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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/ P) G0 W0 c! e2 g9 x
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"9 F# I, B- W% W) s7 J8 c6 K' R, f# A
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).9 y2 i6 j$ Q/ s2 n& X
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:7 W. n, ?, b2 u% G; ~* @
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
+ P3 l% y# ^. l! f5 g: K; z# t她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:0 v( D9 N3 b' t
. l+ ^3 d3 O" B5 n0 [Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.- n0 M+ ?6 Y2 Q
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,* O4 H1 X" [" {/ i) [) |
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
$ h+ e7 i$ v; P1 m1 S) \to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.8 s7 w8 }. R4 V7 b1 }( Z: A
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
% g+ Y& i r: P2 P4 {( D! EHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection+ H" p# d$ X" X. T
if we demand He leave us alone?"
! Y3 b" X2 _1 m7 `9 l' I2 X! Z1 p, s3 X『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
2 O: [8 o) }/ a6 a9 H/ o只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,' g- t, I6 U/ y: J- b
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。# O; Y) E6 T8 \5 D! K
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
; C8 @2 d# F0 c. S/ ~* E# n我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
; R, ~9 C5 M, w" i3 ` m2 F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.
4 t, r: ?: ^0 C. d* |1 O2 ZI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered," |* ~, r8 Z/ r
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our! M7 I1 B) A' O; m
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
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the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,( c2 l* T2 l \) O7 n7 R' Y3 h
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.: w3 X9 N3 f l% A0 ]
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,+ d3 U( A9 `2 M @. `
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
: o' O7 P: f9 o; ^* {, a7 _(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,; H% t4 ^' u% U: d
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
; h5 e8 B- D- Z p要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。9 Q% m$ b: R3 S+ A6 g0 i
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children! K5 y3 M" u7 Z! ~% r& a; \/ L
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
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suicide)1 C, G& B7 c, A- ~$ x
We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
& e# e& d# S7 f3 K. t然後Benjamin Spock博士說,* q) m0 ^3 B1 K) Y1 m4 Y7 O( X
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
. `& a/ _: |- R, G1 E以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊5 L: K1 [' x' {; M* @
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。. W) c2 k6 @2 C* ]* {+ M5 D
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' B; {5 a6 C$ e- T! u7 w7 TThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our3 e4 k" q& o8 J' m% G
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member2 ?7 O3 R* l2 I: f% A
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave: H! f3 G# `/ R7 F+ i
because we don 't want any bad publicity,
V7 s+ L4 ~* ?' kand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference
" J6 y$ j: `* w: Y- l3 ^+ Hbetween disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,9 p' y" z+ d; X: S
etc.). And we said OK./ x* L% l; @. U8 ~+ f5 h8 V
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
$ w$ {1 {; m" \2 {5 e) \1 W9 w老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
# n8 m- W6 h3 H% G( S) y3 ?0 D/ D教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,! d$ e% x0 J: k0 z3 B4 G. ^; X
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
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8 J8 a6 {$ q) ]9 }2 N# X' h- z- cThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,% C- R) r# M2 _ K* J: W
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
# @- S6 E. N0 l( nThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
6 V: N* @/ g% h9 [+ C- ^and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms1 M6 X$ ?* G3 ? f6 K6 A8 g
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,
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said OK." O% F6 |1 U5 F
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
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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,0 _6 ?7 O& ~5 ^" ^% {' @1 G
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
5 q; _) ~7 H: s( P7 d% v4 b. {好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
( M n9 _# }' N他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。# U3 Z i9 ?3 o8 ^" y2 h4 ^, C( F
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter* ]% y. ?8 V- Q; e3 s
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,- F7 W( y5 E @* @
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,) R! w% q4 I+ ^- `' s" N
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
1 Y, B: g1 M' u' z; U: w. F) w0 ?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,
! i, _9 R. S$ X; z只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
. M! B z' n; a, D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 C m, B9 u& W0 o0 l& {; D2 o+ @* W
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
+ [ m' f H' v N; R; gand call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
p3 U) N+ u5 Q" D( ~1 {* p- _of the female body. And we said OK.
c4 r' E" Z& Y0 u* p然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
- R0 v. P7 t$ M稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。
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0 n: k# |! Z. Q* ]And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
3 ~) c$ [, ^$ upublished pictures of nude children and then further again' }# Z: O& w9 t# X3 t/ m6 H
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
* x# _* S) Y$ ]' s- Athey're entitled to free speech.
7 R- G* P0 |4 W$ B然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
, O; `9 V) P- ^) h/ A1 a" \2 i# W甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
1 A; t& t3 N& l5 e他們這樣做是言論自由。8 P3 ]. M# z7 I$ ^# ]3 n
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
& z# F I1 b# N; othat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
( k6 e# d4 M% V7 qthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.2 P, D+ y9 d/ S6 s4 d
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,+ L$ F4 o& r; s
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.* y$ t8 ^: |# S% e! M9 S
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
0 E. P; }' t8 A7 _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、
' m' \/ L" \. c M謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:% S+ _5 _( s2 l9 m6 Q
那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。% P% \2 T) z6 Z7 O: |0 n* I) f
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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,# Q- M2 b9 b) M, r: o1 @( a5 x
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them5 c3 i, q; S5 g( v
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
/ E0 l: m6 f, v0 D, Qif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
) J2 z! H, v* I: g4 ]5 Y3 M% u, XI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."5 _" n3 E5 C7 A' K4 f! Q$ R
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?, D4 W1 E' w/ F( I
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?& q: S8 X9 y8 F, @! ^" m. k
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?% M4 n# U; y6 t9 g' I
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。1 @* \9 `& k- O4 i/ g. `
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。! h" H5 F) A: T( y1 a$ N9 Q* T5 \) P
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder+ ^) w- Q* D$ E2 X$ B
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers) y5 F; E% S3 }9 q3 u( c8 }7 `: f
say, but question what the Bible says.
0 i9 j- J+ k( O4 M. A; x! T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。! k* ^/ N; `. H6 i0 T0 l
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。7 B$ P6 c6 p! V6 x' `
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
8 I+ m4 l/ w( l9 }wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,: T# w( Z5 h" p0 @! q! l6 D
people think twice about sharing.6 e. b8 N9 Z8 n* {! V
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;
. R, ^+ M. ] ~; P8 q但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
8 `# U+ U6 N5 q8 _人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。! y( o' i- y# n0 X
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
9 B* W! P' R6 r3 S, z5 @8 q$ Q# tthrough 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
. w6 |: {& V# Q H6 s. g透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;' F9 b" s! G- _7 M3 y' r
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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5 f4 z+ N x' \' @- m; ~Are you laughing?
, q/ j; N" r( w7 n7 c你笑了嗎?
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
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or what they WILL think of you for sending it.6 \2 K) N4 t: |% q }0 U
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us; H& Z' Q' k7 u) b& \5 Y- T
than what God thinks of us.5 ^+ d8 ?, b; @3 l( U, S, _# U
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
1 m' ]" y) o- n' s# E; R因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,4 ^8 n& q5 U y0 Q8 r
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。) i5 R( t' _* k' g5 `# [1 t
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,3 |0 t) S% _6 s) q1 E$ \
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...% o& Y6 `0 J7 @% w: s# W
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't9 a/ k/ W0 E4 D
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
) Q. {8 |6 O3 B/ V2 M" U" t把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
- ^2 B; r7 F* m+ z% \/ c& S* a# x若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,, Y7 x7 Y4 q$ j, m6 U. J7 K# O
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
. O: S2 |; z* I7 |! @. k; ?你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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