Dear Editor,
Maya Angelou said: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
Sadly, many church members are hushed when it comes to criminality but very vocal about homosexuality. One wonders if churches are benefiting directly or indirectly from the proceeds of crime. Many churches use it pulpits as a war machine to attack homosexual practices as it is easier to address because it feeds into the public hysteria. The moral compass of society seems to find it cooler to expose a gays than be tagged as an 'informer'.
Sadly, engrained in the Jamaican psyche is the idea that both homosexual and the informer must meet the same fate — death. However no one is safe from the hands of the savage murderers, not even church members. Hence, if more church members begin to disassociate themselves from those who are involved in crime, refuse to enjoy the fruits of the scammers and other illicit earnings, crime would take a nosedive.
As Christians we need to stand in the gap and purge our society of those whose intentions are callous, cold and calculating. I say to all Christians, do not be fooled by short-term monetary gain. The life or limbs lost tomorrow might well be yours or those of a loved one.
Church people you need to take the lead, put as much effort in ridding the country of criminals as you do homosexual. Save this fragile nation of ours.
"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."— Maya Angelou
Roy Smith
United Kingdom
Church loud on gays, quiet on crime
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Maya Angelou said: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
Sadly, many church members are hushed when it comes to criminality but very vocal about homosexuality. One wonders if churches are benefiting directly or indirectly from the proceeds of crime. Many churches use it pulpits as a war machine to attack homosexual practices as it is easier to address because it feeds into the public hysteria. The moral compass of society seems to find it cooler to expose a gays than be tagged as an 'informer'.
Sadly, engrained in the Jamaican psyche is the idea that both homosexual and the informer must meet the same fate — death. However no one is safe from the hands of the savage murderers, not even church members. Hence, if more church members begin to disassociate themselves from those who are involved in crime, refuse to enjoy the fruits of the scammers and other illicit earnings, crime would take a nosedive.
As Christians we need to stand in the gap and purge our society of those whose intentions are callous, cold and calculating. I say to all Christians, do not be fooled by short-term monetary gain. The life or limbs lost tomorrow might well be yours or those of a loved one.
Church people you need to take the lead, put as much effort in ridding the country of criminals as you do homosexual. Save this fragile nation of ours.
"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."— Maya Angelou
Roy Smith
United Kingdom
Church loud on gays, quiet on crime
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