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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 H3 z, U7 Q# O
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"9 ~: `! b+ N$ R: I, d; G6 ]
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
" s+ J- I- e" Z葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:
1 a5 B9 G" l4 a" t# `* c, O1 ~上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
! p& ? ]/ ~& f7 @- z她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
8 B: Y0 s; X* d( I ?8 T, C1 mShe said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,8 M4 `! f- S. e' @% R3 ]# D/ j, B- X
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,$ I1 x' e: w! s1 {; e
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.8 I# }3 s) Z4 V* q# z7 E
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.- O* G P9 @$ J+ a! K
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
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『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;4 _3 B8 |6 v$ F, @' Q2 h* ^
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,3 S" y( q4 y) Q
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。) o; _" x6 G+ ]. _8 w
上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。4 y( X2 z* g N, g8 D6 v" }4 R) ]
我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
. ?! j- \) D" e- d+ M7 _+ j又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』2 }4 g9 k- c/ D% {8 Q- I. @6 Q
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
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her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
4 `6 d0 K3 w$ i- D& W7 q1 rschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in' a6 Q9 [& b; u
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the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,% J& Q7 i3 y9 p1 n7 M4 ] a( \
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK./ O( _/ Y5 q6 s. H# F1 ^. D/ ~
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,9 v( C5 m, W3 _$ Z/ U
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
; B! _6 O. V, V+ a1 O( D(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,+ N% D5 d2 s( m0 |
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、: d7 ?5 ^6 F" t
要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。$ X. d" {* A: ?1 p, G6 B
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" @& ~4 [) g0 @ V$ a: X7 T, Q, ^Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children! H/ I" H6 U8 k, [) I+ p* |
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped! L5 J& L8 p- B
and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
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We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.6 }+ q8 Z, Q( G5 j1 F/ w6 f
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,
( C* U) U3 F T* j( c我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
+ z9 ~: q2 ~+ q以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊
) T; t' p9 D' y3 J5 M$ ?( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。1 @1 C2 S; l- L8 Z
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Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our/ d% j4 E- V9 P
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member
# }. b; T$ k. q# y- Ein this school better touch a student when they misbehave
% w0 I' ?7 ~$ X1 L9 x( pbecause we don 't want any bad publicity,
5 H$ A$ u8 E0 F- E9 gand we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference) c4 F: [* A) q0 R9 C
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
6 F: q7 t' q+ c5 tetc.). And we said OK.
( M, ~7 }; q0 v/ m( |然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,6 p; m: `" z0 s6 d5 S- ?
老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,# a4 P0 e) ^+ Y8 e' a* F
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
/ P" Z6 a: n6 V" `9 r- \$ d更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
( \4 g. Q/ d/ j9 Z5 i5 Q3 @* P$ T而大家同意了。
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,8 a# ^, G& W; F
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
0 i3 f, y' a8 E1 o8 _' C: ~Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys n! X% {5 m5 p, g# d0 m! M
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
: [# F. c% _& k+ j: J2 l! o# Ethey want so they can have all the fun they desire,
3 R4 ^/ D* J3 band we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we
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7 D' e& z! O0 z. @; k然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,/ s1 {% C: Y5 J7 J9 g6 r
甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。- R/ ^, q, v# q4 D- s
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,
3 l0 \1 F8 m! u0 l' U8 j, A他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
) u# W- o9 g6 v好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道, r. E% q3 x. b
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
( c, ]. h# f. I6 fwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
- P$ O! R/ s0 t6 Fwe said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,9 t+ |9 D: o" a( v& ]
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
8 I3 G+ i4 l2 \0 J2 m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," R* ]$ G L5 o( @- x7 D: Z
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
; h% x* m1 B1 p3 W6 Z任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >: W7 m$ y6 \4 t1 ?- n3 K$ w
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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L. W) S8 x5 r9 c. m+ m0 ^& D1 @Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women R0 u( Q" a3 N# {" ~9 H
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty2 u0 ?( g# m, I4 E2 d
of the female body. And we said OK.+ a! U' }' I3 H! B" p" f$ U; ?, {! `
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,
; J0 ~8 k5 O f5 H% a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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' ~3 W7 r4 E H$ iAnd then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
2 p' O, C1 k hpublished pictures of nude children and then further again9 _. p+ F/ O- R
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
7 | e8 O, O8 M4 I9 k0 \9 K8 Qthey're entitled to free speech.
1 g. I; G5 o: i/ F3 n然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
+ w6 w3 H z2 q! N- g) R0 d3 L甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,; a. X$ D. {* G! s5 ` m& l$ i0 D
他們這樣做是言論自由。: b- O) x7 _, K. w: K
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
6 y7 k" c7 c' r) Uthat promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
) Y O) R1 [0 y- h3 nthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.2 E9 ^. w: v6 r U( |( q. @
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
& _5 E& n8 M% O O# z0 `. [. onobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.( D b$ t: | e% @$ s. w' B
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、' s$ i! A1 n! |; G5 a1 @2 l2 s1 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、
+ b9 O3 O) L. t1 B# p/ j; h$ }謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:( c! W) I& F( x$ [: L7 F' r
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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# t; }% V# ]0 C+ u K6 WNow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,- u0 j; y3 [6 ]1 q7 d2 l$ Z
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
( V5 M# U* B5 l3 e% O3 e+ @to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,! ?6 N* Y1 G# ^# ^2 p
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.: q8 L% x* W8 y) P, @
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."5 P" K8 a) E" W+ b5 U( J
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?
- j% p$ W, i9 J7 w& \為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?$ k/ Y* U" o/ y ^, }- \) _7 M9 _& S
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?9 z; P* L, E! i: l% G. I ?. W
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。$ U" j6 R+ I% \
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder/ t' P- g1 Q9 S- ?6 s
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers) u$ w" |+ S. P) L
say, but question what the Bible says.6 h* K7 a3 Z n' ~
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。
v5 W' y9 T4 J% K實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。
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Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like# m/ \- ?# l- r9 I9 Y R' u% f
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,* `6 ^: s/ x6 a9 W6 ^
people think twice about sharing.3 M% R8 r8 O* ]. }9 }4 q# `
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;
% |7 _( r, X) z但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,; U/ D* @" D* r3 p4 u6 }% E. H
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。7 p& ^: \4 l5 |; i- e
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9 _6 Z) t0 H( b- u! H: kFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely& |' _7 j/ u0 e3 M+ U) y) o6 ^
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
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實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章0 X% ~; {# U! U$ w* l* C* |$ b" m
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;
* S: O0 E5 L( w* w而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。; m6 D/ Z* ?# z4 z3 F( X- `
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Are you laughing?, y5 ?: p! w6 j* }, ^
你笑了嗎?
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$ F4 G; Z3 C) S V- b6 nFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it9 S( |' u+ h9 ^* i) Y, I3 T
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
6 m6 j* W( I1 T# I9 dor what they WILL think of you for sending it.
2 P" e/ { E' |/ M: x) `1 A6 pFunny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
( g* ^" Y! R+ j" N+ U: ^0 Ethan what God thinks of us.; Q- G/ G! E* p. a4 u
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
! m$ u& }1 p! A$ k因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,3 z# \! M" Q. T+ W
或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。% f& f% }0 v- B9 Z( l5 p
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,9 R8 w; m; f0 }' [4 U
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...2 J" V6 l1 x7 |! @7 F' p2 b
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't
0 G0 c4 a! D8 V. f8 ?sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!+ L! t) _. h- _
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話 D& y0 @1 U4 w( e( t4 N
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
& Y) _$ j1 Z5 s但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,, W# ~8 |3 {/ i8 g$ K
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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