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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。)% f. i+ t [0 G
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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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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 A2 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7 C) T5 \& t( O }9 g7 D) _8 A
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( Y0 y: F2 O2 {( t" B" K, z
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. / }) j6 K3 {7 w( U6 E5 ?
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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 ]# p/ X* l% L2 x& l6 k
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
, {9 S% y0 ?1 W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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