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(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)
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It is well-known that the JDJ had vehemently opposed the scientific theories of Galileo and Copernicus, but did you know that they had also opposed Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod?5 ]. R8 w* X9 o. @! {1 A; ~; M) e
, h* o V- |" X9 Y# _ G) J16, 17 世纪的欧美, 可以说是凡是有人聚集的地方就一定有教堂。 最让JDT 大惑9 G# e) R1 w+ t
不解的是, 雷竟然专劈教堂, 而极少光顾与教堂仅一街之隔的妓院, 赌场。那年* @+ A ~7 B' [( r( X0 ~
头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。3 z. L( ?( Z) y
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关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释- c: @2 ?0 M! [5 C9 p
St. Thomas Aquinas said "Rain and winds, and whatsoever occurs by local impulse alone, can be caused by demons. It is a dogma of faith that the demons can produce winds, storms, and rain of fire from heaven."
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- v5 E: u) B5 q$ C- s) `% P/ YMartin Luther asserted that the winds themselves are good or evil spirits. He declared that a stone thrown into a certain pond in his native city would cause a dreadful storm because of the devils kept prisoners there.
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8 A) X! c4 }4 R F3 v基于这种信仰, 当时的好JDT们采用多祷告, 多鞭打, 处死女巫来逃避雷劈。可# d1 u; Q- E& Y, W2 b- I, q2 E% R
惜的是, 他们的祷告, 他们的对女巫的惩罚从来就没有半点用处, 教堂愿意招雷4 }( Y6 X7 p4 P- Q2 [$ A
劈的史实并没有因此而改变。 倒是有些心思灵活, 信教不诚者, 一看到雷雨要来,7 k' {" D1 B8 S* ~, k% \
立刻就跑到对面的妓院, 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。 |
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