 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
liangmin6
& ~, U& }' X& T" w2 ?
& R! z I. w! O(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)
6 \ B( e+ P/ s0 N; O1 o% L& j
6 R* e8 ^0 w) ~( d3 i, mIt 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?
3 p( I* V3 _7 E$ m' x5 u( I5 s
# f$ ~; n7 _; r6 _$ f3 x) [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' l; w: `5 @$ G" H- }2 |- s
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) z# X" C B; w+ X/ a
头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。
3 {, G. O2 f+ Y6 p3 E- j9 S
; F1 R+ ?5 A! ]) _# [关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释- C( Q: B7 }) }& Z3 t* `8 {. l
St. 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."
% G, ^8 K# |( m+ E/ ~0 ~5 G, z& t4 z1 n% K& @! [
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. ' l3 o/ F* f/ w9 L" l( w# Y' b& U
& r5 b+ k& ]9 A
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6 M0 ^5 _% Y3 h" o, C- A2 L
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
# A \8 ~! B; }/ s/ X S' i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,+ K/ t/ h& v# v0 Y5 O$ k' e- j
立刻就跑到对面的妓院, 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。 |
|