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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞+ ^: ]% E" ~9 X4 j) |) j
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
1 p# |5 ^- E" f# mClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"* G7 a1 |/ H3 [' i, o1 R/ @
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11)., d2 K' C1 d$ A2 ]
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:2 v& d$ G. }4 @$ k) r4 D j5 {6 V+ \
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?6 N9 N2 o- M! i' x0 z0 R# g; y1 W
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.' h! P1 v$ V: u }4 d5 a
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,$ @, ]( u9 D, L2 v8 E
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
. P7 e2 y, F/ wto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.% Q5 w' d1 ^1 B
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
4 F8 p+ u, a- LHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
- k* w( ]1 X# D* W8 `if we demand He leave us alone?": f2 C+ K1 P; J: B
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
9 q0 E/ X+ }" ]只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,) E8 w4 `7 I3 Y C3 k
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
! }* J* N3 O- P5 {上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。/ |1 X3 Y7 `& W. n% @( d/ Y2 c
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
; u/ m1 Y/ n6 _ X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., r) K, U' ~# o4 y
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
+ ^+ C) F d$ u6 L$ Jher body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our# c) e( z5 y" L
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
8 c j3 G6 X8 ?8 N, w; o" A( s; aschool...
- H. d% R6 S, K/ [the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
4 b- I/ z( p- @+ }' H8 Qand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK., b5 q D1 f; u# b$ j5 V& k
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
( H' s+ ^1 ?( _) P) G3 i- @. S我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士" |- F z- Y, ~$ V' g8 ?( R
(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,, e4 \5 }) k: T8 b
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
9 i. S$ t5 |- ^- M要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。0 N" t" A1 ~8 ?$ Q+ l1 H
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children- j$ Y* o1 o. p$ f: B5 U" \
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped! D; Q2 z2 t- B( r
and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed4 @1 S7 x3 ~& t5 `7 {$ K+ r
suicide)
1 ~, D0 Z2 [- j. L3 Q {We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.- O' ]: C8 m4 R; s: a
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
/ ^+ r* O6 E6 }- l3 d/ ~1 h8 r我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
/ |0 l1 P1 `% V: @% s以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊: K% D8 z4 C( M B6 F& B: U& ~
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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! T/ h" b! _0 U* ^+ k' ~. _Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
" H6 M2 o' b. B3 l! v+ y' kchildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member* X1 q# }7 k+ Q9 ~
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
8 p+ k' z! l- ?. x4 Ebecause we don 't want any bad publicity,/ f, ]- o f# R9 E: d/ w
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference( G- `' ]4 g9 i0 j
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
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. y( `+ q6 a1 I9 V然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
1 d3 L; R2 ]/ f3 v/ Q r6 z老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
( a$ \; Q- p/ f7 K8 ~9 Z5 w6 @教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
" r% Y! n2 h. O: K% X" G2 Y! Z更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
{( U4 U' K' |+ d) a5 H" ^而大家同意了。( p9 }8 t) ^0 W8 E6 [# \( P4 ]2 Z! |
& F! G1 B; ~- N: q6 XThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, Y0 |2 b9 ^" \, J% V
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
" E- E2 l0 l% B) zThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
- U2 w( V, A" H6 U) g5 z; dand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms2 h/ M, g; U, l3 j: c) b8 t
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,* o% J0 g+ r- ^% I) f4 X: }
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we9 I, L- a: t( R# o8 F& b3 b
said OK.
B4 H" {9 e4 A) c! x' }然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
% @: {% Z1 U6 g5 H& A4 z% z- H1 d甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。, N, ~( `6 |' n( ^
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,: [ d9 P' p# ?% M- A
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
6 j( ^6 z0 v9 | C4 O好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道8 }' s4 }! w! [$ `
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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: l. K6 \4 V- h; eThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
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we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,% ~( R7 s8 v8 R2 H8 ]: N
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.% ? b' S0 |+ 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,2 v. z& u* r# }2 ?4 ?' N7 w
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
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只要我有工作而且經濟看好。8 S; d) j* U6 u* |* J
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2 r+ k& q" a5 c& T7 G% G2 g, |4 T( NThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women! W) d( U. x; n9 D ]2 R1 A
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty+ f3 N/ W/ D* Q* R+ b) l7 v
of the female body. And we said OK.
