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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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' e- r: j1 O; J& [$ _2 Y6 h. ~6 ~Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
: m: W/ n8 l' }( {2 r& |2 Y9 u: y) p' {Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
" S6 Y' j) `7 ?(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).2 Z/ N5 ^% ~6 |; ?$ q* s
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:
8 i! O/ I3 R3 t5 i. [上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?& y- L4 Y: M0 c- i; ~5 p! X9 v
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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$ [& V i2 k( S0 {, p3 Y4 m" _Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.$ C2 W: C \5 s
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,. z- i! B8 X& r" z
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
5 ]# w: h0 Q" B% q: W& z2 o+ Oto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
/ y& V$ W1 K; U" VAnd being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
! L+ v1 f, V9 A( Q( tHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection% t) R( v2 i" _: S9 r3 J& \* K
if we demand He leave us alone?"3 T8 G( L% K- g) t% t7 u
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
$ C' r$ f* s2 i! I只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,* B$ M p( l" o& u2 q3 o/ e
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。9 I l9 Q+ X' v6 H j
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
2 Q4 G7 l K6 m- z* B. @$ a+ ]我們既然強令祂遠離我們,, M& E7 b* w, d' c
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』% B. u. O$ u' p! U6 Q0 p9 |9 A5 g/ r3 h
% S' M) F- i' Z8 Y! P: u' MIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
; t- H2 c. P3 w1 q6 M7 N9 q5 zI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
2 N% ~# }! l8 U. e* p$ I* r7 Hher body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our3 F( h& ^: ^& w0 |2 N9 |3 F
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
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the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
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3 q& C; G2 N! i8 ^看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,6 @- o( y9 A/ h* z
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士# A( n1 E$ H A) _* ^9 I/ a: K
(她被殺害,屍體最近被發現)。她埋怨校園裡的禱告,她不想要校園裡有禱告,大家答應了。然後有人說,7 v$ |) t/ L# [ b/ u
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、* N, o* v* E) P! K
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children9 d/ \. \7 e/ Y9 ?3 H3 M U9 H# y
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped) ^6 Z, x2 z3 J9 X+ K
and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
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We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.1 _ M( r& W6 e/ V3 m8 |% H
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
8 Z" z' r; V9 }4 E7 q% R我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
& F; v6 N; }. d# Q+ m以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊9 H5 p, g1 S$ B* x1 Q0 u/ Y
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。0 l, y* \4 F1 o& }1 I4 p
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2 l% y8 e. [* z3 H+ G2 P) V' uThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our6 M2 ]) Y$ F1 r- M. c* N% ^
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
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because we don 't want any bad publicity,5 z( q6 U O: ? a& D- ?6 C& R
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference5 Q* ^+ d1 O i c7 w
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
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. ^7 a8 C) r7 p然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,- H D' x- Y9 C6 z$ a; [
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
& Y% \) |8 z5 g' H) O" y$ ?教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,9 r1 `& K8 T6 t5 { {- e# }
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
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/ m( l3 M0 K e- L5 ]Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,& [! ]2 ]( t+ c6 I; |- f) Z
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.2 b* p' _* [( M# |$ v! a
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
: M0 L) c% v. ]* j$ z, q3 i0 jand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms3 d3 T- I& b! ?8 p4 F0 }8 U
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,
/ x) `. |! m( }- D3 @$ hand we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we7 K1 V. C+ l' |. ^: ?
said OK.
