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(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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+ n" @# P8 K1 Z* p; ?4 w. N0 dIt 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?( Z3 C; c& E1 T# o/ v7 n
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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. D5 k( h9 w: L7 K
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
$ l+ `9 J1 @ u+ I, W1 u- g头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。4 N+ ?! W, p( f8 x5 a2 {# U
' U0 R, W5 g: [3 | l2 N关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
t( ~' B3 u% x3 s0 Z- K# ?. }% u& RSt. 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." 5 I$ ?6 O Y! e: z5 X
' l' g& q" _8 W% V$ X( ^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.
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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 A1 ?. s! H0 S3 U* G2 J8 v3 Y5 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
8 a8 O2 S) L) k/ c1 l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,6 U$ t& w6 v( B# m7 w c( ^1 ^8 r1 X0 T- \
立刻就跑到对面的妓院, 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。 |
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