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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞. y" f. k" w3 d- }
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
2 o3 ~: f6 R/ r2 [4 E; \* kClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"$ ^; o% O7 l$ e- @" ~1 ] f# h
(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).* p) w7 S) v6 d; W# J- K! y0 S& N
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:$ s2 [# P' n& N1 v8 V" Z
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?. f9 K( Z& x& T; {: U
她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
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1 \: @4 g; y7 R \& bAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response., r2 c) C5 y$ M3 d* V8 \
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
# r2 a# b: S, N% x9 Cbut for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,
5 Z M, j0 S% B' U. T# Cto get out of our government and to get out of our lives.% O9 h+ ?* ~# _" B6 o
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.+ {# Z9 r4 z# Y" A( y$ W% t2 k* P/ ^
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
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, V- ?" I2 w& J9 t. `* W+ [『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;' U1 X! {2 ?2 b$ i8 H8 R0 Z' q
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,0 x+ c4 \; b0 q- J/ n
不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。
# B4 R% J& ^; O+ X8 }* V' s/ o上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
2 d; G7 ^. p$ @. G我們既然強令祂遠離我們,& o( o# b) v$ Z
又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』4 u* e p$ n" Q% w8 W9 z$ d
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. f- b: [4 r- S# l
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,- `3 Y2 G/ g$ h
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
5 ?7 z8 S8 x2 S( V1 v* eschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
6 m: J( c% U8 z7 J* u3 cschool...
3 a5 {8 N+ a K2 ]6 Q3 b5 Vthe Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,
& z8 E! v# K* E# j' Cand love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
: b3 i0 D/ P9 c7 F6 }- q, |" S看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,3 i7 V5 |+ F- v; X" n& C
我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士' \ n$ j+ ]& g$ [4 {2 L4 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,
" j/ n5 Z1 T: s最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
8 a% E+ r5 Y4 j$ q s9 |, i要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
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7 I4 d: |2 o' w' q1 m* S5 e- @* m& PThen Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children& Y8 R" S% r) k Z: F' w
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
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suicide)4 M5 J0 c! ]/ w# m8 g6 n; C
We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
6 k: u* c, f) i8 k! s; |6 x* [然後Benjamin Spock博士說,. Q( T2 X7 P( Z4 v" j# }0 a
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,
/ a/ ~8 C3 s r. f% A, M以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊- R( m4 R- N7 l" b; E
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。$ |3 k# A0 f+ Y, v, M8 g* @, G; d' S
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Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
0 K) K% o- d. H, d8 }! Bchildren when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member) t0 V% ]: G8 y$ m) g
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave! t, ^. V) D6 D% Y; X7 r2 B4 b
because we don 't want any bad publicity,9 Z( d* `1 ]* d( ]( p
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference
5 V5 W5 `- S# V; `# e! _between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
3 G. U( W/ G o3 z$ ]6 Eetc.). And we said OK.
2 I6 ]$ g8 |. @6 [6 j! R C然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
8 R) E' u7 Y3 x- _老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,* \+ H8 H4 m( v' ?* x0 k) G
教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,& W, L% g0 \8 A C8 X
更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),( g) ^* |5 z+ L" I. H6 e: Q e
而大家同意了。
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, `1 d4 ^5 U. D) F6 @4 p, p! \
and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.) b+ o2 ~( R% s7 u% j
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys) k& }% E) B3 G( N
and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms* r) @ f- h0 l1 U6 G" _2 u, e
they want so they can have all the fun they desire,
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said OK.
) m( C5 g$ u: e然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
& U. f+ Y# X! \/ z# X甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
# ]+ ~+ f* f0 Q x( y0 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,
, `' X1 h1 \7 K# A3 c, S+ O他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,4 D7 T% q2 L6 G4 l1 Y& T
好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道
$ _& d/ l% ~4 r1 Q# L. I* G他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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) Z6 v; y6 I7 h# {7 aThen some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
/ v P6 ]' M( o( Hwhat we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,
" G) l. {) S% f+ L( _we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,! w8 j* T8 Z3 }' t3 b) k
does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.) I1 A4 J' E/ B l6 K
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,
/ S! k- U9 C! F0 V5 b$ ]只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,- S' @ z R$ w
任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t > \0 W1 _$ y$ l1 b
只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women! `9 J" m2 E' V X) o8 ^ z
