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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞7 y% {/ K% s) s
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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
" C& _! U9 r( g6 \+ I) LClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
" X0 }4 \7 `2 B7 D I(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
9 c7 _2 [- \7 Q+ y- b葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:
* O+ `. z; Z5 t6 E8 F上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
/ o8 x' J: ~9 s N$ G, X( Q, g) L她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:- O& E" g0 o7 P
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
; |/ W: j/ b6 F7 ]! d/ x5 ^She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,9 J, O: |3 J' ]; p/ `
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
* H4 l4 t' L- n9 Z; U- fto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
3 W( B+ G$ {! {3 P! D1 T' QAnd being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
) v) L7 j6 L, x0 t [How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
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$ ]3 T( p3 G/ Y' l『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
$ {+ F( P) Q$ w" S只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校," m; s2 H! r y Z- G8 G6 k
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。$ J: t- { o: S; n
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。2 ~ M4 j) q& m) u8 C2 w
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
) S8 H5 `; H9 Y- a0 p; Z$ Q又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』' {/ s5 U7 _- K3 C
1 a& {! p, [0 K! J3 UIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. Z8 P! l# Z, F2 a8 F2 N) {4 U
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,8 Z" u3 i! j9 h# P+ [( \
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our5 r7 s3 o# ]2 P# B& T
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in; F3 C1 e1 ~0 ]5 P, r
school...( `+ |2 n" A# f3 J, }
the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal," @' q5 k0 J% U4 f2 c1 `4 R
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. s, k6 [3 ^6 a
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
8 t9 F$ R5 B1 O2 U8 G( P我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
$ n2 q; Q. m! [: y3 d+ J; ?(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,
) ~8 |7 l& M7 V% U" @; h8 o/ M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 ]5 W7 k$ s9 D+ z
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。) E& n3 N' P1 y" }8 r
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8 _7 l' Q( ]6 ?. g4 oThen Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children+ ~% T7 ]+ M0 B6 Y
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped$ V3 }; z; B& K
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.* w4 p: Z6 d# t; K# K6 N
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
' v8 X) j _& {) A我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,: a* n# R! h7 z& V
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
) \- Y& H2 `8 A" J+ d2 g; I( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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) U" t2 u1 o/ ^. u* Y( J' f2 mThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
, S1 p; g4 I6 ]children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
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because we don 't want any bad publicity, X+ t+ I& h/ U: w1 E
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference
: [9 t- D, q7 ]between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,) F4 o1 t9 H7 L, y! n
etc.). And we said OK.1 @: r1 X: P A1 ^: k
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,; }7 d: C, a% L$ c
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,0 b S8 E9 n5 n2 m0 w9 o
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
; m0 K+ g, i( ]4 S. e1 ?# }% o/ c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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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,8 q) u! Y+ m9 a5 [3 {- x; H
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK." F9 {; k( D( I1 z0 l- {- h
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys, n3 o; k3 X( t g/ b" O7 k
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
! y2 D: n( C1 u) Z8 k1 Tthey want so they can have all the fun they desire,
! n! S! X$ e( Q9 }and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
- ?- N3 | i' S' i4 Isaid OK.
% w1 h6 d! `/ i0 T& g0 Z' {然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,$ Z0 m% ~; j" H$ [
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。5 i8 \' I# @+ U) B: |5 j5 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,/ _5 m+ @( G! I& {, P! n2 ^, |
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
' M6 e( u' K; v6 U3 f. y: a4 m好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道1 D. D2 b+ D6 Q4 E( b( z. P) P# ~
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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5 V- M: v$ ~! R7 Z1 }2 y9 QThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter+ }% q% o+ d# ]# o
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
3 v E) \5 h- K) t" [1 r0 ~4 U7 Ewe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,, Q) ~ a- k2 o# V3 c4 R6 s" P# u2 h
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
7 W$ N) }8 p' C$ y# u9 }; u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,
- ]$ E5 x1 n! c3 _5 P只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,$ |6 g: A6 |- M' T: R
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
# H0 g+ ~: T1 t只要我有工作而且經濟看好。* e. U! w" ?' C8 W. ^: i0 S
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: P+ Y6 A" c' Z4 s* E5 v' A. \Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women) I; h0 x9 j: K
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
5 m$ k5 Q9 F% `. xof the female body. And we said OK.
