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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞/ s* K8 n2 ~; p- g# H0 p3 ^
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
! s5 d$ z+ _6 L# z% UClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"$ | A5 p% ~+ t* }8 K
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).( n- L2 i) R- E* s0 `9 \
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:! U' W, k; j1 V5 Y5 x0 S
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
0 O2 U. D2 b/ Y) ?她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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/ e I- L1 N; R% AAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
' `7 p3 e* h R! EShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,1 t- N8 Q) |$ m C- R1 ]2 @( y" }( l
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,) P) z5 F# i8 s2 k' W/ J
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.' d# n* Y- d4 n$ N7 }
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.3 A- X' I6 f4 Z. y
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
9 C: H K% L/ M6 W' e! Lif we demand He leave us alone?"
' @" }# b p; g: T; T- m4 @『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
6 i1 S5 t" F* P( v1 V8 M: I, s只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,0 B4 y. b7 ]0 _+ m7 i0 T
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
. C0 T6 y t8 ] J$ w: Q上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
+ V! U6 p) T3 g* T2 p我們既然強令祂遠離我們,5 e5 q' K7 P6 N; O) B0 U! n
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.
5 R9 N) \6 \% m2 C. |1 QI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
! s: E: P* `& |( Zher body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our: T2 B# i, P) g6 Y. i- ] J' ?4 {
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in/ c5 G2 i9 V! n' [. {! G3 f; Q
school...
7 H0 X/ m: |) M! U" a' Q/ f7 V. lthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
8 C" n" R+ R; _% u! |and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.1 r2 a1 [+ Q0 F! |7 W- q
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
# p( Z9 }3 C. M5 D# G* n9 w% [" K2 V我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
3 J( X. I0 i! e; P$ I V/ e: [(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,
& T* y: Y/ N* f0 [+ z. J最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、' t6 }3 C" ?5 ?6 S1 l
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。* I: n4 l% h9 L: t. Z9 [
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children! `* p1 T" m# V' B% K {
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
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suicide)2 c V6 }( [2 {& k5 t7 r
We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.4 Y1 C$ C `& {2 v% G
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,+ t* U9 m U; s( \4 X
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
5 n$ { C- |3 U- w1 A9 a5 l以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
- m5 `0 l) o# I; b. p( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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0 z8 z6 A* ] G5 ?9 M& G) @Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our' I% q3 s, K$ m# U, H/ M6 Y1 U- [) J
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member; b+ y. h7 w3 L8 |; {
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave5 @/ b9 j3 X( @) m; ]
because we don 't want any bad publicity,
( _! n: R- ~5 Vand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference: h2 h, l2 a2 ?9 T( w0 s
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
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然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,6 t; h, D9 `( D+ m6 _0 x* k. I
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
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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, \7 @. @5 E2 m' L9 c( d: p; o
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.& T( T$ F0 T9 Y7 V/ S" @/ c5 z3 S
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys" [" Z/ J, n+ j1 L% t+ A
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms, i' }1 d0 d8 Y9 r7 z" e# y
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,) m! L4 L, D# {4 i, v
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we$ D* `, j0 k) d' |0 c) M
said OK.5 S7 l% L% q! ]& d. |9 u7 x
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,- I( Y. j5 z3 R1 o( S+ ^7 K, ^
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。/ R: W& W9 f4 [. H8 J7 J
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,
/ z$ X- @$ l% N( ]/ T他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,( E8 U5 c: X' Y( f
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道) |% \) p; Y, i" G
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。' M2 L+ M7 d2 U$ t8 L* n& ]0 I
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" z: e! K9 }& \+ tThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
3 E2 r9 f+ C+ m$ mwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,( H0 \& j1 u& t6 Z$ v! v' q# c
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,& B* i9 p2 l2 h3 a1 C1 d
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.3 I1 o; l' w0 d; a6 s! S
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,
5 o* O7 y' F- g' q2 P$ n5 e: B只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
# s9 A" n! y. \任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >6 F/ [# @8 b0 W3 w+ u; K
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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. \) V& H7 z k9 Z( U4 }Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
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$ v5 ^% E; h6 }0 a1 k6 M5 zof the female body. And we said OK.7 I5 m& u, m, ]
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,: ?9 L- n8 p# H/ v9 S4 t
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。; T5 @( L) n( F" _
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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
- u6 B$ g7 ]. Rpublished pictures of nude children and then further again6 H. ~7 e2 C' O% G1 o, k
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
5 o% h+ N' Q4 S: j) Athey're entitled to free speech.9 u, j7 J* v9 N' }0 o' H L! ^
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
: d c+ H5 e$ }! p甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
/ B& n0 ^0 Y0 B! x$ I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 movies4 f- g, Y0 Z! `2 B q
