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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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4 ]/ W1 V6 ]4 r' ]Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
" v$ s4 J- a/ yClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
' E' w* t7 B2 d5 g(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).: d* m) _ w9 g9 D& H. C8 |
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:! R' B% Y* j, W$ G" n
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
3 S ]) ]; C& ^$ {4 ], _, `她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:! h9 E* X. @* M( @
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
# a8 z5 O' F7 r; _9 eShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,+ M: v+ z, o1 k* Z9 u' |4 j3 S
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,- y R& r+ c; O+ D3 B
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
- D+ `( Q* E1 W" l1 I3 X: j6 M1 y+ O# qAnd being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.& u2 R7 c8 N( o: \
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection5 L0 z5 I- V4 P( z) w% y
if we demand He leave us alone?"
: ^$ \% q% W$ y2 u/ @* v『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
! q) D* J, P1 T* \. S! j只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,1 P4 n9 u/ g4 {% Z6 H+ D
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。: ^! o9 r8 F4 Q G+ E( T# T
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。# ^. ~; \, J' t8 g/ q( C u
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,3 w) @8 }9 Z) W+ |9 K! N$ v& i6 \5 Y
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.* \% t. L1 H+ p
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,$ m( ~' o7 ~" `7 P9 l
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our% h1 k5 |4 @4 @6 T0 S/ j
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in9 Y( W' }) W& N) ?) w- [3 K; t
school...
. h, E- k+ G4 [the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,& c& t, `: i* v' {( R
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
! ] N. r2 j/ O- r7 S7 J& M看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,* l9 E" t, I# K/ }+ i
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士. Z% u0 _9 n+ }. i$ q. i' P
(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,
# ], v' C6 s2 z. `7 n, R最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、8 G- i% F& u: w; ~3 f. `7 ~8 k
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。2 ?. n9 j4 V* M8 `
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Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children7 i, ~/ a" [: p) h
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
4 h# a2 N8 N4 z' F- h8 B& ^and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
# A+ l# s, L. }8 U1 s9 v; l. b# hsuicide)
& `0 I( V* Z6 I7 p; kWe said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
) G- A4 x+ X; W K. j( E+ D4 w然後Benjamin Spock博士說,$ V/ M# A. s" @( ~
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
1 l/ x# n8 w. y! {4 c- o \以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊9 D7 Y$ d& D! l4 t5 G8 i9 m6 B
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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& q/ m9 V6 r$ j1 N% GThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
1 d5 s- l: O/ G, Y- o& I7 ~children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
! ?5 ]4 q n/ Lin this school better touch a student when they misbehave
9 @; [. _5 p/ W9 Qbecause we don 't want any bad publicity,
" N, |" ^0 m& p; X/ I8 rand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference3 I* g- d1 Y, @* H+ [( F
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,2 ?8 w8 A( e/ M7 R0 N7 b& M
etc.). And we said OK.
: w1 G+ a7 ?: n1 I9 q- B& [然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,& r7 j( P8 b# F1 F b+ j. k
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,( n) e/ g3 t% c+ \
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,' Y" _5 [6 F1 T8 X# T8 q
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),9 j0 |8 g. k# i" V
而大家同意了。7 g. X! Q0 e0 f: o
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,5 O7 {% o Z2 C) d% s4 M
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.! N. e4 r/ V8 Z. l( l2 c `+ ^
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
: u# S* `* C+ P* Tand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms3 {( J6 z$ u- o: R" U4 Y
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,* S7 [, v* l* B$ r! g
and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
- y0 v1 G( s- o: }5 j# s. isaid OK.# D; _( j8 ^$ Q. {
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
B/ t2 U" _2 i' l9 E+ U甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
2 I$ f1 `: [1 N) h+ g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,/ Z4 i1 J: B$ m- w
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
/ K3 U- O: }3 m- y好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道& I( Z( ?: m. D+ Z1 E
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。9 S0 S( r, S$ L& `# Z5 ?
