I stumbled upon the article written by one Gopal Raj Kumar, the link is above. I am given to understand that such a person is non existent and the name itself may be a pseudonymous allowing the individual to express himself/herself or themselves freely without feeling insecure. As for me and quite a few bloggers our identities are traceable.
My thought on the article are clear: a destitute is evident when one writes with the cluster of foggy rational. The fluctuated weight of thoughts throughout the article appears to have been constructed from the depths of excrement.
After reading the negative opinion about Bishop Bernard Paul, the Catholic and Christian Churches. I believe the writer is either a paid mercenary, an assassin or a hatchet man. The venomous nature of the personal attacks reveal a person who is morally squalid and a person with some obvious skills but devoid of the basic intelligence or rational to provide one iota of substantive evidence. Someone, somewhere is quaking in fear that persons are coming out and taking a stand and some sith lord is sending a boy to do a man’s job. I have expressed before that the coarseness in unpolished writing is the cover to frailty.
The Church and its institution have by far been at the forefront of social development. Where is the authors evidence that the Vatican is bent on demolishing the separation of state and Church doctrines? Perhaps the various Hollywood movies has influenced the writer to think that in every nook and corner there is this patently laughable James Bond clergyman, with kung fu chops, cigar wine and women in tandem with the Bishops spying and infiltrating the Government. Almost all the Bishops and Priest are on an eight days a week and a twenty-five hour working schedule. I requested an appointment with a Bishop two weeks ago and have not received a response. Only a delusional pathological schizophrenic with hallucinations will tender such nonsensical poppycock. Perhaps a quirk of fate has resulted in a personal vendetta against Christians. What is expressed is contaminated, judgmental and a very cheap shabby political assassination trickery. The classical standard ploy, throw anything sordid and everything soiled in the attack. One real question that needs the educated investigative knowledge of the writer- who made Malaysia the fragile state as it is currently? Please give a serious response, don’t want to burst my gut and die from laughter.
A simple fact that is conveniently overlooked - PAS is not a minority party, they have been here for the longest of times. The most creditable and untainted leader in Malaysian politics is Tok Guru more than any other leader. Where is the conspiratorial evidence that Christians are pushing religion into politics? How did one arrive at the idea that the Bishop is endorsing and supporting the kind of idea that is blatantly issued without any verification? This obscene, libelous, slanderous, inflammatory vilification and demonizing of Christians is an indulgence of luxury . The Christians who constitute less than 10 percent of a majority are suddenly seen as major threat by the particular writer, why is that writer hell bent on victimizing Christians ?
The result of PAS success is due to that which is lacking in the Government and the excessive endemic levels of mismanagement and corruption. DAP & PKR are under intense microscopic scrutiny as one doesn’t need the previous old buys club. These parties have won on the merits of good governance, under the most difficult and disadvantageous of circumstances. Too much credit is given to the Catholic and Evangelical Churches in support of opposition parties. To express it plainly, we have our priest always encouraging us to pray for the Government of the country and pay our taxes even if there is blatant thievery, in equal measure, they inform us that we must stand against injustice wherever it is evident and that includes within the perimeters of the Church. Incidentally I would like to remind the writer not to stereotype and cast every Christian as an opposition supporter, it is akin to expressing that every Indian is a Thug, every Malay is a mat rempit and every Chinese is a serial loan shark. Stereotypes are far more dangerous than an ideology. Credibility is not ascribed on ones writings or learning but it is earned by ones living and respect towards another human person even an opponent.
Is the writer advocating that the exclusivity of a name is the privilege of faith? Should Indira Gandhi lose her children to an abusive husband whose reason for conversions are dubious? As for Lina Joy can she be denied her right of choice? From a position of convenience and comfort we do not select and highlight matters to place the wounds of past controversies that have hurt real people and their families. Are we advocating that all religions must be cloistered within their premises and adopt a see no evil, hear no evil adage. From the dust of my thoughts, I know the Church to be participatory, trans-formative, and in empathy towards the alienated, the marginalized, the powerless, reaching out to embrace peoples of diverse cultures, prioritizing needs over greed's and wants. I suppose in the twisted warped mind of the writer the decadent west , USA and Vatican are accepting Muslim refugees on some inconceivable sinister plot.
