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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
; [2 K7 Z. E% |* FClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"4 Q$ R5 c, j/ L5 `4 T; q9 U
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
4 k' N2 W- b- u; I$ ]葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:% b. ?: ], Q/ o- x: W# Z4 Q! ~) ^
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
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" R9 [* V2 u, E! iAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.% g* }$ c) H) L* V' t" _) S
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,4 S# o8 F) t+ H; [% O
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,1 U+ d. ]4 G5 N G+ S- ?0 W R
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
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How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection D4 Z, y# k; T H/ p- T+ H& a
if we demand He leave us alone?"
$ I: L3 f h3 H* c( }『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
_! X9 a2 f$ G5 E只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
# P( C) W6 K8 \* V不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。 J- t: R# K8 F2 w& j8 X
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
; r H, \" K! [# n4 z4 D- ]$ ?0 J我們既然強令祂遠離我們,/ p% J- R5 @$ Z+ I
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』9 ` ^! X/ G$ f0 U$ c
7 S/ R& l, l( ~% V y" I IIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
G+ J7 b; D9 |$ E& A# i/ qI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,% m0 M3 F+ \9 w ~8 X0 w
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
& b2 v, C G! N2 z. T0 [schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
4 t b7 g# [ b4 s$ oschool...
5 @8 T8 s) b9 @9 k# h' N* `& P4 C; gthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
1 W7 | s! A; F' f" a; ]8 Uand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.9 Q. U1 g, F0 o3 @( L4 H' w
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,% e$ J7 W4 ^1 a2 f/ H4 f/ r
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
( [ ^* _8 i- e9 U(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,& a- J* Y2 z. K, _- w: m3 |
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、' l5 C5 m) |! S* m
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 children h6 ~3 c# w" i& t
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
% U; a% A! y( p+ G( q1 V; y+ mand 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.
2 ?7 `: w' y3 a" w5 H! w: v8 J然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
# \" W3 s# M+ X* T% x我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,3 C3 D' }" B* l, [9 O8 j9 Y. d
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊6 D; K9 M# O" ~* v, O+ W j
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。( G0 e9 d/ Q- W9 S
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7 m1 |6 E* Q- G+ E: b, QThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
/ a" `, m3 ~* J$ \1 \( Zchildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
: W3 a1 `; w! E* m; l1 ]2 V% ?in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
3 w, R# |! F. w7 O% K4 d# dbecause we don 't want any bad publicity,
- p# h* P/ D) c: Fand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference
; R" J/ U& A7 J9 a, J' g; ?between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,* r$ y. N! ~9 I1 t' s6 t
etc.). And we said OK.
: o/ N: m; f w% b5 \/ F+ J( N3 z' L然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,7 o- `. [/ P% h5 O
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
E6 M. A% G1 b- J9 x4 {1 r5 k教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
' v: c$ ~% _! w" W; l9 M1 _更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),! S" k' N. |1 p* \7 h
而大家同意了。) I. m* T" f. f* q5 T- H
' z4 v# s; W; g. c5 b& K0 {+ _Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
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Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys6 `; d. o- q7 Q* J! T& Z' \2 w; W
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms5 O7 P$ ]. `' V! K
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,
! N# x1 v& E3 t; L/ aand we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
! S" i4 d( U/ Jsaid OK.& r2 C d6 q& Q0 O# d4 X1 U4 u6 z
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
]+ \7 j( y X2 R1 ] n( \' S甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。% ]) q `0 p. R4 s% O
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,
. I' g9 Y/ X" Q7 r( [他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,% {4 |* Q' G- `" c5 `7 t
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
. A9 T A/ b: g0 t( h* }, v他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。8 P) x# i0 ~$ H( v
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) ]) E+ i- S, _# _3 }" z( bThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
* T# h# W7 W- ~- [2 N! Q# gwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
, r% h" [! O3 e6 xwe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,/ A" E0 q' L& J
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
6 \* h# M" C W9 i 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,* ^% ], I, c3 v8 I. z$ T. m' E
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,# ?. m% r+ a' ]5 s0 g/ c& | N, I
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >4 U; a( w6 j9 T. L' K
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
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\5 D# y, E; Zof the female body. And we said OK.5 [# W- M a3 W7 m
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,! P) M8 A/ r5 u4 }7 L9 j) F
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。* o" F( t @; ]6 g
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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and1 r: t4 {* n ^+ r& ]
published pictures of nude children and then further again, C6 ^6 |5 y% K8 s3 o5 G( j
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,* E8 E0 G9 i& c. m4 U% D0 {
they're entitled to free speech.
