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6 W% Z8 J7 b2 `( V3 C(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$ N7 M1 B3 QIt 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?9 x5 L7 _: x3 _) k+ C4 W3 w W8 \
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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& ?8 Y- Z" w- [
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
3 t E2 I k1 p% `' n3 ^8 Z头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。- l+ X* ~" B+ H! }7 S8 m* A1 _ ?& ^
5 A+ x- {7 x( j1 H% ]/ Y+ K9 u4 d# @关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
! \; g7 y/ o* p U5 Z pSt. 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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3 G' z1 m7 }) T3 a& tMartin 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. 3 d' P) }5 _; X t1 v1 s
$ t( S s- J, [/ U4 {/ g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
' [- W5 r# h, O$ q5 K& 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
5 L0 Y% W* l7 p( D3 ^0 @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,
! F* V' g& w. Y0 I+ J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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