Mexico has a lot of violent crime; much more so than people would be familiar with in Canada (or even the States for that matter), as well as more than people would be familiar with in most places in China. A lot of this violent crime involves drug trafficking and the wars that are fought between the drug cartels and the police, the drug cartels and the people, or between cartels. There are thousands of murders every year in relation to it （the government estimates almost 50,000 since 2006. and this has been criticized by academics as an underestimate), and the country does not seem to have a good handle on controlling the problem.

墨西哥有很多暴力犯罪；比加拿大还多 (还有比美国还多），比大部分的中国地方还多。这个暴力犯罪的大部分关于贩毒集团与警察和军人的战争，贩毒集团杀普通的人，还有贩毒集团跟别的贩毒集团战争。年年有特别的多墨西哥人被死，因为暴力犯罪,墨西哥的政府估计从2006年到现在,几乎50000个人被杀死，但是学者批评这个估计，说是低估。政府无法控制这个问题。

Mexico’s drug cartels are some of the largest and most powerful organized crime syndicates in the world; they have military standard guns, grenades, bombs, boats, submarines, aircraft (including large cargo planes) their own training camps in Central American jungles for new recruits, commanders and hierarchies, intelligence gathering with agents in government and police positions, probably billions of dollars in assets (a guess: consider that one large cargo aircraft can be $100-200 million USD+) and a host of resources that people would not normally associate with a normal criminal gang. All these things are made possible by a huge number of Americans (and other markets) willing to spend a lot of money every year on the drugs they smuggle.

墨西哥的贩毒集团可能是世界上最大的黑社会。他们有军事武器（枪炮，突击步枪，狙击步枪，手榴弹，炸弹，等等），船，潜艇，飞机（他们有小的和大型运输机），他们在丛林有自己的新兵训练营，指挥官和层次结构，密探（他们窥探墨西哥和美国的政府和警察），很多钱（一个大型运输机的价钱可能是一两亿美金多）还有很多别普通的黑社会没拥有的东西。他们刺杀记者，政客，还有别的反对他们的人。特别多（在许多国家）腐败的警察，军队和政客由他们受钱。他们在北美洲和欧洲有很多代理商；在非洲他们为欧洲和亚洲有基地，如同一个分公司一样。他们能拥有那么多东西和钱，因为对西方人卖很多毒品，还有太多西方人（还有别的国际）愿意花很多钱买毒品。

In addition to these though, there are also gangs of a much smaller nature found in Mexico that are involved with smaller scale ‘business’. Among these criminal businesses, is the practice of kidnapping and getting ransom money.

在这些很大的黑社会之外，墨西哥还有很多小的黑社会关于比较小的‘商业’。在这些商业中一种是绑架和要求赎金

The article I link to above is in relation to an affair related to such a gang. In the city of Chalco, which is a suburb city to Mexico city, there was a small group of men who were in the process of kidnapping some school children, and they were discovered by a local woman who sounded the alarm. The church bells were rang, and a large group of people arrived in the area and apprehended the men. The vigilantes then took these men, three of them, dragged them to the city square, doused them with petrol and set them on fire. One of them was rescued by police, but he died shortly after in hospital.

上边的新闻关于那样的小黑社会。在一个墨西哥城的市郊，三个人在绑架学校孩子的时候，他们被旁观者发现了。一个女士就去响了教堂的钟声，后来六百人多来，他们追赶黑社会人。私刑带这三位到广场，将汽油到在他们身上，然后用火杀他们。警察来了救了一位，但是他在医院死了。

In Canada such a thing would be unheard of, for the most part. If it were to happen, I think it would make national news, everyone would be talking about it and it would be repeated for a long time. This did make the news in Mexico, but it was probably not such a big story – this is because this is not really so rare or unheard of that people would be so shocked by it. Mexican society unfortunately really has that much violence in it.

在加拿大，我们不会见那样的事情。如果在加拿大那样的事情发生了，我感觉在加拿大会成为一个很有名的新闻，老百姓都会对那个事情谈谈，我们会很长时间纪念。在墨西哥

I remember when I was in Canada, I once read the Toronto star telling a story about some cops from Tijuana who visited Toronto, and the police in Toronto were talking about ‘the year of the gun’, when the city had a record number of gun murders (52) in 2005. The Mexican cops then replied that in Tijuana they have about five gun murders a day (1800+ a year), and that’s only counting the ones that are discovered.

