影音使团自从筹划方舟展馆后,整个机构的活动都以方舟为核心,发动多次考古筹款,后来更成挪亚方舟国际事工。多年来,影音使团的方舟考古都备受到教内外人士的质疑,但影音使团没有改变其一贯手法。最近的《挪亚方舟惊世启示2》,宣传手法更令人咋舌。
影音使团在宣传海报上,印上「方舟不是神话!惊世真相全球首度曝光!列入『国家地理二○一○十大考古发现』」。在其网页上,指他们的探险队登上超过4000米的雪岭,发现多个冰封绝岭的巨型木结构间隔,此发现随即登上「国家地理杂志二○一○十大最多浏览的考古发现之一」之列。
此两项声称都是虚假的。《国家地理杂志》只有十大最多浏览考古新闻名榜,而没有十大考古发现名榜。网友Peter Wong是该杂志的读者,曾去函《国家地理杂志》查询,得到以下的回覆:
No, we did not say this is among the ten most important finds of 2010. We said it was among the most popular discoveries, based on how many people read our story about it. See http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101130-best-of-2010-science-nature-pictures-news-fish-hands/#comments
You'll note too, that the other sources quoted in the full story were skeptical of the team's claims.(中译) 没有,我们没有说这是二○一○年十大考古发现之一。我们是说它是最流行的发现,根据有多少人阅读我们的报导来说。请看以下网页
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101130-best-of-2010-science-nature-pictures-news-fish-hands/#comments
你也会发现到,在这个完整的报导中引述的其他消息来源,对于这队人所作的声称是抱怀疑的。
另一个电邮则说,
I looked through the English version of the website at http://www.noahsarksearch.net/eng/index.php and did not find a reference to our organization. However, I can tell you that we have not endorsed this organization's claim that they found Noah's Ark, nor do maintain a list of the most important discoveries by year.
(中译)我读过这个网页http://www.noahsarksearch.net/eng/index.php的英文版,没有发现有引用过我们的机构。不过,我可以告诉你,我们没有确认这机构的声称,没有说他们发现了挪亚方舟,又没有一个全年最重要发现的名榜。
From:
Lisa T. Walker
National Geographic Society
在影音使团所扭曲的原本报道里,《国家地理杂志》的评论是这样的:「But some archaeologists and historians took the latest claim that Noah's ark had been found about as seriously as they had past ones—not very.(中译)但一些考古学家和历史学家对这最新近的发现挪亚方舟的声称,大约与之前的别的声称有同样的认真程度──不太认真对待。」
影音使团以失实的手法,企图欺骗市民他们的发现已被权威杂志认定为二○一○年十大考古,号召信徒带亲友观看电影,这是很失见证的弄虚作假的做法。再者,影音使团已多次以考古为名,呼吁信徒奉献。但数百万的捐款,竟落得如下场,实在浪费弟兄姊妹的奉献。过去本地信徒群体已多次批评他们的布道手法和事工方向,但劝阻无效。信徒群体不能助长此类歪风,必须拒绝使用此种虚谎手段推动事工的机构。
本人呼吁,信徒们起来杯葛这系列的方舟布道活动,讉责方舟布道者的欺骗手段,并以沉重的心情,向香港市民致歉。
参考网页
《国家地理杂志》官方报道
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100428-noahs-ark-found-in-turkey-science-religion-culture/
「关注方舟惊世电影布道者操守」群组
https://www.facebook.com/groups/292499524094553/
电影宣传
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150349319309555&set=o.292499524094553&type=3&theater
官方宣传海报
http://www.noahsarkmovies.com/movie/hk/images/filmposter_high.jpg
(http://www.christiantimes.org.hk,时代论坛时代讲场,2011.10.13)
编按:
影音使团回应,见http://www.noahsarkmovies.com/movie/hk/pdf/13Oct2011.pdf。作者进一步回应,见http://chengfu-hy.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post_15.html
(2011.10.17增订)