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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。)2 E8 p6 U4 n$ ^
1 B m' f: r/ L. Z1 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?* I( W7 B% ~* g4 A' i; W
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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
3 H( c4 W2 x/ e2 T9 u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
+ H' r1 ^. C7 o' I$ D' h' n头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。/ U, Y% f6 _* [ s* W/ O0 ~7 {
. j! J$ K- {: F* N关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
& l+ J! o5 f! M) Q Y, kSt. 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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+ R; C# L! Y4 {6 c$ e1 AMartin 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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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. m: p# D" o" G
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' D( R8 }( k0 z
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,
7 O$ V0 a: l! X" S: c" ]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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