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And I actually took out a handful of stones from my pocket that I had been carrying around for weeks,
然后我從口袋中拿出滿手的石頭，那時我已經帶著這些石頭幾個禮拜了，
hoping for just this interaction -- and, you know, they were pebbles -- but he grabbed them out of my hand.
期待這種情況發生--然后，你知道的，這些是小卵石--但是那個男人把石頭從我手中奪走。
He was actually an elderly man, mid-70s, just so you know.
他其實是一個年長者，七十多歲
But he's still an adulterer, and still quite angry.
但是他仍然是奸夫，而且看起來很生氣。
He grabbed them out of my hand and threw them at my face,
他把石頭從我手上奪走并且往我臉上丟，
and I felt that I could -- eye for an eye -- I could retaliate, and throw one back at him.
然后我感到我能--"以眼還眼"，我能報復，我就往他后背丟一個。
So that was my experience stoning, and it did allow me to talk about, in a more serious way, these big issues.
所以這就是我的丟石頭經驗。這讓我更能嚴肅的談論這些重要議題，如：
How can the Bible be so barbaric in some places, and yet so incredibly wise in others? How should we view the Bible?
為何圣經在某些部分這么的野蠻？且又在其它部分又難以置信的有智能？
Should we view it, you know, as original intent, like a sort of a Scalia version of the Bible?
我們該如何看待圣經？我們應該看待它，你知道的，就當成它的本意，像是一種Scalia版本的圣經？
How was the Bible written? And actually, since this is a tech crowd,
圣經是如何寫成？然而，既然這是一個技術集會，
I talk in the book about how the Bible actually reminds me of the Wikipedia,
讓我想這么說圣經讓我想起維基百科，
because it has all of these authors and editors over hundreds of years. And it's sort of evolved.
因為它是由許多人編輯、撰寫而成的并橫跨數百年之久。撰寫圣經可以說是一種演進過程，
It's not a book that was written and came down from on high.
而不是一本從天上掉下來、已經寫好的書。
So I thought I would end by telling you just a couple of the take-aways, the bigger lessons that I learned from my year.
所以我想在結尾告訴你們只是幾個總結性并有意義的教訓，從我這一年學來的。
The first is, thou shalt not take the Bible literally. This became very, very clear, early on.
第一個是--諸位切莫逐字的理解圣經。這是一開始就很清楚的。
Because if you do, then you end up acting like a crazy person, and stoning adulterers, or -- here's another example.
因為如果你這樣做，你最終會像個瘋子，拿石頭丟奸夫，或者--這里有一另個例子。
Well, that's another. I did spend some time shepherding.
好的，這是另一個--我花了很多時間牧羊。
It's a very relaxing vocation. I recommend it.
這是一個很令人輕松的職業。我很推薦。
