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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane! C6 s& V# F ]8 O" D( Q- p. V
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
+ Z9 \) @8 e8 r6 j(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
: x. ^( r. O' v+ c; y8 y1 e N葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:4 g, N9 P& ?( g1 R* [# Y/ m
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
6 \+ G4 j7 c8 @. Y她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:. j# X1 @" b+ Z
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
' {$ j7 A7 F% w/ Q& |. l; jShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,7 n& m4 _* M3 S! \
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
3 J6 L# t* r$ D5 i8 J) T& ^to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
: U" W3 k0 z o5 p* l6 t/ }And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.# e* |( S- [8 D8 F# f. E4 x
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
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『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;' x9 b8 h% z" y
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,0 s" x( d2 u8 G/ Y+ N/ X. X
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
# z* O0 j. u5 t# m$ a9 V上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。+ L. `' i7 @! l3 h0 m
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
0 \3 r! |# N' a5 W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.
+ l$ Q ?6 {# k+ y3 n( MI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
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H5 q2 S9 s, T/ t; h5 |) f( D9 bschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in5 c* a2 f7 @7 R) L0 N
school...+ a5 H E( L" u3 c: m* B- E
the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
- m D9 R6 g2 R8 Hand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK." s$ \1 a' p; W# Q8 K6 {$ w' ]
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,5 @4 p% l* U5 n. d5 q
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
' ^+ s8 w! { [2 J+ U+ q* V(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,
3 ~( W N) f5 H I9 z2 M: f最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、1 T3 L: u6 r4 _! a* z! c6 w0 b
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。, o. {# N! B; X! U n4 @1 f5 }
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children
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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.
9 Z3 u/ V5 @4 e+ e3 D# o然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
# n& _4 C5 _! B9 A5 h: L" M q我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,; w3 B9 L/ R+ h4 R4 c5 [9 o* F
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
$ B' N! F3 D; M/ z% o( O( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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, K* f0 h1 n' L9 A0 D6 D1 VThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our! j# ]1 C2 \3 R3 f& X* E+ O( d
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
7 I- G D1 i0 I8 W# Ein this school better touch a student when they misbehave
+ x+ x1 }) k# C; F' [because we don 't want any bad publicity,$ X% ~3 x( U ~( H8 D* R) c
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference7 J$ E5 Z$ V. s6 a: d8 _! k, r
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
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然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,4 [4 \1 L+ N" T7 G& w
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
4 t" D5 Q3 t" D" u5 R/ U教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,0 M! Y9 M y/ e. O) @5 y1 c
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
7 ?; H; R) V* U! x4 \2 C! U6 H而大家同意了。
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3 s, I" }7 L9 ~8 `/ M; X1 rThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,- a( d j0 R1 |" b1 c& h1 d# j, i/ D
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.# w/ J6 Y" M, g, z+ g: T
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys. B/ m% p5 r" {+ k" q' |4 y
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
" k- b6 v, L: E1 ~) ? x% Wthey want so they can have all the fun they desire,
A& F+ C1 a) W% Z( eand we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
9 a/ \* a- z3 S8 U$ Psaid OK.
& } a3 h2 J" S3 T' y然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,% h1 `0 o9 q# h/ d. o- |
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
( \# I8 w! Q/ d: O, l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,7 ]- v' Y* ~3 C- Y! w1 }3 u3 o7 q( ~
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,4 x' t% c. X3 v( h; m( S% f' v
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道9 {# k& l* \9 T7 N9 p! D. `
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。/ c' U4 i; j2 j8 Z# t8 i
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5 }& h- h0 Q- I# ]Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter9 x3 y; Q# U3 G, s5 E" j' o% s8 G
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,6 h# w' N: |' a- ?! g
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,2 v7 D7 S+ x: n- B& C8 N; v. R0 e
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
, t6 Y* f! R; C I! ?) c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,
& N' a1 [ U0 y, R9 j) C1 o! 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,, H( F# c) O* W( j: b, w0 g! l8 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 >2 }" R4 p1 A! m
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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- y! K- V9 o$ LThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women' V9 W: e4 G( m' w
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty1 ~/ F7 y5 t3 @ I. e
of the female body. And we said OK.
