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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
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& w: x/ \+ J, J! \% @- S* i(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).4 o2 H. z% O( n% A, H9 h
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:) ~6 L& N: v5 D( I& ^+ t% O
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
- V# R: U$ h$ ~) K她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:! r! w6 `+ @1 ^! e- {3 y8 n
: f6 s- y, {( E/ d JAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.2 Q2 X1 t# n/ _3 V2 l- F
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
: b# l) Y! Z( Pbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
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And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
; i2 x* m. r4 E# u) Q* r8 HHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection6 I5 i9 h) x5 x% q$ Y: w* x7 E
if we demand He leave us alone?"! z i" b' F2 T& L
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
/ m8 D) @3 r& O9 d/ l) U% K只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
. V- L- y# G4 s1 R( ?不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
+ {4 S# P1 X w4 B* O上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
( l$ @3 a8 x) }: W' G' h% v6 l我們既然強令祂遠離我們,, a$ W2 ~& t. Y' G/ M
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』6 F5 j5 \! q1 w3 P; {; L
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.7 G7 X; q# x- v. B; w1 U/ B
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
# ~3 |- }" z& K3 |! U! _" i: X. a) Zher body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
' T0 E1 ]# ]( d1 n1 P fschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
3 }3 T+ C+ y2 O' ^school...
* G" ^+ E6 @6 e! Lthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
) y' ^2 j, f& O6 x' ]and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.; Q. f, C9 Z: v- _- f8 V$ G
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
8 O' ^* H' w. v) x我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
+ T/ a- R0 u1 N/ J; Y* k; R" h(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,; r4 D% g) a( l4 H
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
! z) T- K) ~& s4 g2 x要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。& j, C9 b/ e3 v( r) |
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children
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and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed: Y' q+ B1 O' H6 x) V) k) _4 n
suicide)
% j( Y& w+ N# G) NWe said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.: Q& m: O8 @0 O6 X" P$ B8 `4 s$ E$ B
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,3 \# H' X2 T2 z2 w
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,- ?3 }3 i* f( q R
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊: I$ L3 v6 r" w. ?, N
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。2 M" I! k* Q- b0 y5 S( R3 ^
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3 G/ r* C/ b4 g5 x4 xThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
# U! V1 F6 y5 ochildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
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/ R" d) W+ I- Z) M$ Y& |% n$ qbecause we don 't want any bad publicity,
$ {5 d. v$ w( v$ ]7 ?5 K3 zand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference: d$ _0 N6 P: n# H& v
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,: G E; w* A4 X i4 l' ^
etc.). And we said OK.
2 U' N& [# \( o! `" R* F/ I然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
( ]4 c+ ]) V" x. n7 S老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
) e) p2 v* o, s% F教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,3 A. G9 l8 N4 w* p0 f1 C
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),& P- q' K# _. u
而大家同意了。; e |9 X* l: ~( [0 [+ I
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,5 E9 _& G/ x, m- y$ v, h [ @: K
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.0 b4 J& l3 |& ?# y
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys e" m' u1 s i8 s, g
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms! ?* i0 q* U5 l9 I8 [! P
they want so they can have all the fun they desire, |" R( n" ^: u$ X1 a9 c4 F2 x8 l3 w
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we' n: a! X I$ a2 _
said OK.3 f5 P( r6 ^2 O
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
- J" W! V6 A+ @0 h甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
8 O9 I3 e3 U9 V; H* {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," g) n% M8 e4 T& y1 B
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,1 Z# ~5 s+ h) S
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
, G9 F& \. s' h" y2 v他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。6 Y% V. M; j, \! F0 ~% u
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter5 ?/ r' `1 W7 S0 O2 D: w
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
/ ]9 @, ?- W& t0 N) W# [we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,: H; A; z7 q5 i) H$ {+ X: q
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
* ?) H' U( g7 d. D3 l- @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,
! N7 s2 O- ?) T: X; O3 F0 c- i2 x2 K只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,6 x% v8 L/ }9 h2 U! Z
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
# J3 f# h$ Q/ n4 y) w% R只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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2 j; b: F) c' m- A4 CThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women0 a- G+ k" ^' Z7 ?