: a! r2 D" [. _2 d, u9 I然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,2 d' x! w( o: l0 E, f
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,( T# z' p f5 p$ r
他們這樣做是言論自由。' P' p7 }( b" ]! l
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
1 ~1 N, g: d4 {# fthat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music2 u/ z9 t+ u9 i: M! F* T" U: D
that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes., S2 G. t, X/ h2 H
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,' h: h$ N. A& @7 V `0 b1 B
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.. ?- n# y T. `& e; A/ a0 f
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
0 r; l! ^! T4 Y: \! J8 {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、& N* C9 R/ o1 n7 Y- U3 N" |
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
# `/ t4 l' j! e# \! U: r1 A* n0 Q那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。5 u+ X) ?1 g$ O# R& R" i; H
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0 b. z. F8 {9 c7 b+ ^Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
7 W( j8 m' T9 {' Y. owhy they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
- W3 ?' e6 w- R/ f0 K7 n3 Mto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,& M9 r* n0 ~* ]
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
6 y" n) k+ A# W e9 k `+ o. y `I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."2 ?5 }0 d5 k4 m' u
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?5 a/ Y+ K: d( M1 C, G- W2 u
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
Z6 p; P! D4 g2 @3 s$ s7 X' U為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?2 G: p+ E1 K/ m, m5 L o" Z6 k+ \7 l
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
# s& v% A$ \$ x我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。. W& f' @3 |/ \
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder) E7 O3 U9 D# d! N2 E+ @6 K
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers: T9 Z, `: R: r; K# t& z$ V+ D" ?
say, but question what the Bible says.: l/ Q& U5 |7 t# r" @5 @9 M* D
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。
$ h8 {( k. h1 N& ?* C6 c! d實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。+ l1 }, l4 i7 k; {5 q* I! p
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like0 t+ c: c! }- g7 K
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
# t) t7 L _* k9 upeople think twice about sharing.5 r2 u! [/ g# h& y2 ~ O
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;
% c- V* t% {5 k/ D1 z但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,9 q# J. m( t4 \. e, T6 e/ }
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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, j$ B" m4 Y% p6 t, MFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely1 w+ C- k3 w( U. }- U r
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
" A8 v4 u- @2 j* W/ u& ~5 \! jin the school and workplace.& e1 v4 X3 ^2 b& @4 t: t
實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章; O ]) x B& N5 u
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
& j; E. I% E* Y5 z( Z' u而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。& i# z! G. T8 Q5 M
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3 f: i, E9 r7 I; i/ ~( k& VAre you laughing?
6 [0 W2 k% i2 E1 a3 a% k5 @你笑了嗎?
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: F$ s- b; t3 O. L4 O* U% j; FFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
, C6 M, [& P5 W/ x9 f Oto many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
8 i* q/ F* @# y4 H( L3 tor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
2 f( Y, Z' A3 W4 }: O6 x. CFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us9 V1 n! N( p* e/ Y
than what God thinks of us.. _3 } h& k' i& w
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,6 u" L5 N+ C( Q$ h2 r8 L( p3 D! F
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
8 g5 F/ x) d3 c+ T9 j0 H9 `或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
( e. h9 y/ G) M" ~- f可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
; N, b+ Q D( f而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
$ ]9 [, _0 S s7 k, K3 ano one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't+ E8 l9 B) ]' F7 P6 U5 u( U
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
, _; Q: X0 g e) t1 L9 S把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話; e6 w- V/ |/ T2 I/ ?& f
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
7 [: N/ c; K! D0 X0 X但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
+ Q% e( v# b; q' ^你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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