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( Q8 N" Z/ W! z8 r(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)6 g. t% C( M) G
& a3 v/ Q" }/ o0 x( L1 tIt 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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16, 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
! R1 J! I! L# D2 e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
8 V- [6 Y' J- r! W5 c头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。
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1 ^2 S) p& Q2 t6 s( j7 K关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
: v! ~# z. f: f- X& n( LSt. 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." 7 ~' `# T, P* g9 m4 D1 S/ x1 Z
C' X z) L0 z. W1 Y1 zMartin 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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}; R2 T, g' q' F8 U+ a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5 F' t5 A- T, b( z' @% ?
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
% s6 j0 c) H3 o ~+ |3 s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,
+ q* c1 Z; B1 @2 x( i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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