招雷劈的教堂 (I) (ZT)

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3 o' k* j+ h1 r: Z(哈哈， 大家别误会， 这个不是诅咒， 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)
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It 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?

8 W' Y2 ?; ?* N( `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
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
1 L+ W, m+ Y  {% u头儿， 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。

6 n. U$ b3 _4 `: a; {- @2 P关于雷电， 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
" X2 D, `' _! Z5 M+ G: e& C" t6 YSt. 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."
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) s2 b3 T3 \8 X9 F  g0 [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.

# u0 |4 U3 B0 W+ v& I" Q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
1 p7 R" L( x' m- Z7 i( S0 m- \- [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
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，
" x; |: y" ~2 H, j% v" Z立刻就跑到对面的妓院， 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。