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ある意味楽しい融合形
掲示板の方に投稿があったのだが、なかなか楽しいことになっているのでこちらにもメモ。
Reuterのニュース記事より。
The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser
Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:34pm ESTROME (Reuters) – An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu — an electronic holy water dispenser.
The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms — a churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water.
“It has been a bit of a novelty. People initially were a bit shocked by this technological innovation but then they welcomed it with great enthusiasm and joy. The members of this parish have got used to it,” said Father Pierangelo Motta.
Catholics entering and leaving churches usually dip their hands into fonts full of holy water — which has been blessed by a priest — and make the sign of the cross.
But fear of contracting the H1N1 virus has led many in Italy — where some 15 people have died of swine flu — not to dip their hands in the communal water font.
“It's great,” said worshipper Marta Caimm as she entered the church. “Thanks to this we are not worried about catching swine flu. It is the right thing for the times,” she said.
Luciano Marabese, who invented the dispenser, said he did so out of concern that fear of swine flu was eroding traditions.
And he is now blessing himself all the way to the bank.
“After all the news that some churches, like Milan's cathedral, were suspending the use of holy water fonts as a measure against swine flu, demands for my invention shot to the stars. I have received orders from all over the world,” he said.
(Reporting by Eleanor Biles; Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Louise Ireland)
つまり、共用の聖水盥にみんなが手を突っ込むと、新型インフルエンザの感染を促進することになるから、聖水をディスペンサーで配ることで感染のリスクを下げようという話。
聖水の効果は、宗教的なものであって信仰心によって支えられているので、機械に頼って配っても差し支えないということなのだろう。宗教的信仰心では現実のインフルエンザに対抗できないが、この方法をとると、現実の感染リスクは減らせる。
科学と宗教の楽しい共存、というイメージを持ってしまった^^;)。
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