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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞2 `! }2 s6 A4 _& F+ s
5 W8 E9 c0 Z7 m$ y$ mBilly Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane* {0 m- Y; r. O" |8 w0 W
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
) Z" R" @) s1 n+ [- i(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).2 }, |' c" |2 B' c% _: K1 D, a8 T
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:; D. S9 Z' ^0 K2 H; }) P
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?3 j! b* C: h- Z; O9 W5 q5 w- j
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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) A2 t9 `& P$ ]6 I! c! E; d- iAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.; T# a& C7 i. C) {6 z
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
( T- h2 Q( [7 t% |6 J nbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
) t/ a5 T* j4 \# p& N" q% _to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
- _* f* c H8 t7 J$ |( ^/ X# c$ l1 qAnd being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
" F5 F! K# y" W; e- vHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
" |/ A2 V! P' e$ Wif we demand He leave us alone?" E+ [7 U; `; @6 u0 l4 |6 v
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;% E1 o& \9 a6 b/ H7 B. E! c
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
" ~& s# r* ^8 W- R' s+ q6 D不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
3 L r" c$ V2 g& n. p4 o3 S/ y上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
% z/ |' V, y+ L9 [0 I我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
" T% y5 j9 ^, b. Z! E4 n又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』4 i0 h5 N6 k" G# v8 l1 Y9 W- L4 y
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.* e! [: C& S: R+ X( w$ Y4 A& `
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
* a$ Q+ K6 X5 b7 Rher body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
4 Q- `1 l' @ U4 A/ }schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in5 L$ U" z' Z$ B
school...4 I+ l" i" @: s( G O) L6 H4 W
the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
5 }) L3 y! C7 B% n$ E1 \. [! X5 uand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.& q* S' @+ [. O* d
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
: e1 Q- X. d) P7 u- U/ H" S, f' [8 ^我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士3 ?% {+ k& i9 `8 W/ V- F
(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 A' s f, h( i4 f最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
; R6 p2 K/ w- S) [要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children0 Y& C5 E8 B9 t1 a5 m8 {! C
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
& K" `/ a! G7 _* P' c ?) Gand we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
& J( }+ H9 ^% L6 Jsuicide). l1 s7 r M( r" ~
We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.; X4 z6 g+ e, T/ q( D
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
) X. }2 @ s r2 P) R我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
% a- d$ Z! Z: L6 B/ t, e: l以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊7 ]- W" m8 l K7 S
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。8 ~" u( ?8 Y) {* Y
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4 P& T- I/ W4 ^. y* f7 jThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our) Z% D9 K- t: J0 Z+ _
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member7 p: V* C8 l# r8 c5 J
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave8 }9 t3 y! `/ ~
because we don 't want any bad publicity,
]2 [$ j. B8 T: ~and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference3 W5 q* O, o7 r8 A( ]- C
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,, N/ r: k5 d7 h. g7 D
etc.). And we said OK. ~' ~+ V3 D/ ^& F
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
0 H6 d5 |" I0 x4 b# B/ h老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,- B6 A4 ?" S2 e. g
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
: k6 h3 b* p" m0 g' Y3 j% r更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),' P5 e' v* J& P# y) O
而大家同意了。
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
: g" h) Z: D9 t; Z+ l* nand they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
8 u3 |6 m& i/ r# `6 PThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
- m, E, ]; L4 H) x6 ?, P: U9 zand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
# s% w& B3 O zthey want so they can have all the fun they desire,) I7 t8 z$ z; y* i
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we2 j& b: R, d: e. G* I/ a
said OK.3 ^+ a2 k4 z$ I+ g5 R8 a: l
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,* J2 A) i! V+ h K/ p
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。) I! `. J! N9 C+ ^8 x
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,
$ v0 t' l2 p% o/ ^1 |他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
; x( M, f5 _+ w" S+ [% G好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
6 S9 i8 q, v) e* I, X$ _0 d0 ^+ @他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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1 m" e5 H$ j* \! f) z* aThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter+ n f7 ?% K1 q4 W! I
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,1 K' t9 ?- [- ~- x" K w0 |
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,+ s2 R) Q0 J; K Q* E! P
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
O. A8 p& [9 ~4 M- P& a5 s/ z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,. L( l9 E7 Q4 d5 Z; J
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! Q4 W" [( |4 s Z- b
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
5 |2 S/ r' h5 w: o: j* {: [2 B/ V Z只要我有工作而且經濟看好。9 c3 D3 {" L& V
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6 Q) e+ x# N, G+ fThen someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
4 V% w5 v( e0 f" uand call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty. A9 |$ A( ?) g# z: B; ?
of the female body. And we said OK.
