招雷劈的教堂 (I) (ZT)

historian

liangmin6
* T) w9 F% y- g. o) \
) u$ p: P! {" }! B% N(哈哈， 大家别误会， 这个不是诅咒， 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)
5 I" |/ @% C' \' W4 a; ^
: b* p- w# s" D. b- eIt 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?

& ~9 F% D' {/ Q16, 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
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
头儿， 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。

1 @, m6 ^0 a( N关于雷电， 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
( `7 M" U+ I( Q6 A6 u. O, fSt. 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."
) y: T, ^1 D  d& I" O. G
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.

2 w5 g- D1 l: O0 F+ K' }3 \3 h3 E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
" C. `1 Z2 }  v; Z/ o  w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
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，
立刻就跑到对面的妓院， 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。