용서와 구원의 문제에 접근하는 두 가지 태도 - 「행복원의 예수」· 「벌레이야기」를 중심으로

Abstract

I studied the two means of access to the problem of forgiveness and salvation with 「HangBokWonUi YeSu」 and 「Beole IyaGi」. In 「HangBokWonUi YeSu」, the writer took note of the circumstance which the forgiveness and the salvation from sin are easily ruled in the members who have identical consciousness. He also pointed out the concern which means that the absolute forgiveness of God may be rather productive of crime without a true attitude of atonement. He tells us that people feel doubt about being easily forgiven and are conscious of the fact that the true forgiveness and the salvation are not given by others but by myself. In 「Beole IyaGi」, the writer took note of a change of mind of one woman who heard about that the criminal was already forgiven by God and found a peace of mind although she would like to forgive him who killed her baby. The woman couldn't accept God who forgave him earlier than me and finally ended her life by committing suicide. Two works are handling it the subject matter of Christian forgiveness and salvation superficially. However, they approach the general life problem of the men keeping some distance from the religion in-depth. We can also find that in 「Beole IyaGi」 published 20 years later than in 「HangBokWonUi YeSu」, the awareness of God was further developed. While the writer studied the problem of forgiveness and salvation with atheistic point of view in 「HangBokWonUi YeSu」, he come at it from theistic angle in the way that he showed the undersized human image in the sight of God in 「Beole IyaGi」. Although the writer mentioned the problem of forgiveness and salvation using Christian imagination, he tries to examine not at the doctrinaire attitude but at the human side. The thing which he emphasizes is that true forgiveness and salvation without true self-reflection and self-awareness do not exist and it depends only on the individual true will.