* e; {" K3 i- j' ] u- m然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
% |" _; b% m# a& N* r6 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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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
% e. q7 `% l4 @( B9 {6 S0 y, O2 Jpublished pictures of nude children and then further again z7 \, P, m3 _% e$ @& X" R4 k
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,# U4 O* @ x% b0 u
they're entitled to free speech.
- L& T4 {+ g" a8 a/ P! g然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
. n& H& _4 Y" J ^- O甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說, x% J* z1 v5 w
他們這樣做是言論自由。& o A D P; z+ f0 U2 c2 r
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
/ D G' S. G6 c8 d) K' _' z; [that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
! t2 d3 n0 Q' r0 K6 Athat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. R1 I1 Z& ^+ E
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,! U: y$ Q9 t' S J! M" k+ N$ D* _
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.6 H! v1 J9 H% J- c7 x
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、# U. r. p4 A4 I8 @* \- D$ u( Q
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、( }& \0 R2 s' o0 `7 @- I S5 M
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:2 B: X. e9 P7 l$ u- j7 E
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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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,9 x; Z% s# j5 N. @4 X9 s7 p0 p: X
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
1 B2 A0 R a8 dto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
6 X: k" N5 C# D" Z( L {if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.( q3 E6 G% w! ~/ h& v) J
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
' p* k* t$ a. S, G9 J( Y) c0 L如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?( L9 g& f5 Y* T! X4 {, u9 t3 `
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
# p6 ? ^- K* G; U7 p2 y( g為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?( I3 t4 F4 F$ Q5 n
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。; R0 H7 F& _1 l3 G
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder" s' i d6 Q+ a4 P
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers9 W- D2 I$ S! M4 r# Z
say, but question what the Bible says.
: F. D( o7 R( G6 |5 n% a- J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。: x' Q6 k6 d/ b( J
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。5 o$ Q( R" R- P- o3 l* @
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6 Y1 Y( ~$ t9 |5 i1 h9 I& gFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like% m a% c, i- f/ p. b6 m* o/ `; ]
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
0 I2 y' [6 G6 U$ }0 H8 H6 \& Qpeople think twice about sharing.
- [+ W3 C5 ?& H" _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;! e9 }/ Y* z1 A
但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,) N: t/ } B& l
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。# c/ M$ a( A5 j# x( e: C' ?5 h3 U2 U
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
d! ]1 r8 m3 Y9 O- H8 wthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed8 E/ i ~& r; N& s6 e# O) Q9 s, a
in the school and workplace.
" j* x5 P( G4 E. r) t) A# J; G實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
' `6 F: U- d. |4 O透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
+ Y7 F/ u1 Y8 G4 o; V6 {8 j, U而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。8 R {7 Q0 j8 o
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: `, T1 B; G+ v) o7 H/ \( vAre you laughing?
$ v& {( ^$ k, b7 X7 p8 C1 }7 K你笑了嗎?/ ^2 `& I, _. P) Y n9 [) {
K. W, W; B5 K" _4 j) g6 qFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
a1 g/ ~3 ^& [! f) _to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
T6 ]3 m# W+ }& gor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
0 c' \# C2 H; p y* s% Z8 c% iFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
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好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,7 Y" c5 O$ O% C" R
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,1 o( {" a) h) g& a, l3 g# v
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
5 }1 l7 `% \7 v( H' ~$ S可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,0 C+ l! m( V$ q" |
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。& g( ], p: V9 ^+ a
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; \8 `3 b7 q$ l" o, I6 wPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
8 p' E. d& ^- ino one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
) ~0 A- `' w: r; C$ l4 l9 K" M, {sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!: b" R/ d. c# N
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
9 c8 Y2 ^) W* W( z+ w: M3 v若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
' I" u5 ~; L A但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
& a, }0 d* }0 Q, k/ }- v你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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