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上帝為何允許我們的社會如此敗壞
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Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
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(regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
& W" Y! i3 Z% b" {' W6 [葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson 的訪問,被問到:/ |* ^5 I6 h9 G: f/ @( W Y
上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?
4 M& L, }" L5 e8 T4 q9 }( W她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:6 }5 _# ^+ X* m% I
! G/ b+ v' F5 K* A( CAnne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.( r+ m8 h2 K& @1 k, B$ I5 M
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,' b, |& {* i# A5 r
but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,! U2 p6 @4 N% R- u4 S: B3 c, {
to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
1 `8 q1 Z* V( _! V1 w, ]And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
% A) p: X. F- }1 |6 oHow can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection
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& k9 Z8 g+ |& A) H『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;, o0 C- }( s* w+ q' i5 }0 R
只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,
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/ ]: j; M3 [: h7 l) Z* `1 {# \! O O上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。
( C4 L" X6 i1 L( ^我們既然強令祂遠離我們,
; G) D+ A& v. A" w4 `; v- V. r" l又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』4 A6 M% ~- O+ P, n# o$ X8 x/ d
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In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
9 O- M& @6 Y: A {I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,& z& [6 E9 E, Z: Q3 C
her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
/ ?2 f+ j; ^0 l- _3 Gschools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
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the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,' _2 i# [( r2 }$ U
and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
' T' z r4 e+ x. L, N& q看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,
9 n9 |! ~4 V1 O我認為事情最早開始於 Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士
# q. e q8 L3 d% c$ I# b9 i" W% p(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,8 r- m, n( \& J8 r9 Q3 K
最好不要在學校裡讀聖經,因為聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、
. _: w+ y3 ^9 m; e& S% l. J要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。/ c" f5 L/ Q* u
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' N4 @( v" D6 U9 z+ k. xThen Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children7 T; \4 Q* m' \3 P1 |
when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped
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suicide)
6 j1 s0 j2 Z6 jWe said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK., F- M: G% _& G0 V
然後Benjamin Spock博士說,$ h$ h1 D: B. T/ I, V
我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,: T* ]7 m! U. d7 K
以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊1 c l7 a( X% G4 B" `
( Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
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7 |/ l ^# A5 qThen someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our% q$ L; I; p1 l, x9 g4 m, N
children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member6 k" a" l2 n2 X( v; ]
in this school better touch a student when they misbehave3 D, K( e' s3 k
because we don 't want any bad publicity," d8 `" m) m, x# H" a/ H
and we surely don't want to be sued (there' s a big difference% l' x% \6 |' c) Q6 r
between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,0 Y/ Z' n9 L' _. V6 T
etc.). And we said OK.8 U1 Y# z% {! ^. \. z% ?
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,
, m* G* | |# Y老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,
4 S/ o+ w( r3 `* C" b0 G教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,
9 {' k: t5 x4 O! _更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),
3 E2 C7 @# }$ J4 H; y, Q7 O% H% b而大家同意了。
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Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
5 k& |! W0 x8 iand they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
2 h# p6 R. e- _& v* GThen some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys
; H) h' C5 v3 C5 Y+ C% I" H8 k3 J ?and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms
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and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we( p- c0 h. O/ y$ J6 }2 M
said OK.: ]- q& P/ W6 ^6 n$ @3 S
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,
6 r' g3 N- Z: s0 O甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。
3 S, q! C7 H! o; n" x6 i, }2 L( ^6 R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,- o+ `& E m) v4 i0 Q p+ P8 i& ^# b
他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,
$ t2 t6 L" I2 @: Q好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道. ^4 t9 K3 f7 h; D
他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter/ O8 y) K# m7 c, `: U: }8 k
what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them,% t. `6 Q f/ Q9 M+ I/ a4 c
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President,
' E8 j m+ e# y4 R( r# {does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
6 f2 J6 x1 z/ D' ~1 i8 ^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,) X& ?3 k+ z4 G
只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,
) q# x f( v U+ K) T任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係, < r o l i a. n e t >
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Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women1 G1 u: y2 i% Q L. a; Q
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty
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然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,$ z5 T4 i. O8 Y# p9 V1 S
稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。! w5 o" X8 q2 @( }3 B
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And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and
0 X; x+ H. m7 d- fpublished pictures of nude children and then further again8 a4 z6 T' c( w2 g
by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK,$ x# `2 e, G3 r7 }
they're entitled to free speech.
