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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! [. {# J9 C/ p2 A9 \
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"* x2 N$ Q% U! T( o
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
& w4 Z5 k3 L. h7 h葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:
; D* Z0 F1 p% B( |( j0 O" Z. p上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
: l# L( J7 D$ W6 H2 w1 H" k/ J她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:4 T9 k2 r! J& S
- l) ]* D( x8 d, T S5 a' n) ^Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.3 j6 i8 N# j+ ] v! {% T( p- l+ s
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
x( a' n$ \' `4 L h# u3 W1 sbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
! ?) g( e! M: mto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.7 F/ ~1 D# D% W+ N2 y0 l7 r
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
6 x1 s9 d3 p! [. mHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
! b* R O* X: }' g J% e) aif we demand He leave us alone?") D4 {# A) p) Q t- z& H
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;# g! w) ?6 O* F) |
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,6 J6 A/ u7 C0 E6 t+ x! Z9 A. g4 j! W
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
! }4 Z( _4 `1 y7 q2 [上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。: ~( m# j, {+ G% q2 W8 U, i
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,( U4 e5 G5 `/ a0 d% @
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.7 M1 Q, L# T5 l2 S
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,( t: Q# r9 p8 h
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our$ d! @) C( v5 Q4 s2 U- e' \4 @" A( g9 f
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
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the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
6 i7 i# u0 ]% m2 W/ Sand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.# ?2 _2 F, B# _+ b2 M h- p3 N7 _
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等," r: |$ f. r$ u t/ u
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
- B9 n! S9 t. ]( Y8 a1 P(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,
7 j! Q' Z5 w7 m3 n$ `1 ]* [最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、: i1 V; f4 q0 s( w" \& q; j
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children
$ t3 `. K/ m) U7 M. q+ }* Y. |when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
# i6 G9 n& u3 Z! _! q* T `% wand we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed/ H/ g+ \9 V" w! @2 c
suicide)
5 W2 n% }9 G6 q- l8 L, `We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. x+ {3 U% w( g
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
% l; ^" G* h% l; d我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,( _* W# D3 u! k7 u/ z8 @4 l) K7 Q
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊) V0 U4 J( f3 c; S$ ~) c% ?8 Y J
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。$ j' W2 e2 y! P: b4 h/ A
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7 |- {8 F( f) ]9 ^9 {Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
9 X! Q) q+ y. _: Ochildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member7 l5 i+ A! } o) F( h9 d8 S
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave% R% }- K- T; u [
because we don 't want any bad publicity, O( {9 b- C ?
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference
' f0 U/ d6 f% o3 t2 ~( r4 Cbetween disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
) Q O: ?2 h$ R V2 |+ _etc.). And we said OK.
2 K. Q5 r4 D X3 W3 j8 J然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
7 s' \, \2 K. j老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,1 A0 s% w8 J8 H$ t8 `' T2 z
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
' J5 T% Y, R* K+ t/ q更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
7 a" I8 R' t( u( \& ]* k9 iand they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
4 Q1 O; v+ ?3 FThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
# f: F5 Z" f, Jand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms$ N ?; I3 e! u& q @9 x
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,6 G/ A. ]) I u+ U. T
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we! Z6 h$ l" m5 V1 U3 q' S
said OK.
7 U! d- V2 e, H# R然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,$ o& Q$ A* b6 R5 S+ Z ]# @( c! A( J
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
+ X, x' u% _2 |0 [, @: `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,
! B( Z( V- ]! P! K; {2 Z0 D他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
" J3 E% r [0 \9 d4 Z& D/ w+ {7 C好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
3 H/ `6 J' N# a2 k) L他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。7 G! A2 U5 [+ w$ e. B# j7 Y
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3 f; H4 l& q" [9 n) I* t9 T) rThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter9 f8 @. B8 H; {$ X# S, z* u _; }3 b
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
5 z4 k; t1 u) b! w7 D+ iwe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,! C6 m" j& X$ p9 J
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
1 `5 J% t" T0 k- U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,/ U6 E _+ v9 W1 ~5 q+ p5 Z
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
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只要我有工作而且經濟看好。7 y$ M! H/ t. _$ O
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
h3 T: ~1 s: E& c7 d2 o; a; l+ rand call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty7 U9 M: f6 ]+ p( I, I/ A7 E! ^8 I
of the female body. And we said OK.6 S) M* d8 }4 h) j+ k5 l" s
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,3 v" a1 T' S$ z) I6 U% j; M: U# K, Y
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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1 _. d: u7 n6 X6 [5 BAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and4 i. Z( j: Y! f
published pictures of nude children and then further again) e' R9 Z$ _8 e3 r: q+ R
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,' n) A/ F8 J, v# x* f, Y+ V
they're entitled to free speech.
