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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞; x2 d8 ^5 J6 C
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane4 B# b3 c0 k1 u4 s4 p2 }( }4 F
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"4 B' x1 C6 B( N1 j
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).4 {# W: |9 z+ O' t- b
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:4 [% C5 Q; v; K
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?% m: U6 y: J: d. h& [: S& ~: G. |+ k
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
$ [5 I: Z+ t; l6 p( ?# A6 C) aShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
" Q4 G! C: a n9 h- @but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
: l& S3 y$ Z; d# C% B$ |1 k& zto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.! Q% l1 d" c( f% p9 R
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
! m0 ?9 N4 N) k, d, b$ {How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection! i5 I& i, h- _. d
if we demand He leave us alone?"2 Z6 Q E; y& j$ X
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
+ L0 y2 c, H" H) z" T8 ]0 O只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,/ R Z4 G( b5 [
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。8 l( f& Y" S( ?3 K! r4 U. a
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
- r8 Y8 t- \4 W2 l r0 [4 Q我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
6 J: [/ f1 B q+ c' W1 N又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』! s* D3 H% s1 a1 O1 T' ?/ S0 G
8 A$ N, [: f( J6 I2 B8 fIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
- X8 F+ F* Q+ f5 m" EI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,3 ?# O0 _ f6 b' _- ]3 A0 I
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
- z6 j/ G( M0 U. L' H# jschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
5 |4 Z, C/ g2 ischool...
6 q& v* Q1 c8 a9 hthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
7 V7 O$ _# s2 Z/ g) |2 xand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
5 A- F6 U: K% |" T+ t看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
+ F! k- v& ]" y5 e8 K我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
5 Z6 v0 E/ m, D, E2 Z* O3 D3 d(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,
: i- ] E; N9 r% T: r最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、# _* V5 w* r: |2 W2 m; T$ ]
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。# x j% n6 v( S8 D
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children! Z5 \9 c3 \# q/ q0 |! E
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
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suicide)- w( Z+ j% Y, \( L1 g) ]( M; \, K
We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.# W. _0 S8 ]! E! b* W( k0 h5 T2 @# s
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
9 z5 X F% f" M; K( N我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們, I. D. e0 Z1 m8 ?* C
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
/ \# W7 W# C1 a5 F+ W* b3 C( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。0 G2 Z+ c' |* \! v- l0 j3 L
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, P' `6 H, n) X7 X* d; l6 yThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
7 G1 { S8 ^3 u6 n3 gchildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member5 l/ H, a* _0 r( k7 r& Q
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
9 X+ b- P) s. B+ nbecause we don 't want any bad publicity,
' F- w" J; p* R+ T! tand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference
' b% @6 k) X9 V1 I3 U1 [! Vbetween disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
9 k; O/ f8 p7 d; z! |etc.). And we said OK.
% S. F; y: L" k2 A6 X1 b( T! Y然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,# V% v3 Z& v6 ?( E. B) E
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
3 [. |: b, A8 q教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開, Y; n" g# w4 R7 V$ R9 f
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
, B# l2 v2 l3 \- r而大家同意了。9 {3 \' A8 p. C, S3 `
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,% ^4 }7 a, j8 i7 V6 z- E
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.( @4 C( ?1 e7 \
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys) x) [, e5 }. N; t2 S+ `1 b1 W
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms% h! O# ^7 w' m5 `/ j( n$ u
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,6 K Q! p+ f- B" F
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
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然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
$ n& N# f4 e+ Z' s% k1 {3 U0 q甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。3 S1 z! H# F/ \, W: t' z3 u5 O
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,
& t1 }' e ^- H0 U8 r# K他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少," t4 c3 u* _: f
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道1 S, o# Q+ f' K2 A6 r2 C) D4 J
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。8 A% t4 d- c v9 J& u: |
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0 ^7 [$ V4 _% B ^ NThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter4 e, f) Q" w& M7 N3 G
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
/ p: \4 H! b6 ]6 ~( Rwe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,9 s/ b' L. N) y* a5 e- }
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.# \; D! T) j1 a& r
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,# ]* y; G: `$ J0 J. `
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,0 v$ A% Q& J( U% d. d5 ~: y
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
6 S, T0 w% M0 V; S只要我有工作而且經濟看好。5 C/ O. F2 R; o8 T. p: Q
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+ b$ A8 [5 F% P; w# X' r6 g+ MThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women7 |4 R1 c5 ^ ?" S2 q- [' ^: _# C/ Q$ B
