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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
0 y2 m8 B X; b$ M. h2 n* I2 W* wClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
1 u) I0 B+ R/ ~( W(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).' K7 N5 V# O8 K+ W3 K: r5 k4 C5 h
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:
5 g) s* T. Y* t* Z上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?% e# ~0 H6 W: c) A4 m7 p% u8 n
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:3 B3 Y% p1 y6 d0 V
8 n& }, s! T+ G' bAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
# Z' }1 B" a, M# M! zShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are," ]6 e8 \+ M y# S5 i
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
l% L Y9 n1 t( bto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.1 H& M, @0 @; a
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
6 f q; b% s) S) q' X- l' G2 |How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
4 o! z2 X6 h5 B- _9 A9 q0 _2 I8 ^5 rif we demand He leave us alone?"! i* `: h3 |1 S' B, C* [0 }+ `
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;' T% A: _7 I: T7 C7 d5 d" U
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,6 {1 Y: n# I2 E" z) w1 g1 o2 P& r
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
8 M2 _3 R+ o) C# G8 M上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。' ~2 H# O6 ]4 R4 I, V6 Y8 G3 s' r
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,* } J+ o$ P- ^/ \2 x! P# v
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.
' J, p8 i# b( e8 r# x6 `6 `$ X. sI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
4 N0 V9 \ r* r/ X# }1 V, ]her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our, s3 P) f" ^7 _* L2 Z8 M" S
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
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the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,3 G* |9 F; x6 _
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.+ ^9 {" f( H( J0 _, D+ }( a. H! t
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
3 w9 y/ O5 w! A5 \2 m% C& W2 W我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士6 @: p" a) L( Z5 j6 T; A
(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,
4 D) I+ `' v! p) b6 i最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、& h/ Q) S9 F9 z2 X8 c2 a+ F. G' p
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
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4 T; T5 F% [/ O# T; _5 ZThen Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children
: w2 ~: T) O) s8 swhen they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
' N# o6 x5 C9 U: a4 V1 fand we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed# N2 H. m/ M. z `% z1 W
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We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.( ]% e. h! D3 w# D
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
) c" ~' F3 L3 T4 y我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,3 g: R t' d# l" K+ R3 x9 f5 W
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
$ I: X: @" s- A9 \! r* y( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our: w' K7 r1 o% g- S5 Y! [3 V
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
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, n7 X. i# M& W5 i* `1 ^/ ?! Ebecause we don 't want any bad publicity,
/ Z8 C0 |3 T$ u1 J$ band we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference+ I, V- p' j% P- }
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
$ d9 \) B$ Z5 b8 [, }) Hetc.). And we said OK., E" V& R7 `! u- T2 c
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
/ s7 g4 O1 u1 X, o8 X" l$ X3 J老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,0 y" i$ V' _* w( w4 R( x
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,! ^2 T# b4 C2 e: f- X7 p; {+ q
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),5 G% n/ W5 g4 w% ]
而大家同意了。, J2 z& u w- G
: f t) a+ o. V4 e+ V, EThen someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,- X. W* z2 A4 i& l
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.1 f% D! y4 f: k1 [4 \
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
/ S. Z/ g4 J8 l) o9 O$ r! b6 Band they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
6 H/ P0 z% ~$ \, y `. Pthey want so they can have all the fun they desire,
5 P0 g4 B, z# s6 Land we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
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然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,# n9 P. K8 p3 c, Q& Q* ^) k( H
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。1 \) v4 n+ m4 K% 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,2 I1 K; k$ K5 u$ o
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
5 J6 c+ \ T2 j( a6 V好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
- E; |' F. E; \5 N他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。/ R( z' z- L4 _, w( }% g% i
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9 Z r" @6 v: A+ c& {% }Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter* @+ V+ V' l+ x% @3 `
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,) N) F$ S' w3 f7 T3 P( V6 v8 J
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
) {& A9 V" X% T) W1 E; wdoes in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.! Y- v4 E' Y9 `
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,
2 P2 j- X0 `% @3 D2 D只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,0 b/ A9 b. A" y; r
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
! M" h( s$ S) b0 c6 {- H" ?, Z只要我有工作而且經濟看好。8 H5 W1 I+ T. Z; C: d
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women: T' F- _, `- p7 _: E2 y% [2 Y
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty$ [5 [" b+ Q: u+ ]7 w! G' q
of the female body. And we said OK.