! [$ g( ?8 ^. G6 q然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
4 z- ~& x0 I& x- l0 n. Y; w4 U稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。( P8 P8 N$ m7 w0 X
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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and( E6 D5 [; a- @' f% l, b
published pictures of nude children and then further again- \$ C, G7 S& m! h/ L+ e0 _( p
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
0 T$ x1 h6 t/ pthey're entitled to free speech.
% r6 x/ T$ q0 \) \4 q4 W1 @然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
0 d: ^ C( I" G: T甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,# M7 T5 j7 d, Z e
他們這樣做是言論自由。
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies( k# C" f7 l- Z: R. b
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
M. _% E. H# r0 s. jthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
* s- a! [* j, V7 }' m- L+ H. dAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,2 `7 O1 Z; b }; e. a l/ {
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead./ i% X6 L. k v& `
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、+ O1 f5 a. r+ N# R
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、
& n3 G# q# u8 I+ d/ v謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:3 n G/ Z/ o& e: {- c9 C
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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4 a( R6 s' G% b; ^5 w% INow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,0 } V' |# ^* T$ ]- Q* T; N! F
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
8 U3 ?3 i8 a3 L M Y$ wto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
2 o% g8 |& k( B0 ^ F- nif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
4 | I/ i0 k( l* ~: `1 w' R" U1 _- YI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."7 X/ n4 t- i1 ]/ w! V
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
3 `' R, T& [# @為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?" H! ]0 h) o3 W ?, ]0 x) M- I
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
# ~. n: h, G7 ~( `; q0 P* F假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。3 ^' K3 E( w/ J1 a* ?
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。' B* J* m+ h8 V7 g. G
6 |8 R9 G! y# ~9 E1 b0 \! uFunny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder
, e; X* E3 a8 u& I5 }) F1 ]why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
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) O, s, ?" c. _( D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& f" A) v( }, H+ G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 k- E% U3 s1 M2 Q9 X# lFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
6 b9 Q2 C( c" E0 M+ s& pwildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
+ s4 w, L1 J: i% Epeople think twice about sharing. c0 j) K. _6 w* H* @; Y* e
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;
d8 J, k7 o& A7 {# t$ ^但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,. {' L9 ~9 r0 Y
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。0 R$ O/ h1 w& D* `
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. }9 i7 n% l' H z2 dFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely3 A9 l8 @" I I/ Y* F
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
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7 g4 l* e4 x+ @4 c+ D/ p實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章$ E# |) i5 I- B( d
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
" Z6 M D( {( P8 C2 v/ n而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。5 E% V) K3 U2 J% Y
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: {$ v1 m1 s( d ~Are you laughing?
* w; v' _ X | V. } U" x- D/ F你笑了嗎?
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1 F7 P- F% d/ zFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it* P1 P, t9 m+ |7 J# ^3 B+ U
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
/ a/ ?" N+ F2 ]" V# E& V( bor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
4 }" R8 ?5 {, p2 k0 RFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us# q( ]% q1 @2 m* t7 a3 h
than what God thinks of us.3 i8 h" b6 ^" }
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
/ f1 \0 T/ n: r/ P1 S3 F因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,8 a3 u) \/ E4 ?3 A
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。9 D$ b* z2 p& @0 Q8 g
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,9 J, L: k. L0 M8 O
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。; L" |+ z, a; G" P. `1 b
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4 C1 G+ d* r# Y! UPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... p9 \, W2 m" x( W, F. O) s
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't# I" M) } Y) ~0 R1 A9 x
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!# Y. s+ d7 p1 e$ G- A) m6 G
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話- F5 m/ X5 A4 \8 f6 ]0 W! w( ~
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
1 I" \, b/ B- U% S J2 h但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
, [: T, }) z- x3 X9 ? j) F" R你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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