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
2 E7 \' d& ^. i4 s* C( H, hof the female body. And we said OK.
2 p9 K9 P. t: p' z9 j然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,# N/ b: f2 [- i) i/ N6 J8 L
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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, }" Z1 z" S* T7 n/ WAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
% i. g5 K/ g! N$ q j$ Y! i0 Xpublished pictures of nude children and then further again
! ]! O, o6 Z% E! q$ @: hby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK, W* U# H$ r+ f& C) L0 D6 j9 u
they're entitled to free speech.1 C4 r2 l7 M! w2 G4 e) S. V6 }% j( t
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
6 ^( P' z! _3 S! p甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,& Q z3 \( @% j; R7 o( B/ E- ^
他們這樣做是言論自由。: p+ o4 G P$ o6 H; b- o
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies9 T1 E3 R2 f% Q1 j7 O% m0 h
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music& h2 j$ J5 j* `# s, Q
that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.: W5 O1 Q/ r8 `1 {5 N
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,2 g* U2 _ t) j# x, Q8 p3 f
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.2 I* _2 p2 q' c4 g+ I0 w0 Q
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
h( z: H J# J8 o; j$ H* b7 e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、
; H$ l; ]7 R- S# p+ M, H3 R謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
' L, T5 L- F, q1 | I; E4 ~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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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,9 B& i: _9 {- c0 X* q
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them+ r2 h( z/ R8 T3 R
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,3 j1 J3 d0 z: r& \& k1 p9 C
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.% r8 y( j+ t& @! }! d
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." p! F! T! n: e& U, I: z
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?6 W0 i( ]0 I3 ^
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?- P2 Q' f* f+ x7 `) c) V
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
6 j' d7 X. F- Z假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
* T: n" j7 m G我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。, x" X0 `0 e2 t) i$ R5 I% c6 m
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder
1 E$ x5 C: t' y: K; awhy the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
9 S t) M/ A5 Isay, but question what the Bible says.
6 q+ j- K& p1 A, q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。
# k' t( f+ Z1 B! T實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
, @: b" l' Q: e, C* Wwildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,6 A) C: y! D+ Z# K
people think twice about sharing.. e0 F4 \' Z$ ` ]
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;
1 d& _! ~# H8 W但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,& J2 M$ L- i& D. [
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
. f3 j1 f3 Q6 Z9 D# i, Q3 G: hthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed* q( H0 ` I; w2 L
in the school and workplace.# U G- }! l" E6 \# Z
實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章$ N% M2 ]! ~6 H/ G( _! f. N
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;3 e0 k* P: N D W0 l5 c8 E
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。8 \( m7 W: V1 z* ^/ l6 u- X
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& D7 v; n7 R) qAre you laughing?
$ N- T0 l3 D, p ?) f, C你笑了嗎?
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) \5 z$ Y1 k& i' ?Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
! l% S1 n8 \" X/ s: Hto many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
; F/ l2 y O: D6 Y+ z+ wor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
g& g; G) F2 _Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us% m+ ?6 B5 I3 c+ k$ g. Z& w
than what God thinks of us.
$ P% R0 V2 r+ @' v) O8 |1 e好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
2 o8 x8 j( t3 [" `因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
' F% c! [( H+ {! x! f% ` x或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
0 L9 z5 r! O. l( I n/ k4 x可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,8 U9 o; W% r% p) b! k
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。" H- e1 C0 @2 I7 r
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0 p% S5 c( ~+ ~# Y3 NPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...* z! }, U7 r" ?1 M, h# \2 s
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't+ A f4 p2 X/ Y3 {, y" S
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!+ F* a' J% d, b. {
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
+ r6 b$ d! M- s若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
) G- v( O. a N. C5 K5 y) v但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,4 ^- l9 r: P: X0 S4 q) q
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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