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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞6 Z& H0 M- u6 }0 l3 _; a
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane$ r9 `# T4 i. m, D9 k" Z$ |. q
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?". z C, m' s* L0 I$ _' E' t
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
k8 a6 B( Q* y; b3 m h! h葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:/ V& A8 r R$ }* W1 |/ A
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
# f; F0 S, Z% A8 O/ j她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:! f" g' U; p0 w. J, @2 _ |; F6 o
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.& r! P; k7 u4 ^0 S/ G* S: \* M% \
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, Q% v# Z6 a, i P* w. U; F# ?
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,+ U V$ J4 |6 _$ l- c, x- C
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives." Q% D1 k9 L3 N/ m) l3 q
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.; K( C8 o, v7 A$ |7 A& {
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
3 b. J6 H8 L8 ~5 i6 Z0 Fif we demand He leave us alone?"; H: E/ L0 w' u' n( A
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
7 i4 _. a# X% M& x6 C, I只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
_- \5 {. \* o- b+ b/ {( N' y不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。9 g/ j( s7 J7 l+ P
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。% W8 s N( E$ I
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,! `; s% o3 r5 H& r% b1 K: Q/ d. p
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.
w- E I. B$ W$ `I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,# p+ A5 [" H" o4 p% G
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
2 y1 H2 S& ~! G, H" D& C9 S4 O! vschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in% ~; `% O1 Y7 \/ f% Z/ n
school...
. m0 |+ k7 [* s) tthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,4 i1 g. F) i8 d2 i: R
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
( g" A9 @* @4 q7 T看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,9 l0 t `0 q2 Q8 n/ \/ _1 Y
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士' f) J% k! w* X# j
(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,6 a$ d) F: ~7 |
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、+ D+ ^+ ]5 f, [9 L5 @- Q9 ]; ]2 Z! m
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
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" z9 _% b! }% e% @Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children
! D9 _7 I r; B3 \9 Qwhen they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped* x( \/ ~* S5 S3 C
and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed9 y; G# H( t% v1 g' N
suicide)
* h" b6 j& l: \/ v; W: lWe said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
9 p5 m0 Q5 k4 \. o& ?然後Benjamin Spock博士說,- h3 w: C3 A1 o0 |' r
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
) U' P( u/ H( {' q* H以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
% T; g+ J3 o L& T. I4 o( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。; ?3 o2 X& ?* i, H* E# [0 e' z
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# D8 | {1 [' x3 p5 {Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our1 }: N! x' v0 J) w2 E$ C
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member: d! I& X9 u# d9 e* j
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
4 N& Y7 j$ v7 l* k7 Z3 U( G/ Hbecause we don 't want any bad publicity,/ f! E+ N) W5 }) W1 f3 N* N7 A
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference7 \) K0 u3 [/ F) e# L R$ F1 b' ^
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,' C! H7 F# L) P7 P: k$ f
etc.). And we said OK.
1 S) g) H* u% z4 m' D' z; Q然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,5 C& s& a6 A L' N5 a d- x6 V. e
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,9 _; Q. T3 Y. W9 N& G: e! N
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
) D6 L& W1 ]4 z0 l. h4 d更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
: ]& r0 n8 c7 {9 d而大家同意了。
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- I3 n" X% l3 FThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
, u( j" f% j. q7 M/ U; ~and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
9 ~/ m% S' Q* B' wThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys: y' w1 I0 V& H: {8 C
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
7 b6 |; ^! }: V- g4 e5 i* }8 Rthey want so they can have all the fun they desire,
9 i$ @& X- |$ |2 H" V5 pand we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we. a; K" h/ |- W7 @( x
said OK.
