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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
}1 W8 h# f" n% d& e3 \2 h7 AClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
7 O- X5 ]7 g/ ?8 c* }! N(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).. \9 x: E9 O; K0 V5 g4 B
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:8 g. N& j4 m3 i' J- t, h( `
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
9 ?, d [ c0 \' a" v5 W1 N a她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:2 I+ O( Y+ E' |4 g& n! {$ a. Q
, R1 b( n. {" k3 nAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
3 o0 v* M7 _) b) ~5 K7 ^! {She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
4 T, `# e" O( j& M2 [1 M; G- ]6 I. Ybut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,( `- P/ d6 B2 d4 M! w W
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.3 O6 _% c2 Q- X( ~$ X# u
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.7 i V8 P8 t* D: G5 c7 m4 h
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection! p E! s& \! E" l: q1 ]( k5 F
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『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;
! |: A& H" @2 |4 A1 a只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
6 B( O+ j9 |" _- Q# Z不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。$ i0 K: ` q: E9 Z
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。. C2 p" h' G0 q4 J7 u0 B
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,. c8 M9 y! m0 N% [) I
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』
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! v# @5 S: `% e* h3 HIn light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
$ I0 ]# Y2 Z4 ~% ^% S: u+ YI think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, _* p) l6 M, |
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
4 ^6 B0 _1 M7 `4 V( W( ?schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
% Q H: X7 P& P3 k+ l, W$ z+ b% Lschool...
. H9 V5 h$ w2 X; X- B5 i6 h# ~the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
; O7 U. u6 M! `. ^: m5 Z: c& r/ Oand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
& d1 M8 G% B8 i% R% _看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,) O( u7 Q0 \# x4 T6 b1 \
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
/ x/ Z4 X8 U8 R% s(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,
5 Q8 @8 C1 D' {2 r2 B最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
' u+ z4 U5 }3 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. f$ o5 R" a* A6 ~: b
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped' f' C0 ~! s( r) D
and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
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4 Q) }* ]1 x, g( k7 ? U8 ~We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
9 c) o% Y1 h' n' ]然後Benjamin Spock博士說,# n/ x l3 e6 f
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,3 F% \) h* x3 i$ N
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
$ b; v2 N$ b+ |" y( ^+ G( 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% D1 U" }6 i, f6 D- g! z0 L9 W# v
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member$ r9 n! r' f: h2 C9 x0 m
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
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and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference& x5 V# D- d0 q2 A2 r
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
4 E* V- R$ U" q9 [. Detc.). And we said OK." }+ [* _8 C P3 @4 c
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
+ ~- M. Z. w, M, w5 U) R, _老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,$ u& h' I$ m& e v( u; C
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
+ x2 X$ p4 s' m* b" w. H1 R更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),4 N4 U( i8 I, p# v8 B7 f
而大家同意了。: @' J: b) a$ [& J$ b8 k
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
; `- d; c3 V% c# N( jand they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
( T, l( R) ?+ ?' R" Y, B, cThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
" r5 \; ? u* W$ C6 Kand they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms$ W1 M9 s8 T; R6 r' T
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,
; B" O( X9 E6 x5 |; C# {and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we- Q* f5 u' g9 ]9 V
said OK.
1 {- P4 g7 C; I( ~6 @- M; }然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
! ]/ E0 p* R/ |7 U( E Q. q% U/ Q3 R甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
, b. F4 k9 u' U2 ], v: a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,
! c- i5 [, r! [8 r' G他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
% d( b% [/ v) S1 z% W4 ~好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
" ]! U+ `/ w+ J' i4 ]4 W: Q0 ~6 K他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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" }" j4 d5 l! \$ QThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
1 l& P( ^" i9 s* q7 Dwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
) a& W( P/ y) _3 R1 [we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
* l. H7 S) ^: b: Z; S8 ddoes in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.- D5 J' B( q9 c X: W8 g
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,! A( i. E3 D) z* G
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
; U( q; }, y$ P& l, o1 e任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >) @7 e: a, F. v5 r
