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) F( t" @" L# g(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)" u" _2 h" v7 O- j8 Q+ _
3 T" B& _9 p, b: 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?
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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
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头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。
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关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释8 V' m1 g5 q/ M7 g( n& l
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."
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Martin 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. 9 U+ J. H1 t& i7 \# W
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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
; k. L4 _' A5 S5 ~: F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
+ M" E! f1 r C1 [5 l+ ~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,
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