' y$ k0 a4 Q4 Q5 A% r& X) U然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
' m8 s7 ~. S- B甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,# D* E( f- q8 \) R. H: G4 W
他們這樣做是言論自由。
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$ b' Z0 G4 P, qThen the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies* A% E9 ^$ F; ~( z" H( Q: O
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
9 w+ ]# o) j7 r5 J, N# Z5 [that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.+ J2 `$ l- h5 W6 X" j7 _
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,) H0 d; o! x' V/ T% S7 H
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
* }6 [: T: @" W8 e b1 A: V然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、) }# z5 O% I3 r, z; R F7 K& f
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、
2 o: {" A" E# s0 I4 Z謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
' \% Y' N. q+ ~, M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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- m. O: A: _% I: m$ kNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
. j1 F' g' I2 E/ M& Xwhy they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
6 m$ F+ M3 U, ?" Dto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,! V7 n6 P: U8 U7 f: Y) G
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.: A t4 o% Z/ f
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."5 |* k! C5 E' ~3 L: Q$ V
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?- X; R5 g! j1 [+ Q
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?6 @8 s* a4 p' a' H/ J* \
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?/ k& [( U! U2 E3 P" {
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
# v( _; w3 |/ z9 r" C/ V$ n我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
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' S# A+ D$ n; o* v; p" q3 [% nFunny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder7 @" S, T& H. l5 U7 L- d
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
4 S5 ?5 ~: Z* g2 n+ X: |' Csay, but question what the Bible says.
1 @5 A1 w6 G/ L: n3 A6 K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。
" f' O+ i4 Z- f9 j4 q* V0 E( k: i* V實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。( t5 }& _( ^- [& `' R( N5 q
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& q& v7 z+ f' h3 SFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
* ?* J0 h. J9 y1 H3 F' Rwildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,* z2 d g$ T4 @7 [+ R& F1 \2 P
people think twice about sharing.
3 i, v5 Z1 `1 h! ^" q7 l" q% ]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;
0 M, \* f1 D# c但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,$ _* w; j0 d, g( Y- }
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely( f8 ^8 ?4 W1 Q- d# X" U2 [
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed) ?8 S2 A' j6 p% o0 t& i' @
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實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
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而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。* h4 d/ Q! W ?
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% I3 A) h* C& D# {2 Q9 j& qAre you laughing?. f {. T; o4 F+ U* M! B
你笑了嗎?0 t- ]% U6 u" S" z
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it$ e n+ j- Q A( H7 {/ R/ G- P
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
# G) A5 c9 ~/ {& S9 p0 p7 [2 yor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
- J; Z6 u# G; B+ ~# c8 M4 gFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
- U; H. H' ]) m1 W' R- n4 p! [0 Pthan what God thinks of us.
7 f8 \% E' l l好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
' y0 ^: N5 T* g* S9 o因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
- N0 Z3 x& V' J" M! k' ~6 S或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
# q1 l. E6 @' o& ?4 Y: \可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
/ V' I x- `7 w8 U而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。" A7 |, V! [) F. ~% i. |9 M3 t' T
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it..., l& x: m: A% S4 U+ f/ r. M
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't/ Z; G$ Y* W+ r
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
% n6 M6 j/ p, W9 K把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話2 X; X9 r! Q! d& w @* F5 o
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,4 W2 E4 G& }# g# V( j& ^ _
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,7 c3 v! {* q, A* `1 _5 X
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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