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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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! X! S3 a @: \+ N4 X! j! A [Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
8 g* |% y3 T4 x, aClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
' |0 i& p$ I/ b. M) Q: A(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
6 |. c2 l9 M0 t- d" _) I2 ]葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:- e2 x- g( T, M* _; W, Y5 M
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?1 z3 x0 x6 ^9 |5 C2 \
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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1 K. A4 F# }1 K" I" tAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
5 F8 U8 K4 U9 ?, ^She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,1 }# V% V; L! i7 T9 v
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
J* i) A: _2 e/ E$ D7 dto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
5 n: p0 T+ e4 a1 r& tAnd being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out." n3 o& q0 p8 g+ s) m5 X
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection8 N, g( y6 f1 X* l _( Y
if we demand He leave us alone?"
; s: Y9 O8 h8 s9 [- V' ^) D \! g『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
1 C5 M- j5 ~) P只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
. e6 g: C- `" F不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。# R* Y% q1 |; K" I# Q# n/ s* p
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
4 X. h: a* A1 N% `/ d我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
+ D& q% L0 r8 ]0 [又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』
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4 f; ?. ^* B; V. ?: G+ jIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
+ d4 a0 l2 G' }( E% ?I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,8 P; N" z8 q3 ]3 ?7 P y
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
5 J) S% x+ l. Mschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in; x) W; j' h6 `7 ]3 p; e7 o2 L
school...( @7 ?) @6 [3 J$ S+ ~
the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
+ k' Y' g% D9 n, O6 dand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.6 Y* S- s- z8 C3 o9 F4 ~
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,; u$ ~( Q% Q# ]# l0 |/ P% W! Y
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士9 b5 x0 }4 d3 I
(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,
9 i1 a! c2 z6 n最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、" U3 n* q& E; _. S, M( W+ r
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。! r% s/ p3 L7 N0 _8 ~4 J
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children: M* C8 ~6 d3 |( n& g. J
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
8 Z9 l# |1 }5 B A! gand we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
. t2 ^" S. V! H" F9 q7 z) w- osuicide)
/ B9 D8 H" t5 C5 R/ KWe said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.0 k& b' P$ q5 f4 _
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,0 T9 d# r+ y7 O# ?6 J
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,0 Z3 ~5 W: Z/ h4 X; m. ]5 Q @
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊' A- e2 i; p" f* o1 F: k8 d1 l
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。- p$ x8 ^7 ^8 @
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3 \9 Q3 g( m0 `) o/ ]# nThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our3 c f( S# L2 H- y0 _7 O( y/ h
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
+ {: |* E3 o* ?4 J/ q# yin this school better touch a student when they misbehave2 Z) B2 E9 m! w2 M# ^+ I
because we don 't want any bad publicity,
) o4 ?: Z: l3 E. x, }9 x+ M5 pand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference% v( [* m; k; ^6 m3 j
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
; X' ]3 `( D f1 Y! qetc.). And we said OK.. W! y* V% ~" @- I) X- Y; t% }
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,& k7 ~* @( k; Q- y h9 Q' G) G
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
: c' B" G5 T b% F1 ~教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
$ r# L( _2 }+ S- \/ Z7 ^3 }% X更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
$ n* M, @ C S( ]; l5 i而大家同意了。
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" R3 L) l4 ~/ u3 AThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,/ U* I6 i4 Z. `3 N: s
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.8 x; V) G! v2 B, P; L8 M
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
( A5 p; c, I Nand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms2 {0 k4 K0 I% C, a. G( h/ M0 r
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,
3 d7 [ C* ]( l7 z/ l, X/ oand we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
+ z: _. h4 f% [4 a% Y0 \, Osaid OK.
