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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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\. a8 S7 \# d! i$ ?; IBilly Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane8 t/ `7 p3 c2 k4 _
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"' M$ D# v9 p* d0 Y6 a0 q
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
! C% J4 }8 T$ @* i葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:6 g- h& M, x5 d3 T/ ~0 s( d" @# w
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
7 m- D2 i, F5 I/ \2 ~她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:* T1 w0 n7 q: Y0 ?
, p* v: i5 Y" B: q& o( r% m6 \) w5 uAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
T, a- [/ p( y5 D5 fShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
/ c: ^: V2 W1 H/ {/ L8 {$ L$ v& Nbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,, Q- v' V( J+ v
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
+ v3 l" f5 ]" |+ X5 _And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
% c, s5 P0 `# M2 [( {( N; e3 bHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection( s* w( C( @$ }, V( @4 D7 I7 b
if we demand He leave us alone?"+ v! r' i T* l1 ]( p& a
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
% s: G/ N7 E' [3 {9 s$ P只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
; \: K: t: ]$ l% _不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
' K8 H! y* f5 T3 D: E* B上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。- H- U9 @, U; W
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,8 F: F* A6 o8 A( M$ x
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』
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) Y4 ], p& S/ M% W y) d2 xIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.5 J( d- `5 R2 D1 W: h' q7 l4 S
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,) c7 J; Q( o, j3 M% l
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our0 d1 J) {" h) r- S
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in u t# b: {& h# q
school...
( m$ c$ ]& F7 e4 q: M6 lthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
; M, \9 B- v" ?; N5 F- tand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
8 J6 ?9 y- g- Y# U6 M看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,0 |( ]0 U) O) @2 J& O% ?- Q
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
4 l4 M' O4 q2 N, h! S& S(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,# C1 _4 p& J0 ~' `. Z
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、# X. s' e7 P' d/ p2 x
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。. ^) l) U. ` ~; l$ v! N) Z
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children. s; T9 O: \/ O( }4 w! P
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped% T3 l7 y# `/ p! s! A
and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
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We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
! l" O8 I2 T r! J; H6 p6 Q) s! y然後Benjamin Spock博士說,) g4 e9 w& H6 k
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,9 k. f3 y' E7 S8 I& u6 Q6 C
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
! Y) s9 Z. e6 U: J ~( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our- D- e/ T9 W6 _2 d+ |
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
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and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference& F7 B: l+ J0 t& v5 b! Z
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
/ ^0 i: y+ k* |/ Petc.). And we said OK.2 p! o9 i1 S0 w8 ]
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
. J0 |9 K! A+ C老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
: Z: C* A; G% B6 M2 ?4 C6 X教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,- n* f4 J$ Q0 ?0 i7 l
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),1 a; E/ _% o6 v6 n9 J2 B$ Q* c
而大家同意了。
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# d& l3 n* {9 U: W' s: qThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
+ P8 g9 g" f3 C% U7 A/ }! sand they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
: G. r, H+ e1 J4 e# Y0 f3 XThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys5 o0 C" u& g e5 G. w3 t
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
3 U! t( ^3 y$ T1 Q* j& S1 t$ ?they want so they can have all the fun they desire,3 t1 A& g' a- Y3 b/ E. i' F
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we U% l6 L' D- s7 Z' q
said OK.2 H z( F( [7 D/ T8 s
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,- V0 P' M+ Y; E) F5 N
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
, g; O, |' f: E; n G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,) ^' t7 h# W- N1 u6 x
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
: |5 @: A: A9 X好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
# ]5 G6 |) x$ Z2 ~5 t6 h他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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! p+ A: A |5 w& HThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
4 O O; E% l: g3 v6 \4 Xwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,- g/ b/ ?2 j; Q4 a" n& T9 P
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
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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 `/ A, P4 T: K# d3 d/ c
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
5 u" v9 ?: T' s9 s- U- f任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >* g" z; q8 ?8 J; [
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women% e' u7 w6 ?7 u- l6 R" ~6 t
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
: R3 e! x6 _) C5 L T4 k5 D# Qof the female body. And we said OK.
