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) e2 t' J6 m+ c6 C; s(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)( U' l) {; N# C% \7 e
+ b6 T) o* J6 f) VIt 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?; D/ U, J) s! }
8 p u2 i# t% J0 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, d; I# B, @4 R+ E0 q
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/ ?4 n- Y/ E" E" A) O
头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。
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关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释5 F& n2 ?" S: ]: ~" D4 x6 A
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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8 M& T0 g$ F; v. @4 w" jMartin 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. , L( _7 G! Z2 L! U3 \- J
0 w& X8 e4 O( e3 e+ Y+ D" {: U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
1 K0 l4 ?% ]5 V9 C v7 K1 g9 p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
) Y8 n. a1 u2 R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,
# E Q& @( ?* e6 N" s* N$ \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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