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5 K0 ?4 i& W* }. Y(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)7 x2 s, }( y8 n9 h% O* j
, b) M/ e4 c9 @! }! D& }It is well-known that the JDJ had vehemently opposed the scientific theories of Galileo and Copernicus, but did you know that they had also opposed Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod?
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16, 17 世纪的欧美, 可以说是凡是有人聚集的地方就一定有教堂。 最让JDT 大惑7 H1 B4 `4 U' @' T" g/ N
不解的是, 雷竟然专劈教堂, 而极少光顾与教堂仅一街之隔的妓院, 赌场。那年& ?% ^, l. I& }. C/ E* L1 L
头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。: K @5 j. p: S* a# H& t" M* Y. Q$ l( b
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关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
3 z. t }7 a% f0 W' L+ ISt. Thomas Aquinas said "Rain and winds, and whatsoever occurs by local impulse alone, can be caused by demons. It is a dogma of faith that the demons can produce winds, storms, and rain of fire from heaven."
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Martin Luther asserted that the winds themselves are good or evil spirits. He declared that a stone thrown into a certain pond in his native city would cause a dreadful storm because of the devils kept prisoners there.
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0 q4 r! Z1 C6 ?; u6 z基于这种信仰, 当时的好JDT们采用多祷告, 多鞭打, 处死女巫来逃避雷劈。可
$ O2 N# j$ |$ Z3 H1 z8 B* V惜的是, 他们的祷告, 他们的对女巫的惩罚从来就没有半点用处, 教堂愿意招雷
5 w7 K3 n& R' `2 F劈的史实并没有因此而改变。 倒是有些心思灵活, 信教不诚者, 一看到雷雨要来,# }. n) F1 m0 J
立刻就跑到对面的妓院, 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。 |
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