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。: g, K; ^$ J5 e
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
5 B& g5 [: C/ B1 x, band call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
# u/ g, b" ~1 m! Tof the female body. And we said OK.
- i5 F) S9 A# g3 b. l5 ]* [0 G/ P4 f5 Z- Q然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
, G& z$ z3 P% g7 m' b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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/ Z \6 q" b) H C: n& e9 @And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and# \- t7 z. O; K& ~5 K
published pictures of nude children and then further again
1 f" [7 }3 I, ]7 @2 eby making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,5 Z1 L) ~/ z# U
they're entitled to free speech.& _3 R5 \0 `( W$ m* [8 ~$ h
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
5 f2 t( q4 _4 {* G* D* p甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,
, }, }, b$ u9 U他們這樣做是言論自由。( @' E+ @6 G) }. H0 I$ g' p
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
7 ^7 B, x' Z1 y7 K# y7 a( Nthat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
8 n9 ]9 t" }2 g9 V$ Rthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
/ }4 u: F* D' Y s9 PAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,- v& }& j( P& Z b1 |
nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.% \0 \* W- ?2 S- n! A" L; t, O
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、" s+ ?0 J% s( x) C9 M& N
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、8 V( X7 ^# \' |% o' X k# S
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:, ]8 V& G' }' O5 @
那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。+ L' v( a- B& W) M2 J
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! b7 S" e) j! b) H* A# E& R. WNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
$ P8 z' j5 t* T. o" Awhy they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
9 I7 @! d% T0 H8 r' N% h: F4 dto kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
9 |. P# W# N2 o$ q- Vif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
! K+ q5 o9 F$ X8 TI think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
( j* [! \% `- W$ o& Y如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?! S& f+ ~7 j+ u/ a
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?4 N& m( P3 ~ z
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?
' V" w3 \' T: o/ L" k0 e假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
% h% Y+ f/ B/ h( L2 N# C我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。7 K0 U. k" T p7 h2 O
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder* U: W1 n( B7 z2 ^
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
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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。
- `' h f4 m. c* z, `" m8 \! Y實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。/ @$ p( X: b! T, m' Y
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7 j N% u- b0 v! c9 m4 L- AFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
7 J# X7 o0 R: W% N' l- k T% m6 z7 Iwildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,* h6 r9 ?2 ^; k. ~9 ^5 q z
people think twice about sharing.
" W" ^8 f/ b3 e( {" |; z0 ^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;5 L' A: T! a8 P9 S1 `8 M; R4 O0 t2 F
但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,
$ c+ c6 u4 z4 c1 X人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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- }2 R3 z# ^) x5 d) \Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
: M- w8 {) [+ U* E; ?# _4 N2 Hthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed7 k2 K8 ?' d4 D: P; Y
in the school and workplace.3 B* ~1 C7 f' R' V: A; `
實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章( q: e0 [" L- S5 _% u- L3 D% z+ V
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
, C+ p* }0 Z! \! Q而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。6 H0 x: n7 C) W
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+ z+ R/ q7 L2 H6 F4 f& T% eAre you laughing?; e( ~. h( M F7 {1 T# J0 p* V
你笑了嗎?
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4 c* G3 }0 H, }0 BFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it3 y) o! Q: m- T
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
7 @8 t0 z) K1 q, b) xor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
; n9 ^ I, a, V6 ?9 ^Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us4 `* ?8 a3 x6 ]
than what God thinks of us.7 V4 F1 @) g v# c5 @8 G& S
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,. j% p& C* s m
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,* C3 l$ ^+ b4 @
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。* S2 {/ r! c' D. ^* e9 n
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,
1 w2 I& ^$ P9 n+ e而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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* ^- M' |4 i; p D# TPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
. \ C" @2 o+ g! ^* Y: ^2 _) nno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't, r2 h, G$ L# K4 D D" ~- S
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
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若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,: n! J9 i7 K! \" ]
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
: _ Q7 v- K# g4 n }1 h9 B你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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