y7 p6 f' ?5 K4 [% S9 ^! a然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
7 V+ J$ X' N! j) Q7 j9 m7 N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 and6 L5 ?' j b3 X# o- d: z
published pictures of nude children and then further again
$ e( o+ v. L* r# T& d0 j! Cby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,4 Z* A! ~: _1 c8 ]$ f
they're entitled to free speech.
# s7 X! l5 e4 u然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
& R5 Q3 n0 _' b, U8 n甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
( a3 q. E; J1 f0 ?9 ]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 movies" D% Q. B5 t! i: }- Y, a) x
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music6 R: f \0 W* t
that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
9 `3 `1 C: A2 g% |9 C" O" {. v: qAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
+ G0 e1 m6 \; ~nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
( b' {, t9 B& k! X5 {" L5 I/ S6 s然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、* F& D, M) r! E! D
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、2 C1 B% X; P8 I* B/ F6 N
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
` E! l2 p$ C7 a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,
: r' V4 P5 k3 z, B% |$ q7 _why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them3 S% h, Q% h% g& k
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
/ D5 g* f/ J, nif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.9 J( c" z$ e: K7 _: Y: O
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.") U1 P: h7 p: U8 U# Z! G/ h- q' ]
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?* p5 d M4 J- ]
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?# c& i) [5 o( H9 Q1 k6 @- \* A
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?+ H. K8 ~6 R' P
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。9 t }& z# L( N5 ]1 R
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。8 }( L" z/ X$ C! | N6 I& u
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder2 c0 s2 ^ P4 V6 |" c5 O( L
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers& h" G" e2 I5 }3 B! \6 V5 Q
say, but question what the Bible says.7 O+ j0 L& m5 i4 k# B1 O) }7 r
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。; P: O: D; Q. p; S' Z- f
實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like* _% e3 e& N) A1 U' [# a
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,8 ^) o9 `# G$ s7 E0 ]. i1 o" ~
people think twice about sharing.
# f1 M# J6 u0 V8 K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;
) ?% p* C! J1 F% G$ B& l, R. x2 ]但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
* _, u& ]4 e* z0 F6 I$ I; N人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。3 x) g/ X( Q1 f
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
9 h- q1 d& x7 h* Z) F5 _through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
0 x% q: d5 d% x3 `1 Yin the school and workplace.
; y% h5 a8 A) M實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章$ n5 K) ?7 z( y
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;' u$ A; V+ T7 t/ w+ I! Y
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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Are you laughing?( V' x/ U" _7 y& b8 z! m
你笑了嗎?
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2 | t' p; d9 C( NFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it; N. ]( `8 P5 I4 |" b
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,# P4 \7 ^7 @3 p" b8 t+ I$ r7 k0 n
or what they WILL think of you for sending it.0 e: A: H+ U/ X& B4 V; q
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us$ v5 {( u; L; ~: Q- m& {. T% r. Q
than what God thinks of us.
; d4 ^+ k* Z1 X4 U好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
2 J; Z! t" E& |6 n3 e5 \ _因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
6 J p3 k) W+ |- C6 ~( {或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。- V9 t3 O% w4 K2 m% r3 f# t
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
: W# T3 f. J$ p3 k; [$ F2 q而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。! W# j; ^( r7 A) P1 W
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7 N4 q+ J. ]: q/ k2 \ ?Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
, }" a5 Q' \$ S0 O7 A0 vno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't7 ]( k' g1 N+ l3 n f
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
% a! T$ I* P- ?# t# ~把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
! t$ F; s. b! k U0 ~5 |3 W9 ]若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
. k" U3 x) n: `( \$ H但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
j. W: F+ b" J你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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