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
( r+ `' u- l5 K% wthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
3 U3 \4 Y K/ I6 S$ P* eAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,# j3 ~7 B8 w1 g& ?
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.' ~6 `, w$ g9 y0 g" o+ n3 [
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
, T% W4 V x6 i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、; N* m4 {: D9 K
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:, F/ ]2 z: ?3 M! H+ S% A9 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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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,4 Q6 r0 d/ H4 |9 }$ _0 b* A w) _
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them% d7 u: f( y. ^0 u3 R: d+ J' h
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
; f+ h% m; R+ t1 t7 M# ~+ `if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
( |$ U+ ]" M! A9 M$ jI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
^2 `% ^+ ?; e: J' K g- H如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?- ~( B) w+ E: N/ A
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?3 V" R& O4 ~/ v- D N1 u5 N$ c$ P( m
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
3 D) C2 v* |. j* P+ k假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
& L) j+ m- x6 F! F我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
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5 K* `% y2 N Y+ g6 @, AFunny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder
8 J- P5 D" h2 cwhy the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers& J4 L9 p% r I% Y
say, but question what the Bible says.
6 F8 x2 \# L U! U0 _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。/ f3 d6 r7 R @4 Y) x3 t5 Z
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。2 h- t6 Q }2 f Q9 G: C) J& j; a" I
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! x" c* ^) T; x" c# o9 b2 LFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like4 Q) D% U0 ~1 ~5 L: l l1 O
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
2 v% |( T$ T4 `5 E5 M5 C; wpeople think twice about sharing.
+ \9 K9 X6 V) a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;
+ o# g2 ~* Z9 l5 M1 h1 B: y但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,: f+ E0 s) k. C" V% p9 x
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。* Q& g( K/ U& n: B+ F3 d
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- L/ k) S- a6 Y$ J5 IFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
$ H# v5 f* w% o- ?: G$ Wthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed/ V! h' t. h( i/ a
in the school and workplace.
) H( W1 B: V$ {" s8 t實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
2 m8 O" a1 | D: V) P透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;. g+ @: A3 f* | N
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。& Z. A4 X5 u1 y
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& P5 G5 }8 t& j5 n+ PAre you laughing?
" f( b: d9 U2 j% r( W你笑了嗎?7 [+ G/ ]% \$ ]
$ \, x9 s: e, Q j/ vFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it
9 _2 d2 H* {+ a4 d( q! G0 y7 Jto many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,2 |! G! g' m& m; J1 t
or what they WILL think of you for sending it.
$ f. W) X8 \$ \$ pFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us$ j8 [% Z9 F7 f0 Y' `7 e
than what God thinks of us.9 K8 v) a" b% x0 p( N7 B
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,% V' N% |6 p9 H$ o: l
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,# |4 |3 f1 t, Z6 v/ S' F
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
- ^: z8 @6 ]4 B7 A% G可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,* \- f; N9 J$ m' U" i/ `( |
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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/ n. r) t5 M- t& P5 Q9 ]/ n$ ]Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...& I& i4 \' f' \, _6 T
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
6 u" k# U0 | Usit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!" |0 o9 F. x7 V: q% Z1 t
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話; X6 ]% @7 k3 R: Y7 S' M J
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
. J6 i4 [$ |& m但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,+ t- c: y) d. O9 s
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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