1 L$ y) Z4 T( R* C- e" _- R然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
9 X$ ^: }+ ]. [4 Y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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4 p* A `# v* S; U- ^And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and$ _ z1 f8 a: E8 o( Z) a
published pictures of nude children and then further again
: V# ]6 c; x+ }# T" zby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,, W' ]$ f4 T1 o" N3 `
they're entitled to free speech.
$ [. _2 D! }3 Y s0 a0 m然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,9 [5 N" J1 {8 z) v3 Q+ f. ~: b
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
6 F# |) ~0 v9 n% W" W他們這樣做是言論自由。
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( @) U1 M( h) Y6 MThen the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
) P8 Z1 R+ s: {7 C- Kthat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
4 n2 e6 h0 v/ s3 Xthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes./ o) X: S- P) l0 s% e
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,. t$ b y! S% Q2 o; @/ M! a$ F
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
" G. [' m; s! R7 C: P5 x& }然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、+ r9 D' A7 W: d( {6 O+ Z
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、
! `; r+ Q0 ? u" X j0 j8 ~" X謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
) |% B+ l7 O0 B* |- t0 X- n0 N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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% k C+ l$ c- h+ S& m" @6 qNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,$ K8 r. X( u& t. c
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them( ~7 Z( h6 x2 P
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
6 o( l6 x7 c2 C% cif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
% D7 y0 E) ^7 Q$ L& P1 \$ e+ VI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.". f* l; c, k- S
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?- f, {9 }! z7 ?8 C7 z/ ?
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?6 {/ Y* B N' H# G" F
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?+ I7 | N: C6 v- u! Z
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。* o. j' A; J# Z% z2 O
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。) m, @* S! N4 J. I
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder# C6 ~+ d& K+ ~2 A
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers3 N/ m1 }, z5 w5 A% k! [! t
say, but question what the Bible says.
5 g* A$ j: T1 o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。% G+ S8 w- ]' t9 \5 G0 L- ^
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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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
2 P% T' |0 @8 f4 N+ Gwildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,6 q, F) p7 u Z# ?& w3 v2 g9 N5 M
people think twice about sharing.. Z7 x" N0 d6 \7 l! F# N
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;4 X: J5 X0 j( F/ r! o
但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
' ?% s0 @/ ^ Q; N- M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
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實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
; j3 A, ]' f; E# Z" }- W1 b* G透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
. C9 E& @: z( F" q而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。# k7 l' u# n! O2 F3 Z/ U
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Are you laughing?4 ~( M7 o2 n0 t9 @
你笑了嗎?
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4 P9 ?: b9 y* { |Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
/ T! F5 }1 r ]: C+ lto many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,, t' ^4 R$ M" T( w
or what they WILL think of you for sending it.8 l; G6 D7 q5 J3 X% B
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us, m' K% \3 p8 P- c" M" E
than what God thinks of us.
3 Q, S' g; G( H3 l R9 ^* O( A$ [好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,) j4 v# I0 V& J' C
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼," L' @! Y1 Y( e4 X, h
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
; e. E% J' h2 g" q- c/ p# N可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
, d. i G9 \$ g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...
* M" W0 J8 T% z3 z' _+ R+ eno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't2 e8 B; w) Y' A) T C; H
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!7 r2 i N3 ?, ~
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
x' d* Z& [; _9 `- R若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
* q1 [1 K4 Q0 P/ c. Y# u但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,+ L+ l; B# T+ z- X/ Y
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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