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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞7 Z+ U' |4 s {) O4 ? I9 E; {
! ~$ f& @0 R: x3 N$ NBilly Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
" s' r, ~# E6 @6 a: H [. YClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" @8 P- W _/ x7 @* ~$ I
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
: e1 t# O8 h* L( R葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:6 D4 d' F) v, @6 h, }
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?, r [7 m7 H: Y5 M' b% D% S6 J
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:* i) D7 |0 G* j+ O# ~
3 i6 F: A0 Q; K; A o7 N8 mAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response., y- T8 V: |! x' W2 {" p4 x, o
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
8 C8 N4 w. l- sbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,5 {( G4 [9 g1 j# E8 J
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.1 A+ d: C3 u7 W# a6 C4 V5 h
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.' h2 D4 q0 N6 P3 k; u% L) k7 E
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
7 S$ N8 P$ K1 Y/ \$ j+ V& Iif we demand He leave us alone?"
" [1 m& {/ n" {『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
8 @( Q: b+ }/ W! [1 d! }! O7 c只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,9 F* [1 W0 Z. k9 q8 C% s
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
1 n$ Z$ L7 d1 [ i" o上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。" P0 X6 b" e4 d2 W5 C- e
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
' F& O- F$ j+ l0 g9 R. b, v又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』( Z: J' `& Y' C5 H
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.5 [ C$ k" Z* u% D. y# o F* M
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,( g1 j$ s7 Q& O$ C3 k
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
% q8 t2 D+ `3 }2 w8 T d* f! L9 aschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in! ]. F) r3 e0 i0 m
school...# M4 N8 R. C6 U: \ U2 K
the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,! G! S: B U" q
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.* d0 Z! j% r) j4 v
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,/ v3 ?! J2 T! A6 D. r
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
8 q# E7 T$ i+ D) Z! h(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,' T m9 H! R5 N, C( I; P# E4 X
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、3 q d/ Q3 l; f/ n- K
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。0 d8 f0 B- g/ L1 a- I5 [4 Q
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children" t+ G1 g, C M
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
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We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
- G) o- Z( E0 H$ z! s4 s2 T9 \) ?5 t# w然後Benjamin Spock博士說,. d, S8 n% ?. G
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
( Y7 m" \ I% A7 o) M以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊; T7 D1 a/ f8 v( T/ v
( 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$ p3 p. P' c1 _( o0 s! Q/ s. b
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member" a+ Z' W5 l# L
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave, G' c8 ^; ]) y. h' n/ ^
because we don 't want any bad publicity,
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3 o4 J9 i. n) C5 Xbetween disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,7 w! d% L5 N: i9 [1 X2 j
etc.). And we said OK.) v" w; K1 |% q1 l1 \# m
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
6 W( R7 F6 ] R, U& M老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
% O& s r" T2 S+ ^& e' V教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開," a$ A! l- |6 I/ a, F. ?/ I
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),1 k$ G+ K5 q/ p/ y N' z
而大家同意了。
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" D/ H8 \$ i# \) z2 Q# u4 D" y9 ZThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,7 a4 {5 M( [7 V- n2 K
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
$ m- K; k5 Y5 K0 @5 ~* E5 T) lThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
& u8 `# ^2 Y4 F, X" {and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
0 C3 `' r0 ~/ }- M) b }! {5 s- Ithey want so they can have all the fun they desire,2 P3 d* _5 ~9 Y! l B0 ]6 S8 ^# H4 R
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we2 m4 ]( \) D/ }( c# p& R! V
said OK.6 {& a+ Y7 t' ]
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,5 h |; u3 \; [) h
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。! Q4 p6 w) ^+ b% i3 i
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,1 P2 p8 `- u# ~" K5 c
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,* P) {9 ?0 o7 ~) R% v
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道5 i4 l, w! J7 E5 B
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
& v& s. S( A3 Q; }/ Wwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
8 [! y& r% {, ? W7 j5 r+ Hwe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,/ K3 z; [+ }- D# i# [! Z6 s5 u
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.3 K: n0 U/ s5 y% b! o
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," Z$ r# @. a1 v* P! b0 {
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,! K9 X' D3 M p
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >; L0 ~' d( b7 m
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。# p8 o6 |( D; H6 \
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% ~, `2 i4 X: l+ n7 oThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
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of the female body. And we said OK.
