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On the whole, it appears to me that the morality and religion of the inhabitants are highly creditable. There are many who attack, even more acrimoniously than Kotzebue, both the missionaries, their system, and the effects produced by it. Such reasoners never compare the present state with that of the island only twenty years ago; nor even with that of Europe at this day; but they compare it with the high standard of Gospel perfection. They expect the missionaries to effect that which the Apostles themselves failed to do. Inasmuch as the condition of the people falls short of this high standard, blame is attached to the missionary, instead of credit for that which he has effected. They forget, or will not remember, that human sacrifices, and the power of an idolatrous priesthood -- a system of profligacy unparalleled in any other part of the world -- infanticide a consequence of that system -- bloody wars, where the conquerors spared neither women nor children -- that all these have been abolished; and that dishonesty, intemperance, and licentiousness have been greatly reduced by the introduction of Christianity. In a voyager to forget these things is base ingratitude; for should he chance to be at the point of shipwreck on some unknown coast, he will most devoutly pray that the lesson of the missionary may have extended thus far.
- Charles Darwin in "The Voyage of the Beagle (1839)"
On the whole, it appears to me that the morality and religion of the inhabitants are highly creditable. There are many who attack, even more acrimoniously than Kotzebue, both the missionaries, their system, and the effects produced by it. Such reasoners never compare the present state with that of the island only twenty years ago; nor even with that of Europe at this day; but they compare it with the high standard of Gospel perfection. They expect the missionaries to effect that which the Apostles themselves failed to do. Inasmuch as the condition of the people falls short of this high standard, blame is attached to the missionary, instead of credit for that which he has effected. They forget, or will not remember, that human sacrifices, and the power of an idolatrous priesthood -- a system of profligacy unparalleled in any other part of the world -- infanticide a consequence of that system -- bloody wars, where the conquerors spared neither women nor children -- that all these have been abolished; and that dishonesty, intemperance, and licentiousness have been greatly reduced by the introduction of Christianity. In a voyager to forget these things is base ingratitude; for should he chance to be at the point of shipwreck on some unknown coast, he will most devoutly pray that the lesson of the missionary may have extended thus far.
- Charles Darwin in "The Voyage of the Beagle (1839)"
回复: 基督真理，改变人心，改造人类
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看一段话， 字义比字面更重要，
回复: 基督真理，改变人心，改造人类
爱城故事
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_685210990101ckp4.html
回想在国内我们小时候被强迫背的语录“人不犯我，我不犯人，人若犯我，我必犯人”，还有就是电影里，电视里，文学作品里很多这样的故事“君子报仇十年不晚 ”，大义灭亲，株连九族，杀一儆百，批倒批臭......
在美国，有太多这样的故事，被害人的家属还沉浸在失去亲人的悲痛中，已经原谅和饶恕了凶犯和亲属，大家一起为凶犯的灵魂祷告，求上帝怜悯饶恕。
第一次读到《爱城故事》是2011年，感动落泪，故事的作者华欣现在已经成为一个牧师，愿更多迷途的羔羊认识上帝，认识主耶稣，跟随主耶稣。
这是华牧师在新浪博客上的链接；http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/3173678070
爱城故事
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_685210990101ckp4.html
回想在国内我们小时候被强迫背的语录“人不犯我，我不犯人，人若犯我，我必犯人”，还有就是电影里，电视里，文学作品里很多这样的故事“君子报仇十年不晚 ”，大义灭亲，株连九族，杀一儆百，批倒批臭......
在美国，有太多这样的故事，被害人的家属还沉浸在失去亲人的悲痛中，已经原谅和饶恕了凶犯和亲属，大家一起为凶犯的灵魂祷告，求上帝怜悯饶恕。
第一次读到《爱城故事》是2011年，感动落泪，故事的作者华欣现在已经成为一个牧师，愿更多迷途的羔羊认识上帝，认识主耶稣，跟随主耶稣。
这是华牧师在新浪博客上的链接；http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/3173678070
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