So, Evangelical churches and Hannah Yeoh are dragged into the frame of ones unsubstantiated accusations. All hell would have broken loose if this were the case. I know for a fact that the Catholic Church has a long tedious, informative procedure before one is accepted for conversions to the faith and other Christian groups have a procedure as well. It is not some mumbo jumbo ritual of conversion that at a drop of a hat, a sack of rice or sprinkling holy water, and one becomes a Christian. The simple fact is that it is extremely difficult . Is the writer privileged with such information of conversions and the authorities totally clueless? The grotesque creation of fables is depth-less, untethered fantasy, nevertheless on the presumption the person who wrote the article is a human being with real issues a response is a requirement.
I am astonished and amazed that the writer can express about ‘unsubstantiated corruption’. When ours is the tsunami of corruption on an unprecedented global level. There is global finger-pointing towards Malaysia on the unsophisticated methodology in thievery, as a prominent blogger mentioned, the trail of evidence that is scattered about is as big as a hippos butt. But the writer of the article refuses to see this, I suppose a magnifying lens would be a lost cause . Which country is the writer talking about? Which country is he living in for the longest of time ? Only one incident last month the Sabah case of over One hundred million and one can claim no corruption!. It is exasperating that intentional disinformation and misinformation is a narrative not about ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.
The Syria conflict situation is an outlandish scaremongering example and a Bishop declaring war on an elected Government are the figment of one’s imagination. Freddy Kuger is no longer a viability or nightmare- so one has to stick to facts. I was thinking aloud that inevitability one will bring sex into the picture as it is a standard modicum of attack to discredit and destroy an individual or institution. Now from which rotting carcass of morbid thought and depraved sexual fantasy of abuse and every other crime dug from? This is beyond the stretch of one imagination. I have been to Cardigin house which was the Bishop’s office and house quite a few times, it is very simple and far removed from ordinary or opulent lifestyle, it is very simple with bare necessities. The place as a matter of fact was old run down decrepit where maintenance and comfort were factors in shutting it down. Now the suicide part is a real tragic tear jerker which a sponge could not contain. No names, no year, no dates, no police records. In the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s if you have a suicide everybody would get to know about it, as it was rare and that is how small and interconnected the community was. The preposterous vitriolic salvo of salivated thought is reminiscent of the speculative and unverified propaganda of the repressive North Korean regime. The cut and paste I would think is from some thought gleaned from their expression with blatant and cavalier disregard for decency.
The late Father Joseph Cecil Reutens was an extraordinary priest and an exceptional man and his family are very decent folk. My dabbling in art both seascapes and landscapes was from this renowned teacher who nurtured my directionless wilderness with a brush and my temper with an array of colors in the palette soaked with paint. The people in Terengganu will vouch for Father Reutens goodness, he endeared himself very well to the Malay community where he was loved and cherished. Some Malay Pa Chik or Ma Chik will knock your head off if you express some negatives about this priest. The Catholic Church in Malaysia has a very stringent and impartial disposition. I was one of those aggrieved ones who and had a disagreement with a priest and sent a letter to the Bishop on the matter. My relationship with that Bishop was never tainted or stained. I was never victimized and the generosity that emitted was that between that of a father and son. The concoction of the witches brew of sexual predators without names, occasions and identification are lame duck excuses. The writer feels sufficiently brave to express about the late Father Reutens, as he is long gone. Every priest that followed after Father Reutens in service have striven and struggled to emulate him, and the late Father Philip Muthu who was well aware of the enormous task in filling the shoes of this towering personality, ultimately surrendered his life to such service- he worked himself to death. While we are encumbered by our conscience and concern for the welfare of all Malaysians and disparate peoples of the world, no such encumbrance inhibit those who write with impunity and dwell on negatives that are concocted by conceited writers. Don’t feed us with pie in the sky stories, come forward with names, a police report and provide names to the Bishop.
The writer has the audacity to express that there are six priest who are sexual predators. Is this the writers bedtime story or insidious gossip. On two separate occasions I followed two senior priest who were twenty to twenty five years older than me, one an old Jesuit who ran me ragged, and another a diabetic diocesan priest from Johor who did their same- both with burning passion, commitment and dedication. I have first hand experience about their time and punishing schedule. Now I have expressed about time already being a hindrance, there is also a chronic shortage of priest which means they are covering more territory and ministering to their congregations relentlessly well beyond their endurance.