o8 e1 A' S' R然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,2 L3 J5 q: k c" U$ T, Z6 k4 O( V
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。; X9 p9 j9 D8 g% e' N) x) i3 x6 I. R4 R
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9 x& L: L! I0 r' `' sAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and4 G; E# z, C3 J
published pictures of nude children and then further again
& q0 ]. N) I% i" c: v5 Qby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,$ [4 J, `$ l7 w( G
they're entitled to free speech.
: n0 m8 }- K3 O& D& _然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
* `1 S8 N3 [7 m* _0 F0 W; v甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
$ C V5 @4 e4 c; g% \, f他們這樣做是言論自由。
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0 \6 g% g- o1 F8 \Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies0 X7 k( L2 Q# g; ^
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music$ e0 j( Z' P- }1 _1 C* i/ }! y
that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
) |' ], l! F8 LAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,, m" ~) v# m; {) o0 n
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.( W p$ A' w. f( S7 j; n+ h4 W- l2 j
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、1 a; p! P2 R0 I [# I" D
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、
+ b" G6 K& E% p# m& `6 N, b謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:0 J0 {6 Z9 k8 d1 g* Q5 F' V2 p
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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5 A% m$ m3 ^* t" }$ ]9 C5 P$ fNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
( J7 v* Q4 Z8 `why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
8 a+ T, ?1 g* N1 P! V. Vto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
1 ~" b1 W8 u6 T* ?/ b, r: Zif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
. e9 F' n3 N) @+ e, b) e9 g; n0 S* TI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
6 g% ?* A+ r/ L如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
# t2 e5 H- l( w2 X1 U為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?! c% O7 O: f" h6 t' `0 i8 f$ A* g
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?/ p" i7 }: b+ h4 ]. Y
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
# N" w2 X8 |0 n9 {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 wonder3 N2 O+ T5 s: n7 V% v5 {
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
) y( p6 |. l7 y' V/ D% s- C; Qsay, but question what the Bible says.
5 Y! E' N. u: O' w1 o0 k' A" L! C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。
% I0 h& ?2 t, [0 v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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7 |2 c. u5 K5 c4 P- ~9 WFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like$ y6 X2 Y/ r" C& `
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,! ]: K/ P8 Z! B" U! C
people think twice about sharing.6 [9 _4 P4 ~- F. v) U8 {
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;
* d2 C& V$ n1 O+ G8 a; p9 U! H9 h但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,! {% h. j; Y/ g+ R4 [
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' [- `) x; c6 P% S) ~" U
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed4 H" c! u, ?- b
in the school and workplace.
. R' M6 o( H. w: V實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
7 d9 E- ?) @. M透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
9 a0 G) t# F* ~1 Z3 v/ c& `而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。0 x3 E; ]8 d O% Y! O
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' V% F1 K. X+ Q% i& k X0 fAre you laughing?
- t6 ^# F: I9 d+ D2 |* p* H你笑了嗎?1 l3 c7 v. J8 ?
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it) M& P6 y% Y" {2 @' w' v, g
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
7 d3 \8 N% G/ r* x2 b1 @or what they WILL think of you for sending it.8 F4 p/ d% J5 s# [6 | u9 H
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
6 S: \6 i* t, v4 _: Z5 X$ gthan what God thinks of us.
9 a3 t3 G1 F5 u* N% N) i' i( l3 P好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
b. [6 ?8 [4 o* ?$ [因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,8 o I6 |: w% c ^
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
|3 p* x" ]6 L, e' z6 @! B可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
9 m, K. f2 o* o! p8 e9 X而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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; J. o8 e0 r) A; l( L; s" T( Q$ OPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...2 F5 Z1 M. P& ?8 D+ b
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't k/ n% b& ?; _! K
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!8 {; A% U! @6 [
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
, k" o% N/ w/ f+ c: C1 P若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,: w8 j$ a5 e9 z r+ |
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
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