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(哈哈, 大家别误会, 这个不是诅咒, 俺只是在陈述一点历史。)7 l y, C( M* R- {/ p' f( I7 Q
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It 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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/ t! N# P7 B) I4 g8 z16, 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 e3 f0 J) q$ P- w! ]( n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
; X m9 y+ I( K$ _头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。
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* y' n0 M1 w) a. A; R关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
0 a" I! D" d* m8 h- t: j, n. YSt. 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.
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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
/ |1 L* ? I3 J# T$ S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$ k% M! K8 c, B
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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