4 o$ ?7 M8 H! U2 _( c然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎," N n+ \' d! S% @# B
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
$ U. A2 t6 [5 [2 e# ?$ J然後有一些聰明的學校委員會成員說,因為男孩終歸是男孩,% x7 u& D9 F1 g# { A% v
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,( |& y3 j9 Y7 x4 `
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
; G2 k( j/ g6 ^/ s' {他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。( o* a( E4 `/ H/ | [3 z/ [/ h
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* | Y9 d* l; l u2 XThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
& [$ k- z# C: _6 E% n Zwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, _5 T* t# C. X; L K @1 }7 M
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,1 e! L8 ]" T, G% a) o, a
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.! |/ P* w- { {, z7 @ h! k
然後有一些我們選出來的高級官員說,我們私底下做什麼沒關係,
: ~) l+ d% T8 a: ?- Q/ q只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
( j0 t8 L7 e0 x& W3 n: K( x6 [" c$ r任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
8 x, L+ ~; }9 h7 L8 k! G只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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' U, U" P+ w& C$ GThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women" m. r: E* r u! W7 G9 l
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
( B; a) w- Y2 hof the female body. And we said OK.9 P# Y- L- c' l' Z" M
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
$ q; c. b, {5 l; d- P* ?稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。
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0 s C0 ~9 e/ u1 ]& AAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and/ J9 M1 j; j5 l' d3 g; n
published pictures of nude children and then further again" T- E; G; s6 D' Z7 m
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
& j) ]5 ~7 G. d- S2 Kthey're entitled to free speech.% a8 G: ]2 f( _# {9 N
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
- Y- U, ]5 P8 T4 A& ^( ~5 G甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,* P) `/ m, m2 H6 x
他們這樣做是言論自由。
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
8 e. y- P# U. R% dthat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
" J4 z G, M7 p1 E' z7 ?; X! vthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
9 v. x h9 x ]8 x) m* ~6 n1 E$ sAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,+ S8 i M* T7 ]. z9 n
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.' {, v, O m! F! c \
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
2 j+ x! o6 m/ {不正當的性行為的電視節目和電影;讓我們錄製鼓勵強姦、嗑藥、: }; M; l6 x1 V, u3 h
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:# T' n, u$ j" h" V& g$ G5 `
那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。4 u" ~; @# W p$ d; s
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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,- U4 D; I. |) O9 g9 @ Q. F$ K# q
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
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if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out./ q5 E. T& k& k( f. }
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
1 |8 Y3 O. q7 A; u! k$ h3 A如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?1 r6 G( b0 [# a# H
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
* H; r6 O3 L/ O/ z& {' r# C為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
5 z) y" p5 `, A% c- \2 Z* Z/ u% I假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。/ C3 ~" [0 T* `, e) y" l& x! {
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。7 N4 z, A9 v0 k) J
1 \5 z/ @0 {/ C% M, s8 B$ _/ vFunny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder
6 f1 s6 X1 M5 D9 I7 Twhy the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
3 g& O8 O5 b8 T. u) R% Asay, but question what the Bible says.
2 ~$ l! d( L3 ]/ ^" W7 v( K實在好笑,人們棄上帝如弊履,卻苦思何以世界步步下落地獄。
z5 A6 T/ h, t實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。
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; U8 Y, N: h* q" rFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
4 {- k: v* P! ^% D+ }2 ?wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,, {1 ^) }* z3 p( q6 e; Q
people think twice about sharing.
6 k$ @$ `; p e& ~8 ^' Q實在好笑。你可以在網路上轉寄笑話,使它們像原野之火般的蔓延;
* D* u# C9 u, O' {但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
- {( H5 H' x5 e0 D% N8 U, w# f% X人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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( ^" I/ i; |1 O, v: ]; X7 q1 p& cFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
1 s5 g; ^5 F0 k k) o9 G/ gthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
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實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章& q. C; ]" k3 U3 {2 J
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
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+ ], R! q1 T$ e: N! {0 q8 FAre you laughing?. T. c! t% w4 \
你笑了嗎?; \3 U; x( |/ J8 N
0 ?7 I! Y+ c o# tFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it' [& I' E- U: {+ M @1 t; K+ `
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
$ c' ]& X" n; ]or what they WILL think of you for sending it.
# U/ c# Y0 l; X! IFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us' h T* W/ i u
than what God thinks of us.3 s5 k0 t% q& j# T
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
+ h: L+ p5 w5 Y1 ]因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,* S3 H( L$ K& J G
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。- H: C* Z7 B8 b; J. c( v
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
, C @& u! S q/ q, y0 D' D5 c而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。2 D* I' k$ _* Y& [: [, h8 n* H
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- }# N5 i L6 k6 b0 [) p/ I! U* dPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
8 t) E) u8 b* ]% U6 o9 Uno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't! e7 J* C% p* s y& L x! R$ ?
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!/ e& C8 d& y- \: ^ u- Q
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
7 U8 V- w2 M9 l3 ?7 H8 Q若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,7 }3 q$ P6 a0 }1 l/ J0 Y5 h) M
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
4 R6 f& r: A, {1 L I你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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