I can imagine much must have been blogged about the horrendous arson/bombing targeted at the churches in Malaysia. I have a few words about it too.
I can never ever understand why would anyone resort to violence and terrorism acts when they disagree with certain issue. There are more serious issues in the country such as corruption and discrimination, but we never see them expressing their strong disagreement till this extent. These people are called fanatics and extremists for a reason, and i can see clearly why.
A word is a word. Unless you are saying that it was being ridiculed, then perhaps i could understand the fury. But then, it is used in the context of being praised and worshipped, same as when you are using it. So really, what is the hoo-ha all about?
Furthermore, it has been used for centuries even in the Middle East countries, which is where their religion was originated. And just because you are not happy with people using a word that you think should be reserved solely for your use only, you gotta go out committing all these violent acts?!
Seriously, what message are you trying to convey to the world? Can you blame people if the whole world starts to stereotype against your religion? You have the hand in perpetuating the stereotype; in fact, you helped to confirmed it!
All i can say is that this is idiocy to the extreme!
And because i am a citizen of this country, it makes my life difficult when i gotta travel so much on my job. It is especially frustrating when people look at me as "the citizen of the country that produces religious extremists and terrorists".
I'll wait and see what show the police and government is gonna put up further for this. I wouldn't be surprised if rather than catching the perpetrators, they would make use the ISA again to detain certain innocent people, claiming them as the cause of this unrest. It isn't as if they have not done it before.
Anyway, here's a prayer that we received from the senior pastor of our church:
Pray for the Malaysian Church. But boldly pray with faith in God, not with fear of men. History has proven that the church is an anvil that has worn out many hammers. God Bless!
Yes, let's pray for a peaceful ending to this fiasco.
