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Y! B; A# Q3 a) G(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)2 @( b& E- i2 m/ R
; H$ [* d9 M, I* v" eIt 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?- r1 Z# u4 Q. y5 z! D
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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4 y W0 M' o6 H F+ H
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" _( n8 C+ b" j5 `2 i
头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。/ a% W5 A1 B* K H8 n
3 z2 E: [) ~% x1 S( B" o关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释3 C3 i9 ^/ \+ \: l- Y$ B6 _$ |
St. 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." 4 ~' O2 I: N; U. O" k" n9 S
+ ^: @ e- I; z$ C5 T a3 NMartin 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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- ~- u# g: h8 ?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
* o) \# t9 g! S/ L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* C" q6 q# W+ n ?" |7 m" s8 d7 I+ m
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,: T/ T/ k2 Q& B( \
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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