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3 p: A2 \% N: X) d4 I! r) XThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter. m" l& E# Y3 I+ E W, ^; K
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
' w* p4 a6 R3 k& G' k/ A. F0 y9 G/ p3 |we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,2 D- X5 G( d( p0 _; A1 @. i
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.; _) y% z, f. [2 W0 _4 U+ }
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,: d2 P' F- L0 m
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
# c3 z' A1 E2 M- [+ w! k, V' V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 p. y) n3 h$ l0 d$ C$ x
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。0 ~# v. g$ S/ e7 y% m7 x, e& i* M
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
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of the female body. And we said OK.' D# Q4 ?# _+ j6 |! h
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
/ q# P5 [ k$ h稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。4 H% @4 O# t$ X# Q' X1 ]
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9 a Q7 _$ f& e8 JAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
2 i/ q0 x0 _3 L9 k7 F* z2 C1 Ypublished pictures of nude children and then further again/ w+ N+ O% {9 W( r7 h1 J
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,9 u6 U9 d9 H/ V8 f8 j' F
they're entitled to free speech.
% o0 W8 o) d; _2 @3 Y3 a2 P3 E然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
. M' A" T" u& q, H+ j8 `$ ?7 Y甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
8 D: k+ P' H G+ w% S5 T5 G; `他們這樣做是言論自由。( w; s& b; N. `: l. O& [
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) h8 \5 ~2 } Z) o* Q3 IThen the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
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that encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
$ h% G* y7 R: s7 X8 Y# N+ HAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,3 T T: c) |: B4 ~( w
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
- G7 b% R" d/ e! {7 n* B! _5 J然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、" C5 y6 I% ?2 F( E, r9 D6 C
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、
( o g" N, V' p0 \% b謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
8 J. a6 _+ g: |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,8 }! a8 v$ ~4 ?/ n9 M7 q3 [1 v
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
/ Q4 l" x8 ?/ Y) Yto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
$ W0 O6 R8 `1 D& ?& t9 r& Dif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
1 M4 G8 U- V1 @6 \ sI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
7 u1 I( J& o% O2 `7 x9 L: _/ @如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?, \* \$ Z. `4 A: E4 k6 s
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
0 ~" k! w3 P. s# P為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?3 O4 F0 p& }) d' [
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
. }0 r+ x _% ~! h我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。. v1 z3 C' p7 U& J1 H" H! i5 e6 p
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder1 n# N' O9 x% J# q% Y
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers1 c, \. j1 p2 T. i/ K: z4 ]& O$ G
say, but question what the Bible says.
; Q0 i) f/ r5 ?3 X) v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。
: r! h7 s7 T- Z4 W' F實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。1 ^* V; G, e# E; L) D% b
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4 s4 a9 Q5 [1 P4 bFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
+ K d% P& t [: z4 G( P3 g6 L/ Twildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
; T( Y+ ^2 J( f: B2 X4 X- P! X3 l5 Z( x8 Mpeople think twice about sharing.; z9 }6 s% W, E5 h: E' b
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;
$ U( i | k1 Z. J5 ~. u5 A* d% ]但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
1 C; e- \# s% z& _( g( ]6 x人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。. R! s& @' W& f; u
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
M$ I( \/ }4 a! pthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed% b) r7 k% u( g, _5 }5 o$ D
in the school and workplace.
9 u* s" Y- X9 N9 a( l實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章/ A2 i# ~, r1 m1 L4 Y8 U6 ~+ R
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;; w. S' w) _9 M8 W
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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& G/ c2 R$ l7 \/ Q) NAre you laughing?9 J3 B/ r: _# v, g7 z
你笑了嗎?3 R, n9 l) m& W9 c0 {% m$ e% \
m, T: E+ L5 F) d7 qFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it5 q1 p, `. e' z! G6 Q4 f, h
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,! M0 b8 w0 O9 w) F& |
or what they WILL think of you for sending it.
/ \8 B8 N, X( }& JFunny 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,
( U. x3 U1 V1 i% R) E因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,6 `/ b5 s# F( n3 j# E; S; A& o
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。( E& g. P7 r* D/ I: z# F7 l
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,) ?5 O: h% w2 p0 g4 S
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。, @- o5 Z1 ?/ Q( ?! c% U; [& y
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
/ K* [* o; i4 k( S2 J& n/ Qno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
. U; Z) f2 r3 L# g/ {" h) Zsit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!; J2 n& P. x- C. N
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話
4 S1 c( B% e: f4 G若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
& r* o# T3 i' X. q3 ?但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程, x& t7 K* _! F6 k+ m: d
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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