& j. x4 z8 u2 v1 b# n然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
7 V7 V% m' p) q稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。6 B/ \; K' I4 C0 ?: d
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5 N/ Z' k6 w+ ?1 e: P+ U8 T5 \6 YAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
! P- @% E% f( K) U3 N1 Ipublished pictures of nude children and then further again
0 z& u, Y- n- {! A7 vby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
6 h5 G. t1 J5 S: Z; F0 vthey're entitled to free speech.
- I* Y+ B8 Y- m- c然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
$ n& J) k# m+ U5 l+ @: z& X甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,7 \) s0 h( u% w! u- w
他們這樣做是言論自由。
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4 \( o3 @3 }2 ?2 S8 E; |Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies/ D. ^2 `. A N4 I
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
1 m) W. Q& c5 o& W- T" c1 pthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes./ K! }$ J# S O; s; c
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
) h" Q* ?+ r6 |* D- Vnobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
w1 f& k; ]# L9 @然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、7 n: {6 y$ i4 }
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、4 E. i4 B: [) L7 J5 d* T! J, J
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
8 R! c: b, b6 r' z那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。, ^6 V0 J6 n6 ?/ S
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; g& D, l% l, z5 @0 {) @* ]& B9 |Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,3 v: R- L: i: `6 e
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
1 ~+ Q1 }. `% R: P+ R5 p5 F: x* Uto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
K \! Z4 Y1 X$ cif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.) q w: O+ L+ g9 E& O! A0 a r
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."! W+ z1 |5 C9 \4 {+ f( U. E
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
4 y' M! }$ ? S為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
+ g/ B ^/ B1 {$ o& F為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
* D2 m5 r, K" y0 V9 |7 d5 F假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。/ p" C2 y! \. Y) M+ Z' F- K
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
_& y# r1 z6 O- [; [why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
1 s/ L3 S2 S; y9 Z/ g! Bsay, but question what the Bible says.. S% B/ K2 z9 S+ b3 _- x$ M6 N( 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。
# v8 M: n& T/ z% s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, B4 C* e: Q$ ?; s' I! ^4 m+ H7 B
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,0 l$ u. _" v4 _2 K8 X# ?
people think twice about sharing.
0 e4 n1 K% S6 ]; P9 i2 x# 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;2 F9 G* q2 i( j# s) X/ O
但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,( X( E: X6 a$ Z( M
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。1 ~7 u) b7 T: u
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, m) G- }) b Y: f Z# o0 ?: L( VFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely2 |1 ~1 p- a9 V7 z
through 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
5 T5 W# E& S7 o/ T) h9 @透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
, g; |1 W3 \* t6 q而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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Are you laughing?
& ^: @8 j) U7 }; ~) b$ N, k& T你笑了嗎?
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7 P$ v. e* d7 d) kFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
+ V G% l0 B2 C% w, E. N* jto many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
5 [+ C4 v& e: Ror what they WILL think of you for sending it.
7 E5 @# P7 u: K" HFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
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) T5 }8 h) n/ y' p0 n好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,$ D: p% d3 z8 A/ Y
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,4 d* O% \/ y6 G0 F- q* s8 R
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。0 v; c3 b9 P- {
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
" `; I* Q# x6 N1 `而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。 Z: r7 u0 q. D5 ~$ m2 g$ h
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; O4 `8 i: g( T0 c$ ~1 }4 IPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
: Z6 F2 R0 y, {1 e# i% F+ [, T& gno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
# @7 [+ I8 e6 R9 M& g6 I; Jsit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!: x6 m& |$ B1 Z: j5 ]8 o% O
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話' q' I- i1 O/ @0 t, d3 e( [
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,! o# X, Y& e1 k* ?6 s" Q: u. F
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,8 T; x. n7 ~2 T7 j) q
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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