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
2 Y7 b7 U# M2 Qof the female body. And we said OK.
7 W$ H* P% o* j( O% a然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,2 n" m o. `, J* |" T" A3 k. R* Y
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。; N3 T! ^# v% l, T9 |
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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
8 J& ?$ q8 s. ? z! Fpublished pictures of nude children and then further again" c/ [, _2 {- v! s) l( s
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,
; a9 ~* j) ]$ ], [6 z' K" pthey're entitled to free speech.: l# i! Q) E4 z. A7 a
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,+ B( f: O+ l1 m" D6 W' M) F+ j
甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,% p T' w' l; ^% p3 D% c+ d) g/ g
他們這樣做是言論自由。
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Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies% t t: E: x4 Z2 W' O& O2 m; Z
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
4 |7 m; E( z6 Mthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
+ C9 M: k& s. ?And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
3 p$ I2 h0 S# Wnobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.! N7 |' N" |: [
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、
4 e. e' O$ b) O0 I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、
5 ~- ?& ]- t/ ]/ g謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:* @( E2 }+ k8 D: m7 X4 F
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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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,# c2 {2 K; Z* q$ e
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them3 `, ?0 T# L0 o3 H" ~
to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably,
, L1 j+ ?5 `. p# g! `1 Y. Dif we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. U; }2 Z& I9 L' W6 p" [+ A
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
+ S0 h7 u' Y2 T" j+ j# D& z- t, H如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?: ?# D, H3 M+ m5 t% _' t
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?
* }; E( n+ |7 }# h為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?6 Q. h c5 s$ [- h1 I
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。, }/ j9 p+ |, G2 w4 g
我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。$ ?5 \5 Z# F2 a2 s0 e) b9 ~( I
R5 G7 K, G7 fFunny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder0 K8 {; P: ?0 K( F L6 Y6 w
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers( T/ ]: Q3 Z9 c4 h1 N
say, but question what the Bible says.4 S/ u- f) l% S! T* `( \* l/ J0 D( J0 H
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。% c5 x% }, V% ~5 ]# a
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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- ?' c+ [3 n+ [% {$ v! n/ Z" QFunny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like8 F$ Z$ u; P# \: D
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,3 q$ L4 _: Y' f7 P1 b1 Z
people think twice about sharing.
" F, r9 ^9 Q# F& Q& _/ v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 @* X* i9 n* A但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,5 ^; w2 C3 T9 {' A& [- Q& u6 r; G R: q
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。) L; U1 Y0 P1 y+ j
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' Y" n* P# j( C+ |9 n; [ M; w+ jFunny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
8 l: S2 r9 f* B4 W. Tthrough cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
: A6 `' q; t O, o# Q% Iin the school and workplace.
7 U8 n% f9 `+ F- f1 ?; h實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章
8 ~. E, n/ F3 p" {: O }- e& \6 ~" _透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;% `# d6 y3 ^0 v% K9 v( Y7 a0 G( Q* Z
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。. X, |1 n7 v# B" y% @, K q4 B# C
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Are you laughing?
! y5 B' h, \$ j% m) P2 x你笑了嗎?
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% `/ |5 e: h5 y& m* H/ vFunny how when you forward this message, you will not send it$ c7 O% T: m. d+ K/ z
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,3 G1 y I9 G2 _1 n z, i1 L
or what they WILL think of you for sending it." i. _9 p' D2 ]/ f3 a
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
3 i( M9 I# B2 ^1 zthan what God thinks of us.3 F- n0 ^( O1 N, @% I5 f: c
好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,
/ r/ m' f* K3 b1 r- T6 v因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
+ h8 z4 j5 [- R& T ~' {或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。. A/ I+ Z2 P+ L
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,# t) n) N: F5 Y
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。: ^; f, s# i1 _7 v
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. X h% m* |1 S& W% uPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...
0 e0 c8 U$ g) ~* Pno one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't! |# t% P2 E! m4 `1 M! p3 b
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!# a* H, h! e" d! `0 l
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話* k# ~; \" G4 i9 x# q6 |
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,! R/ `2 X' P- u$ V6 ], C
但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,& Z$ @& V% w# i, X0 T. M
你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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