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M4 x! O U, p0 w" x- m3 T" X(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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+ I& f- A! m4 ~ X' K" 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?' Y) ^! D- P z2 _; h
. d' V0 K/ D9 b0 [9 T" t16, 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2 E3 c* L( @& _1 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
8 k3 b9 c, w* Y头儿, 教堂的敲钟人竟然成了最爱招雷打的人。
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0 z, ?5 b5 m( F; ]% B关于雷电, 当时的著名的JDT 有过如下解释
; `3 \) J/ i3 P6 o; F( n: ^/ j1 HSt. 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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9 q% ]8 O) h. JMartin 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. 0 g/ S, s5 }9 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
# I# N: Z3 M: u' u1 U/ Y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 }1 o& u9 R/ R. g
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,
7 M! @' R* E* @0 c# R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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