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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
" Q) ]/ o: T8 s/ `6 jClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
6 V9 ~( t2 E9 I9 T/ p8 |" C, E(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
' m) `8 N& d$ x1 v葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:! r$ E& l9 ?/ S; N
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?% b4 n, _/ L: {: S) @, `8 R) I/ ^
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:- K6 u8 t0 y7 O$ a
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
5 d% R! D; U( fShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
& M) b5 V( S. dbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,. j7 e b$ ?# s) F4 v
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.. l( C7 V0 [& \. l6 v7 |% v
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.: q3 Q8 ~% J/ O; S) ~2 e
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection& |- ]( T& N+ c" r- I" o- t
if we demand He leave us alone?"" I4 y6 N& \& S: q! [
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;8 Y; j3 J" R2 p. u" R7 `
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
" N7 }* E/ E% g8 C% a5 I不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。 w& o: Q5 W, Z6 s5 w- _/ }( H( H
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
6 l/ j! H) r& i/ Q" x; }我們既然強令祂遠離我們,5 p5 c+ w! \0 _6 b* C- p3 C' Q9 I& a
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』
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, Y# Y4 r9 ?! _4 J, [9 GIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.$ P3 ^! c6 U% V
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
; z U% ~- q, `, Mher body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
5 g- a! q# c# f( L/ P8 cschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in4 J6 v' z+ Y. C* k" i
school...
! e# l5 _6 B) q8 d" ~the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
2 N. h7 D: [3 A6 w$ D; N% p6 S. nand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
1 V; H R1 [" w" B2 h1 o9 L看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
1 T' G* W- I0 N8 }0 B: Z我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
7 ~0 j8 |) D" x(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,6 x% j$ O3 ~0 w7 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、
( p7 @4 |% [ A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 children
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suicide)
+ t# O( _6 e2 `8 Z7 Y( nWe said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.3 g3 A/ _: y! ~5 R. G$ x) }! e
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,9 H+ S1 Q- V2 H% w) B
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,- l- l- }4 o5 U" e( \7 S# ?6 e. G
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊* y9 H; h& O T7 R, }6 |
( 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
8 a9 o. k ~- r9 M7 O3 Fchildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member- A0 ^% T+ ?- d9 g1 d" g$ M
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
2 \1 V& Z% L4 h8 R) abecause we don 't want any bad publicity,$ V G# q U' Z
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference6 ~6 F0 h5 M; z7 C
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,0 ?+ y& V% Y& d5 m
etc.). And we said OK.
5 }9 F- R# _4 H7 U- \$ k然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
, `" p- Z% E2 F3 T0 i0 x& L老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,% z+ h6 K/ u" E- I' X) s* S
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
) ]% X" ]% Y R( {更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
, i4 M; V' g' F+ x: r9 D6 A而大家同意了。7 [ x/ {+ E, X7 Z# y9 y
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
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7 o' @1 @8 C9 l2 c! S/ C, m$ UThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys) G0 c8 ]' T. |% {3 \
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
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said OK.
9 K! S1 |; T0 z然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,! \8 m7 u' A" _. n2 R) S
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。' I- h- d; [4 k. a: E
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," ]- q: J& ^# C+ c
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
/ L4 E3 a0 J: N$ c- \" w好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道5 J; p, ]2 _8 b$ |) W7 o
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。( q' }1 B5 k% T/ t
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
2 H, Z! E" a- T. b/ Z& |what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
& A; c3 W b* y3 v7 L& @1 Awe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
6 N( K$ U7 W6 d" Y3 xdoes in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.1 a/ j# j3 j' [
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,
0 A5 m2 ~2 B7 C: }只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
% P- o" d8 P0 l$ ^0 I任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t ># x: z4 Q/ J( F, |6 V
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
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( Z' l" j" b. }; ?然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,3 X+ T/ |. V7 t& c
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。# V7 w0 _. S" q# a: j& P, ?
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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
3 x9 S U4 ~, ~* k+ |* ^6 h$ Wpublished pictures of nude children and then further again
7 W8 A) Y2 t- R2 d9 g' a4 N2 Qby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,; K G* r# H. J$ E4 E2 f$ N
they're entitled to free speech.
" q. k* A5 p( D% u: \# r; a然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,: ~8 Z& h' D4 _( e' d/ h
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
# q# S' d3 g0 k他們這樣做是言論自由。. n8 t& D8 `5 y/ a& o
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
* l2 w# H C: `# O0 {that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
5 c2 Z8 @# d1 E$ ythat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
0 v% Z& e% w8 {* Z$ [# hAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
/ u. |2 I' v7 Rnobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead." o3 q: R3 n( b! Q0 G
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、4 C* ?9 ~# R6 E. I t* v
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、
( B$ a8 }$ b3 U. Z* f( \$ h謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
' O: f g8 I# n3 m3 P那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。0 I8 ]4 E' o% a: ?7 V. b
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' E( t! g9 p" ]0 K% uNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,# K9 M2 U& g( V2 a- @
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them; Y E2 h' g* e# \8 P, J9 w
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,1 F, v) a1 m7 @1 Z" f v
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
9 s$ e; c9 C% _# d+ c1 x5 KI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
$ A |' G0 O3 X, \. d如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
. Q) U; X L8 o0 |! k! R( V: {為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
& p( n! D, i# i1 I. B9 T! k- m為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
1 V* y8 ?0 K" T* Z* A: f. r假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。 ?; A* d+ O. b
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! p3 C( B; m& q8 W7 f
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers$ y* C6 @; W/ r" L* u( J
say, but question what the Bible says.
- U. B9 S3 M4 u, l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。
4 W. o, L% b; U) t$ J; \" g3 e: e4 Q! `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/ G: k- ` p- S+ C% z% v; h
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,- I' R3 ~, }* t! X. \" o G
people think twice about sharing.
. }6 C. v% D1 ?( Q" O! o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;
i5 b4 w( ^ Z3 o但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,5 R; z3 W7 m1 j+ o
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
9 B/ d& x7 X6 e; W( _through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
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實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
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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?
* m8 r, P3 |7 M; l你笑了嗎? m2 k0 h7 h" E4 E- U2 { a
/ \* t' V0 |7 v+ ~Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it2 y, j/ j7 N% x5 w
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
: u6 e! b5 R( g! [' t) p; gor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
O7 n) ]" y, P8 G LFunny 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,9 Z# J+ g0 q* |
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
" j: Z3 |0 Y2 Q- r2 p9 T% D% {$ Y2 q或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。
9 W- C2 k4 n4 Y' e可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,% C- s( _. n' c$ q/ S" w0 @
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。& p! j. M! M3 \3 ?2 E
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
& W3 D# K, n6 lno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
, e1 Z1 g+ v& `7 ssit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!& Y( |0 m0 R0 }3 b4 s
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
4 G1 M" C! Z( ]' r若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,3 {9 b9 U% i$ G/ ^* Z& n7 [& M h
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
% V+ d6 d1 e) s. d" _你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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