" K$ w6 \( e* ^' Y. V, Y9 P然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,
; R/ B- ^' k) g) f甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,, r) r# C0 K7 |, u
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+ ?* b/ h+ W6 \5 n) S8 E; a$ p# E
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music
! j. ^' x/ _" ]2 f6 u, R# P% tthat encourages rape,drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.
" S- R. o- F6 f3 s7 k' TAnd we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
1 T3 R9 j$ b/ z2 ^ M) J( _nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
4 v% m& v2 L& T) S$ |7 ^然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、- t0 ]9 n, r$ H7 [: 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、& [ h) Q. O2 J. T5 k
謿ⅰ⒆詺ⅰ⒑托讗旱闹黝}的音樂,而我們說:
9 T; i: K# t5 M q7 E8 H那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,盡管做吧。7 Q" f$ _" t$ T. f2 A2 V3 b5 e8 Y
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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
p1 A F b0 ^why they don't know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them
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if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out." v' j( w; z2 j5 v2 v' S% ~, T
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
B: E/ n# b' p/ q9 O1 y. p如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?, h% A& V o h: Q# W
為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?6 A! [1 K0 m& L! \1 X( Z
為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?/ f. z$ Q$ @; i7 d `
假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。
- ^# _9 A5 z, j我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。! S I- p, s& Z
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder# ~; A" Q8 u4 \$ A: k% G' |7 k& f
why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers# ?" ~, f/ F$ T1 a/ S
say, but question what the Bible says.# ~, r- q1 v Q5 G0 o5 b
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。
- _! n! P4 ~+ [ p" }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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t2 z |6 D# H$ ^- {Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like! k+ H. u6 \& s6 K; x
wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
5 K) z- A \) l, D+ npeople think twice about sharing.
2 q: e. t: \& n2 @, H- J5 I' J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;
. }# m9 R3 T( p7 ~8 R但是,當你寄出談論上帝的篇章,4 g" i# q5 S8 i9 h
人們卻遲疑要不要轉送出去與人分享。
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Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely0 I- ~ {: n! _+ |5 [% c
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
' W7 g/ D5 G) z5 C# c# Z3 E& A$ k' w- oin the school and workplace.
! T0 Y7 N, A1 U3 [" x3 h5 S! U6 ~實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章2 b) u- m% c9 Z) G4 H9 O
透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;: ]/ c& W& W9 @4 d: ~7 C- q
而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。8 I7 E9 ]' C; ^% \7 }- K
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Are you laughing?
$ A/ S1 \/ w# Z% T0 p' I8 U你笑了嗎?/ ?1 I" Q# r8 [4 V$ Y; d2 E& M- i
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Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it9 c8 y" T+ y$ B% [* P& r
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe,
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Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
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好玩的是,你沒有轉寄這篇給你通訊錄上所有的朋友,# d% K/ H; d! @2 g k) y3 I k
因為你不確定其中一些人所信的是什麼,
4 y4 W! @# X/ e/ M" F# y& L: `或者你不確定他們會怎麼猜想你為什麼寄給他們。+ q5 @" m/ d4 z
可笑的是,我們時常擔心別人怎麼看待我們,1 o# q6 f' b7 R
而比較少擔心上帝怎樣看我們。
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$ j6 o6 D) l6 ^) c' [3 B! n5 yPass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it...' D; R" i; V( W# u# B
no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process,don't4 z# W7 O% Z' q8 }; N" Q; M
sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!5 Z S7 l7 k0 E t* k
把這篇轉出去,假如你認為它言之有理的話3 a7 s) H1 }! N) X0 \5 B
若不然,你可以置之不理,因為沒人會知道你如何做,
7 @; ^0 z: n7 F: Q: x+ V: U但是,你若不理會這個思考的過程,
f z- v* m5 [0 v7 t3 O% j你就不可以坐在旁邊埋怨這個世界情況糟糕。 |
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