5 n6 B+ [" c K1 X5 K然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
- ^# j; `$ ~% v/ Y# y1 r甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。& z" p+ L' u. R* X( B" Y c6 i' a
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,
+ i! b+ J+ D2 w" _他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
0 J# [: z! Z, o2 |# t好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
) X- |% ?: X' r: C/ J他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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3 x' Y- N$ _) A# q3 \3 DThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
, Q* e' g0 c4 j% B) i" ?! b) `what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
( k& a( t3 N- S/ l- Z2 m, rwe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
9 d. h& y# Y0 ~. r7 r9 }% `. tdoes in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
4 {, z5 w9 D) b# D$ p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,
4 O5 h! q; ^+ d$ \; G0 {; 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,: q4 \1 l, _! Z8 U( n. ?' x
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
& Z) E. q: B V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
; `8 H' Q/ e4 F4 X# Pand call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
; {- r7 s* U7 U6 ^. T4 z8 aof the female body. And we said OK.
" ?7 }; ^9 E9 F然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,2 Z: F$ d; D3 H6 g- }
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。$ C) O# }* y; `+ t% z0 m
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; x1 o* R* N0 H9 P, P; kAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and8 ^- ]5 z, ?; a0 g/ R
published pictures of nude children and then further again
3 S: Q% Q2 M8 x' u3 [- Mby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,# y# l S$ Y V
they're entitled to free speech.
) c$ s0 |3 k" K+ \然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,' A. i* W* g0 u: r/ R% e/ J
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,3 A3 n6 C/ n. ?7 ^# m% a7 M
他們這樣做是言論自由。# g! p) b- I4 Y8 u+ w4 n
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
& M) v% v3 F. T* E$ Rthat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
6 K& D. l( W4 G( Y; tthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
$ k, \! Q# E9 [; e2 L' OAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
/ m ]6 j3 K# Q4 G4 K' |5 `& Lnobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
% ^. D0 G6 a4 {/ u& b9 Y然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
# O1 R `$ O! a: A8 W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、
' J/ g/ W. J! G5 D" J' W5 Q謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
# M N7 D) j: k6 S G9 P那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。: f3 {, l* X* g& d
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' G$ a4 y y! P8 k# [Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
6 U* `4 B. f/ c$ cwhy they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
s6 l, @ q0 X+ e" \1 xto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,$ ^+ h- a: m* Z9 A3 S" `1 f' t
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.2 v, B/ U7 a. g# u2 S
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
* J( [8 @7 @/ b如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
- d5 }& H. x$ [+ Q, C7 x! F4 }( }為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
% _3 m- ]* c7 i$ j) A# i, T為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?3 o! s/ @& C/ C7 }+ i7 H
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
3 P* }% r8 i( }4 }% X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 h M2 R* g3 E1 M5 [" g0 L2 @5 F
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
0 [0 ?6 z2 j1 j1 ?say, but question what the Bible says.# b( P( ]5 q2 E+ a) @: m# 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。( O4 _3 C: n# M" N
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。" u; M% C' M; N. b m" c- V: S
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7 a! z, k6 {6 r7 ]$ G5 PFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like, q' k9 {6 \1 Y* ~ f& g1 m9 C
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord," j$ `# G6 W( K9 h( h
people think twice about sharing.
0 n- P0 q) p5 e; a/ L+ z8 F7 l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;) @; ~( t2 m; Q
但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
6 P$ @6 S( l, D* E6 d人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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6 G4 d y" e" x' k2 j" [4 TFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
! `& o; e5 e( Q1 ~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
% \1 r7 Z+ t& H, \; }透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
% W2 X1 |% I( `9 `6 e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?- x) P4 g3 ]- }3 l# u7 V
你笑了嗎?3 s& t( @; d, c+ r: J; l t
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it% \# [' ]% Q% {5 l; F
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
4 C& x5 y! z& _3 H& o" j# A$ j8 z' y+ yor what they WILL think of you for sending it.( x6 ~0 ^% Z5 J+ R' g
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,
7 ?3 C( E% }, O% ]% l, ^因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
" l5 h$ k# M) K- j# r6 s3 E或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
u: w( f. c, {* B9 k; D" h可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
9 y9 w8 i$ y4 U- u6 _/ Q, l而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
# X; r: k1 {- Tno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't! ^, D% @& l8 r" i/ h6 c
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
w8 l; F2 }9 z. }! ^把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話: y4 r: H- B' d1 M' M. s8 Q
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,7 B! H+ `. J2 E& e
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,% j/ J0 O3 x8 L+ x" q2 G7 T3 c% y- U5 _& _
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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