| <copied from jennifer's xanga>
芒果核與世界大戰
某一天，ａ君吃完了一隻芒果，隨手把芒果核掉出窗台，落在街上。ｂ君手提兩個西瓜在街上走，不小心踩到了那核子，跌了一交，兩個西瓜從街上滾到馬路中心。駕車的c君看見兩個西瓜在路中心，連忙把車轉向另一邊，卻撞到了d君的車。ｄ君受傷後致電他那當翻譯的妻子e太，e太聽到消息時，正在為美國到訪高官f翻譯，震驚之下隨口說了兩句英文粗口．高官f聽到粗口，誤以為中國領導人g用粗口罵他，剛巧他心情不好，揮袖而去，向美國總統h加油添醬的說中國不禮貌對待。
美國總統h野心極大，一直以佔領全世界為己任，聽到高官f的匯報，正好給了他入侵中國的口實。半年之後，美國國會私下通過入侵中國的秘密議案，卻給中國的間諜盜竊情報．中國領袖g立即與蘇聯領導人h聯絡，並決定先發制人，向美國發射核彈。蘇聯領導人h對歐洲一直暗藏私心，結果不但美國受到核彈襲擊，部份導彈更”誤投”歐洲．歐洲為了有足夠資源報仇，不但與美國結盟，更先入侵中東和非洲，引發起第三次世界大戰……
任何人都會知道這只是一個虛構的故事，但卻帶出了一個信仰的問題，就是罪的破壞性和影響性，而且可以互相刺激引發，帶出你永遠也想像不到的後果。小小的罪可以影響多人及破壞多年的努力。筆者求學時期，便試過因著一次電話中說了幾句不應說的說話，引起同學誤會，全班同學分黨分派半年，不開心了大半年。
犯罪永遠由小事開始，撒但最具力量的武器是一句說話：「這不外是一件小事，做了也沒有什麼大不了！」罪對人最大的試探，是容讓一個惡的意念在你身上札根，它便可以不斷擴大他的影響力。罪亦最容易破害人的自我形象，令人不能鬆容的對待身邊的人，需要其他的罪來繼續遮蔽自己，結果，罪便可在人身上生根，成為惡習，綑綁一生。
我不是說基督的救贖不能讓我們脫離罪，而是提醒我們作基督徒的，要不斷的保守自己的心懷意念，不要讓罪在我們的生活上沾上未點份兒。否則，我們縱使認罪求神寬恕，也要承受罪在生活上產生的惡果。
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| a really nice quote copied from william...
Came across this argument by C. S. Lewis's in Mere Christianity today:
According to the argument, most people are willing to accept Jesus Christ as a great moral teacher, but the Gospel records that Jesus made many claims to divinity, either explicitly (John 10:30 "I and the father are one"), or implicitly, by assuming authority only God could have (Matthew 9:6 "the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"). Assuming that the Gospels are accurate, Lewis said there are three options:
- Jesus was telling falsehoods and knew it, and so he was a liar.
- Jesus was telling falsehoods but believed he was telling the truth, and so he was insane.
- Jesus was telling the truth, and so he was divine.
Thus, Lewis maintained that one cannot argue Jesus was merely a great moral teacher because his moral teachings would be invalidated by virtue of either his lying or his insanity. On the other hand, if he was divine, he must clearly be more than merely a great moral teacher.
And of course, being Emmanuel, He must be.
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| a very well written passage and indeed a timely comfort... thx wilson for sharing =)
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轉貼... d字既意思係：「用了這個、在夜晚、比熊襲擊都可以即刻起身走人」... 滴哂汗 -___- |
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