p; H G) ~' v! |2 l然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,, d- k" L3 j6 _2 A: y
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
& U b5 E% z& ?9 i) H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,
) y0 p( g6 X+ {: b% e8 E他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
: X6 t& }2 O. _# x O0 x好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
( {% ], L! U/ ^- W他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。5 {" x# h' [9 B5 h7 u
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
* D" g# O1 L7 r" rwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,: k/ M8 g( {6 F
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
( C4 j' w; f, adoes in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.! o4 Z K8 L, E) [. W& A; \
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,
0 W% y& q& t2 M% L1 ?4 P只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,: U8 ^( z5 R) ^" `% q1 r
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 M3 i; g% ]: k' M1 r1 N( A; Z
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。$ k: h* a( Z2 @3 F
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
% ^( |2 j0 T0 P6 G9 m- Oand call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
1 E* H% j8 q! p( h! Y9 j, J0 }of the female body. And we said OK.
- f* U" P) R+ a) h; _% [然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
! V- k0 \- h9 t4 Z; ^* I o稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。% F, o! N' M3 Y/ R- ?0 j
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1 E& x5 n1 y$ p- z. ?" W) sAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
1 x; L- R; x6 Z8 c! [published pictures of nude children and then further again
) k( D0 q* g6 B3 p) T: i- b# Wby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
3 a7 a4 f* i7 K2 }1 T+ R5 Jthey're entitled to free speech.* I1 N, b; A8 p' L
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,( p) r% `. k+ p' D* S
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
0 G# V( ?5 u. d4 Q0 A3 T( ]: |$ C$ c4 \他們這樣做是言論自由。( T( ?7 T5 y# N3 _1 K6 V
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies$ B0 l! O M4 b+ ^7 u" i% d: A
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music6 [ q8 j% f9 y5 B. u1 B7 X6 U9 M
that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.9 @$ \, u' L& B$ @
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,1 m3 w% D. n% e" H
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
?8 Z* f( @+ |9 R然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
4 V/ x4 @; i5 D" p/ q5 s, O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、' x- r1 g, Z; ]# v; Q2 n. m S
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:! J0 h/ X5 k3 ^/ r$ |2 S4 f# f Q* k
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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; @: d* ~2 X" C, G# B* {1 YNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
% \. j8 r. ^' J& \- Dwhy they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
+ v8 k' Y9 S( R5 e) i2 Q! u+ Nto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,$ I! ]- g S9 A, D+ @5 M
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
, l# J2 S3 U3 Z; M5 UI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."# V: ? }4 P& }+ w
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?. W( e1 E) m0 E' }" H! ]. q% `
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
; K9 ]3 K6 Y9 c$ o為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
) Y+ P0 @' W- Z$ \假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
: W8 o2 J1 e( m( F5 ?5 ?我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder
& [3 Q8 p$ ~$ e7 a( H( Gwhy the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers) S/ Z3 E* M5 a
say, but question what the Bible says.
- D2 C4 W( Z6 ]% _: e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。. ^0 v3 _& o" B. @% Q
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。6 r; N% ^. M9 K
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
# H5 z6 ^+ p0 M5 Lwildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,8 e9 `3 C- {) ~$ x2 J$ A' D5 q4 w
people think twice about sharing.% l" G8 ~" z" m- X5 I! ^
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 V3 _4 y1 N4 t* s! y4 c( Q但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,' p) b% O$ H1 J! d2 `6 w
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
( J8 W. B, H8 K/ x6 nthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
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實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章- B7 m8 k" `- f2 G/ q8 m
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
% ?! ^0 C, C, @7 t而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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u) S1 T9 Y1 u8 n6 K7 [0 J3 t2 sAre you laughing?0 v Z' s$ l( o# _6 E7 z9 ~; Z
你笑了嗎?
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it3 R6 q) ]% ]% C d2 p( U' P
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe," W' v0 d% ]/ r; p1 h
or what they WILL think of you for sending it.5 C5 W* ^: I4 U
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
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好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,1 R: B. [1 B& u9 ^( s! n C
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,# h* ^8 L& B& T) I, d
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
( ?$ f. }7 h. U5 p$ k/ j2 s$ _) b可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
. h N5 g3 t0 [1 Cno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
* Y8 T- `: ^, N- w9 R$ ~' K/ {sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!: E ?1 F$ K; L+ c; T
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
: K0 ]! @. j+ Z. d6 i6 ?2 v若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,) a) F' t& V" D
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,) @0 J: g( y" N+ n2 ]2 D% {5 `9 o
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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