招雷劈的教堂 (I) (ZT)

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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。)
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  F0 B) ^. F3 m/ l, c" b8 IIt 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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% w1 n$ T2 l7 Z  @( t4 @' V16, 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
; Z4 ^$ V5 |* H. {) @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
% e8 O# c1 W+ O' r! w& J. |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
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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) f  P0 H5 c9 k* t& L9 |) q7 ?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
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
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，
; ^) w2 L! n/ Q立刻就跑到对面的妓院， 赌场去了反而可以逃过一劫。