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0 f$ ^; Z0 V) U" b# Y$ }(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。), I. P& v9 U2 c2 Y( F
. y8 h. ^' i( j; eIt 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?
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, s9 D7 H6 s% x- s4 ]1 r16, 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
" x1 E; ~8 c" O# v2 q5 N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
# D5 J! U C- [8 ?- s1 v2 S0 h5 d' b" Z头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。( t% D/ }2 g5 |$ E/ E
$ N. Y" }1 I7 `+ r, j关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
7 r' h- f1 Y$ W* f4 U" A' dSt. 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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Martin 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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$ |" t+ r* s6 v0 Z5 g: e: s% T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
% T3 C1 s0 u* @! J% K1 K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* q% a, h& N# v4 N5 q6 [
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,
! c' @) K6 H T3 c$ U0 w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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