tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40250219062002506.post7988639319137193330..comments2023-12-03T16:49:02.080+08:00Comments on THE RAMBLER: The Church and Its AccountabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40250219062002506.post-46624100653953295352013-09-09T14:23:21.775+08:002013-09-09T14:23:21.775+08:00Thanks for that comment, The Peranakan Dude! I onl...Thanks for that comment, The Peranakan Dude! I only have a comment to make on your last sentence. You wrote "CHC will emerge from this saga more enlightened, and where man failed, God's word shall prevail and heal".<br /><br />Seeing how blindly devoted the members are to Kong Hee, I really doubt they will emerge more enlightened. Blind devotion is never rational. <br /><br />As a Christian myself, I know what you mean when you say "God's word shall prevail and heal". If by God's word, you mean the Bible, I really don't think we can honestly say the Bible can in any way prevail or heal. The only way the Bible can be looked upon as prevailing is when we pick and choose those parts of the Bible that appear wise and are of universal application. The horrid parts of the Bible will have to be allegorized or even brutally ignored.TLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13777216835117522284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40250219062002506.post-6347189427106596542013-08-29T13:14:59.362+08:002013-08-29T13:14:59.362+08:00I think while the Church should remember that whil...I think while the Church should remember that while it's supposed to be apolitical (at least in theory), there is a need for church leaders to remember that, because you stand in front of an audience at the pulpit, and under the auspices of the church, people are going to take what you say as gospel truth. <br /><br />If I may, there is a tendency for people to leave common sense at the front door as they enter a church and just take in everything they hear without much of a filter-- to question a priest or pastor, especially a very influential one, is wrong and sinful, given the notion that "God is watching".<br /><br />Then there's the bit where, because of our faith (yes, I am Christian), there is a tendency for us to think a man of God can do/say no wrong, and that because we are (supposedly) living a path guided by Christ, our fellow brethren are necessarily a good bunch...and further, we are taught that whatever good things are attributed to divine mercy and grace, hence, you'd see things from the angle that whatever successes you get are given to you by His grace.<br /><br />Faith and common sense can conflict at times, I guess that is why people swing to to the defensive whenever criticisms about the church or their leaders arise. I can understand how CHC members feel, but I also sense that their loyalities are to the church and Kong Hee more than they are to the Christian faith in general: it's obvious in the way they seem to tell the rest of us non-CHC Christians that their brand of Christianity is more superior (just my sensing, not representative of non-CHC parishes)<br /><br />Well, the case is on-going, let's not pre-empt judgments, and even in the event that the parties are adjudged to be guilty, that is a different thing from saying the church is wrong-- the corruption etc (if any proven) is the misdeeds of Man, and we already know that no man is infallible. <br /><br />I can only imagine that CHC will emerge from this saga more enlightened, and where man failed, God's word shall prevail and heal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com