t dda^'ng sie^u nhie^n
na`o ta.o ra va` ddie^`u khie^?n sinh hoa.t cu?a muo^n loa`i. No'i
chung, to^i kho^ng su`ng ba'i thu+o+.ng dde^' (ne^'u co'!) va`
kho^ng phu.c to`ng mo^.t to^? chu+'c to^n gia'o na`o.

Tuy the^' to^i kho^ng tha^'y co' gi` tra'i vo+'i dda.o ddu+'c. Nhu+
mo.i ngu+o+`i bi`nh thu+o+`ng kha'c, to^i co' ra^'t nhie^`u khuye^'t
ddie^?m, nhu+ng ddie^`u na`y kho^ng lie^n quan gi` dde^'n vie^.c
to^i tin co' tha^`n tha'nh hay kho^ng. To^i nghi~ lu+o+ng ta^m cu?a
mo^~i ngu+o+`i la` tie^u chua^?n dde^? *tu+.* dda'nh gia' ha`nh
ddo^.ng cu?a mi`nh, ho+n la` nhu+~ng ddie^`u lua^.t ddu+o+.c vie^'t
ra tu+` ba^'t cu+' to^? chu+'c the^' quye^`n hay tha^`n quye^`n na`o.

To^i ki'nh tro.ng to^? tie^n, kho^ng a'p dda<.t ca'c kha'i nie^.m
cu?a ho^m nay dde^? pha'n ddoa'n chuye^.n ddo+`i xu+a . To^i nho+'
o+n ca'c vi. anh hu`ng da^n to^.c, nhu+ng kho^ng tho+` phu+o+.ng
nhu+ the^? ho. la` nhu+~ng nha^n va^.t huye^`n thoa.i co' su+'c
ma.nh quye^'t ddi.nh cho vie^.c la`m cu?a to^i ho^m nay.

Mo^.t trong nhu+~ng hie^?u la^`m thu+o+`ng tha^'y la` ddo^`ng hoa'
vo^ tha^`n vo+'i nha.o ba'ng tha^`n tha'nh. To^i chi? kho^ng tin
su+. hie^.n hu+~u cu?a tha^`n tha'nh. Nhu+ng ne^'u "ho." co' ma<.t,
to^i hy vo.ng ddu+o+.c ddo^'i thoa.i du+o+'i mo^.t hi`nh thu+'c 
na`o ddo' giu+~a to^i va` ho., mo^.t ca'ch tu+o+ng ki'nh. To^i
cho ra<`ng nhu+ the^' la` ho+.p ti`nh ho+.p ly'.

No'i ra<`ng ngu+o+`i co^.ng sa?n la` ngu+o+`i vo^ tha^`n chu+a
ha<?n ddu'ng. O+? mo^~i nu+o+'c co^.ng sa?n tre^n the^' gio+'i
dde^`u co' mo^.t dde^`n tha'nh rie^ng, trong ddo' tho+` phu+o+.ng
mo^.t hi`nh a?nh dda~ che^'t hoa<.c co`n so^'ng. Ho. go.i nha^n
va^.t ddo' la` "anh hu`ng", la` "la~nh tu.", kho^ng ma<'c pha?i
nhu+~ng lo^~i la^`m nhu+ ngu+o+`i thu+o+`ng, mo^.t hi`nh thu+'c 
phong tha'nh kie^?u the^' ky? XX.

Nhu+ng no'i ta^'t ca? ngu+o+`i vo^ tha^`n la` co^.ng sa?n thi`
ha<?n nhie^n sai. Vo^ hay hu+~u tha^`n chi? la` ca'ch so^'ng va`
suy nghi~ cu?a mo^.t ca' nha^n. Trong khi ddo' co^.ng sa?n (va`
ra^'t nhie^`u ho.c thuye^'t kha'c) la` mo^.t chu? nghi~a, mo^.t
gia'o ddie^`u ddu+o+.c to^? chu+'c tha`nh ddoa`n the^? hay dda?ng
pha'i nha<`m a?nh hu+o+?ng dde^'n ddo+`i so^'ng xa~ ho^.i.

Kho^ng thoa? ma~n vo+'i ca'ch gia?i thi'ch hu+~u tha^`n, nhu+ng
co' ra^'t nhie^`u ddie^`u to^i kho^ng gia?i thi'ch ddu+o+.c vo+'i
ca'ch suy nghi~ va` ly' lua^.n cu?a mo^.t ngu+o+`i vo^ tha^`n.
Va` cuo^.c so^'ng cu+' tro^i, ne^n to^i thu+o+`ng ta.m ga'c la.i
va^'n dde^`. Chi? dda'ng phie^`n va` ddo^i lu'c ho+i bu+.c mi`nh,
khi co' ngu+o+`i cu+' buo^.c to^.i chung chung ve^` ti'nh vo^ 
tha^`n cu?a ngu+o+`i vo^ tha^`n - tuy ra<`ng to^i cu~ng cha<?ng
thie^'t tha gi` vo+'i hai chu+~ vo^ hay hu+~u ddo'.

Tha.ch