我在加拿大，我记得我一次看报纸（名字：多伦多星报）说几个蒂华纳（墨西哥的城市，在美国边境）的警察摆放多伦多警察。多伦多警察告诉墨西哥警察，2005年多伦多有记录数持枪杀人案（52位被枪杀死），给那年起名叫‘枪的年’。墨西哥警察回答，在蒂华纳，他们经常每天有5个（每年1800多），还有那个人数是他们发现了，没有发现的受害者不算。 

Mexico, unlike, Canada, is also a roman catholic country, which a huge portion (80-90% maybe) professing to be roman catholic. Why is it like this? Why is it that a country that has the true faith and believes it has so much violence in its society in comparison with a country that doesn’t?

墨西哥人信天主教（也许十分之八或者十分之九信天主教）。加拿大人小部分信天主教。为什么是这样的？为什么一个信天主作的完美的教理的国家有那么多暴力，但是不信有那么少？ 

It is not just this example either. Look at the history of the country, from the atrocities of the conquistadores, the abuses that occurred under colonialism, the corruption, violence and other problems since independence, etc. And there are many examples of terrible things done by Catholics.

还有不是只有这件事情。墨西哥的历史有很多天主教徒做的黑事情：西巴亚人征服国家的时候他们做很多暴行，殖民政府滥用很多人，墨西哥独立（1821年）以后还有很多腐败，暴力，和别的问题。这些事情大部分是天主教徒做的。

This helps demonstrate a very important point that Catholics (and other kinds of Christians) ought to understand: belief is not enough. Simply going to church and professing to believe, does not actually make a person good, unless after leaving the church the person puts into practice the same lessons of love and justice that he hears in the church.。

这建事情证明信仰不够。天主教，基督教都应该学习这个。参加教堂的弥撒，听教理或者信天主，不够。除非听教理然后做教理所吩咐的，信耶稣不能帮助我们。如果我们相信我们需要爱别人，但是我不爱别人，那个教理对我们有什么帮助？

If he doesn’t, then what he believes is not enough to save him. A person who does what’s right and doesn’t know the truth about God is more acceptable in God’s eyes than a person who does what’s wrong and is a baptized, church-going believer. Even if everyone in the world believed in God, even if everyone in the world believed in Jesus, even if everyone in the world believed in the catholic church- it wouldn’t mean anything towards making a better world, necessarily, unless people actually put the teachings into practice. For this reason, Mexico, despite being overwhelmingly catholic has these kinds of problems. For this reason, much of western history is filled with so much sin despite the fact it believed a religion that condemned what they did.

如果我们信，但是我们不做——我们信的不帮助我们进入天堂。对天主来说，一位不信天主教的正义人比一位信天主教的恶人好。即使在我们世界上，每个人都信天主，信耶稣，信教会，等等——除非人类做他们信的教理，那么多信的没有帮助世界。可能十分之九墨西哥人信天主教，但是为了这个原因，他们国家有那么多问题。西方的历史也有这个范例——西方好久信耶稣，但是不听从耶稣所吩咐的教理。

There is a part of the letter of James in the new testament that talks about how faith without works is dead. It says at one point ‘you believe in God, you do well, but even the demons believe’

圣经的雅各伯书当中有一部分说‘信德没有行为也是死的’。也有一部分说‘你信只有一个天主吗！你信得对，连魔鬼也信，且怕得打颤’

Satan believes in God. Satan believes that Jesus is the messiah and the Son of God. Satan believes that the Catholic Church is the church established by God. Satan believes the Eucharist is the body and blood of Jesus. Satan’s belief in these things is stronger than the most pious of all believers of Jesus.

魔鬼信天主。魔鬼信耶稣是天主子。魔鬼信天主教会是天主耶稣作的。魔鬼信圣体圣血。魔鬼的信德比虔诚的教徒还强。

Matthew 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’

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7:21 不是凡向我说『主啊!主啊!』的人，就能进入天国；而是那承行我在天之父旨意的人，才能进天国。

7:22 到那一天有许多人要向我说：『主啊!主啊!我们不是因你的名字说过预言，因你的名字驱过魔鬼，因你的名字行过许多奇迹吗?』

7:23 那时我必要向他们声明说：我从来不认识你们；你们这些作恶的人，离开我吧!

主，我们求祢让我们不只信祢，但让我们行我们信的主的教导。让我们不只信耶稣，但让我们爱他，还有提醒我们他在每一个人内。我们用耶稣的名字求祢，如果这是祢的旨意，阿门