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(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)
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It 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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. s1 e9 j( k8 E. D) g/ N' w16, 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) z$ ^: D/ M* m
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
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关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释4 c5 ^# |8 Z' J1 E
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." 5 P8 t7 @6 z5 |( Z5 ^1 G5 [: L2 l, f
8 z# p' |7 B. \0 i7 DMartin 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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D& G5 j: p9 R; J4 I! m J( ~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
- s3 I- V" y, h% n" `! `6 y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
+ H9 W5 z2 f. x# J1 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,
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