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
/ M. c; J. q+ |+ j9 ?+ U- u kof the female body. And we said OK.5 |+ B, L6 A- m0 J. P' A$ D
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
0 Q z% |$ C( T. j, o' F x6 X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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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
& ^5 [+ G5 S" n$ a" H* Zpublished pictures of nude children and then further again
' ^! ]) q1 s9 }/ Rby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
$ Q# W6 \ x* s/ Lthey're entitled to free speech.
- r- ?1 t# C( g+ y$ k然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,9 N; U G/ M1 p, u
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,8 S8 A$ t0 r9 _. q9 v
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
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; t5 Z- X o2 w% Rthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.* w1 H2 {- ^* n1 [
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,1 O7 ]$ l& k5 ?/ N. q
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.2 E$ q! h" B1 u* j7 n! o
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
7 o; q5 Y& p/ T' [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、$ ]* d- h+ V6 i% s
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:# x: x) v- H" D4 Z# Y$ y/ @/ ~
那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。
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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,( s" `9 A; Y! T2 a+ ^' G
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
' |2 n2 t/ j! K2 n: O' Bto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,; [4 X3 c) P2 n6 i# i
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.7 A9 t& G- [4 d( O0 i9 @
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."% p5 G& h, R* n' T3 D. n1 i# i) v0 h
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?. ? O: `% ^1 D
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?& y9 Z' A, B) b0 u6 q
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安? t' l. m5 V Q
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
& T- s2 @: P; K6 x N# ~, z, \我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder7 D4 m! P! a" T% F/ [
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers9 ]2 ?7 f/ j, R: A
say, but question what the Bible says.
% J9 v! w0 F3 [, h, m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。- X9 ~ ]# ]4 e8 e. J2 t
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。& F& u& M5 o, m* |5 w6 ^0 s
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like4 x. j& Y4 _8 D% l' K& c
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,5 v+ J2 C7 ^, h3 A3 D' {1 ^
people think twice about sharing.8 t5 t# R/ b5 o0 K5 @0 e( u! C
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;
2 V, ~- C& _. \+ a- W8 W但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,4 A, ]% h6 Z- n- T
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。8 O% v8 f4 K7 T3 b7 t" J
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& Z& r" }6 y) ^( e* ~: Y7 zFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely" [5 B! J- c2 A0 |+ O7 w5 n
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed' P9 G6 k7 \+ K
in the school and workplace.
- J' V& x" b0 a. i/ l h3 j8 }實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
/ K) U( s' V8 @透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;1 @5 B* E ]3 _/ u+ f8 ^+ L. Y
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。2 C2 L5 M0 m; f- F$ k" k) f
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& h& B$ p$ w" y. W' dAre you laughing?5 w5 o1 \% f8 W3 B$ c3 J8 v2 [
你笑了嗎?& Q+ ^( x: w2 t
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
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4 C7 J8 ?9 `+ H8 M5 zor what they WILL think of you for sending it.' M/ r' v6 b1 E5 x
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us$ G4 S# {" ], ? B+ C, J
than what God thinks of us.! k" E$ Y# j8 S- m) m
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
% b8 O. L1 s$ C因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
4 z8 T) r8 G! }或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。) O7 x. y9 z% o
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
0 E; x" K3 K0 \0 D; |7 S/ [# y而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。) J5 l. O8 p2 K
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
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sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
g) Z. f9 ~0 C# s3 @把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
/ \% I& m- O' l( v# E: E若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,9 b+ X+ K/ {7 \4 G/ Q2 F. f2 y
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,4 r: B0 F$ U% Q& U# s/ Z
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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