9 G8 I' ?/ P$ ^% p# \然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
: m$ C9 m3 d: g) |稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。2 J5 `9 Z% f. N
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7 C E3 K2 u1 F+ lAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
3 T6 t7 P5 {$ F: F* U Bpublished pictures of nude children and then further again
+ } ?. l# D# b% Z/ T: d4 |by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,' b; N$ r0 k9 x; J
they're entitled to free speech.. `, c, m' U7 x3 a8 A# @! @
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,9 ^7 K! F+ q' P: I& g% r
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,3 s% M& t( C1 `3 Z9 {5 l
他們這樣做是言論自由。
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" M/ j. s7 P1 N2 cThen the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
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j9 v. o l1 n- m9 a2 r. T g0 Gthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
2 Q. o# K( V" _* ?6 @* ]& ~And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect," M" Y, A9 @6 l8 Q2 I
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.* t" p2 b6 d4 @) P+ T
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、( K8 n7 p: d q+ R1 j
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、6 w6 _! i9 N+ k( r' O) ~" v* {
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
" ~" b2 ]8 B2 I0 Y4 B那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。* t+ W: N- |: Q# I. u- {
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6 K! o' @2 V }# X- Z2 N3 \& INow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, Z7 Y* g6 Y+ l
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
& X6 f$ N' e, P, \2 R2 z1 j* eto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,8 S* M3 x. m- B) T7 k0 H+ P: ~
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.) J+ e- d: k( ~0 O+ D* }9 \0 C
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
; ?9 w0 g& q( C* h' r如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
# Z2 ~ z5 j @3 [/ i$ J為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
" B! h$ D6 w9 u9 {為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
5 @, C: b/ M* p7 w6 h假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
, z0 `% N' L9 l1 r我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。) }7 L9 B9 Q# a; _9 p! L' I) i/ D
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder9 v5 h7 z, s/ |2 h
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
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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。
2 I$ U5 L( A4 U Z實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。 k$ P1 S* k m$ i1 l9 ]5 W* g
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2 m5 z+ k) b8 M4 H" v- B4 A% e" U& SFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like, V- f2 u" R! F7 C, d4 V0 h1 J
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,. ]0 R+ L9 o( M8 H g( F) Z, F& x# Q
people think twice about sharing. t. n) z7 W' ^# r" [
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;
% k- F9 Q) W5 f/ x/ y但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
/ s) Q$ Q2 q$ [2 U! q人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。& g; i8 t7 s; k
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* }+ `0 Y N' M6 p- y, C8 I$ zFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely) y6 g7 n$ S0 z6 r5 z- _" v
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
6 Y. c2 V% c: H; \9 ~! ]; g透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
, Q! u5 l* B& }, `. e* x而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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! t. R+ L0 O' X6 MAre you laughing?
8 l, c6 D! i$ S! \6 J你笑了嗎?
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* [( J) h5 T4 qFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it7 \: T$ \3 g1 p: X, D" }8 d
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,& n/ A/ B3 L; Q2 o
or what they WILL think of you for sending it. g4 E8 h: J- G2 w2 S
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us1 x5 j' Q X% `- m7 i
than what God thinks of us.
# k ^* k( t% ^5 [, `* h好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,3 W8 P1 |/ O6 e& c- m2 o0 c! i: o
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,; ?' ^4 q+ u' U) B* `8 [; E
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。: g$ ]3 b; x3 q' O1 j
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
( C* G2 y& H) e$ W6 v% q而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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: Y$ y) V, ? ?. m1 o; j+ {, vPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...$ t! b* ?& X4 O4 \
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't5 j# y+ m7 g* k
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
7 g3 B5 c0 q. L把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話. s7 g) a7 @: Q; ^, [# Z% a/ _5 V
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
: H: A/ B$ W8 m- b' r/ T g' j8 Z但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
4 l/ N# I/ V+ m/ F# C+ D& y你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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