A standing round of applause for such depravity of mindless thought about abuse in confessionals. A confessional will always have a line and there will be others siting in the pews outside. So it is baffling and mind boggling that there are purportedly numerous reports of maid abuse in confessionals. There must be documentation and reports given the scale of abuse reported by the writer. Not one shred of evidence, this is what we term as the garbage and sewage in blogging. The madness and insanity of the twilight zone in blogging is that one can write just about anything in a make-believe world of Alice in wonderland. Can the writer provide us an education on all the corrupt practices, and please share precisely how the Church stole money. The Church must have professionally honed the methodology in the levels of thievery. It is such a blast to think that for nine to thirteen years in the seminary which is the formative training ground for priest they are drilled with navy seals precision on the art of stealing. Quite organic and original. We can quite easily catch 1MDB easily as it is unsophisticated, but the Church. I wonder why the genuine thieves and plunders will not come to a church to acquire their skills and apply it outside! Perhaps with such expertise and fineness there would be no 1MDB to disturb us.
I have come across small Evangelical Churches and I know they are nothing like what the writer expresses. I would dare express that some of these Churches, small as they might be, are a powerful and eloquent testimony of reaching out to any community in a nameless and faceless manner. You would hardly suspect or be able to distinguish the Pastor from a family of great wealth and prestigious standing, distributing supplies in a kampong during the East coast flood and the simplicity may equate him to a fish monger. These Christians are almost embarrassed to make themselves known. Again the there are ‘recorded’ instances without evidence tendered and the writer transforms the Church into a marriage syndicate.
Oh no, I can’t stop laughing on this one. The lunatic absurdity of the claims is disproportionate to 1MDB or any other scandal. Of all the people, the late Tan Sri Dominic Vendargon who was a very frugal and prudent man is ensnared in this desperate attempt to drop a name and with baited breath we are expected to in shock and surprise, supposed to exclaim ‘Oh really we are mortified that the Bishop who we knew ,lived like a pauper and visited our homes was diligent in such malpractice. Did those who steal the millions and billions learn from our Church. Please remember that technically learning and acquiring such skills from the Church is haram when one robs outside the Church it is halal, will the writer recognizes this and and maintain deafening silence. Such scurrilous and unfounded allegations are as old as time and some person whose only contribution to humanity is in writing fermented articles will recycle this yarn.
There must be an obsession with the dead, they are prominently mentioned. If one does some background check, one will realize it is a demented rabid individual frothing and spewing gibberish expletives. Come on sir feed us the scraps of history, and since you prefer a pound of Christian flesh why not give us an ISIL interpretation of the Bible and how each and every one of the characters must have been so sinister and dubious, that their practice is employed to this day.
I have drunk from the poisoned chalice of an article that has in no way change or altered my position that a pervasive mind will indulge in such fiction. An impartial article with evidence and fact would have been informative, educative and challenging, the only reason there is a response to the article is that Nazi propaganda expounded on the theory that a lie tendered often enough will become the truth. As a modicum of respect as well that the invisible writer may be a misguided and lost person a response is warranted.
I don’t know how Maria Chin, Ambiga and Cynthia Gabriel are pulled into the picture, is it the one silver bullet in the article to kill everyone. All the above persons are beyond reproach. May I suggest that the writer contemplate about the conflicted and contemptuous nature of the articles and speak directly to persons who seem to be antagonizing a tormented misunderstood bull in a China shop by holding the red flag of the matador and welding a small wooden crucifix of forbearance.
Now I cannot read the Bishop Paul Bernard’s mind, late Tan Sri Dominic Vendargon or Father Reutens mind. I am sure that each of the lives mentioned resonate with indispensable, indistinguishable and unquestionable truths across creed or cultural ethnicity which I am encapsulating below:
To be a voice for the voiceless is a timeless moral imperative. To stand for the rights of those who are forgotten, nameless, faceless and oppressed is the most explicit expression of a constant principal and belief. The alleviation of poverty, elimination of ethnic discrimination, strict anti-corruption of ruling officials, zero tolerance of religious bigotry; are agendas which a large cross segment of Malaysians can agree upon.
Our Existence is meaningful only if nonexistence is possible. If nonexistence is impossible, existence is meaningless. I write and act on the premise that good is not dependent on the premise and existence of God or faith. Unconditionally we do as much good as possible to benefit society at large, without the carrot reward of redemption, salvation or promise of eternal life. We fulfill a higher purpose because it is right and good.
If a faith can be destroyed by a meaningless article, it must be a faith in lies. A faith that is really a faith in truth is never afraid of being destroyed; it cannot because truth cannot be destroyed. Only lies are afraid of being broken, only lies need protection. Truth in itself is self-evident.
So if the writer of the failed article has some antique archaeological fragmented bone of faith or shadow of plastic elastic thoughts which is just a lie, and it makes one secure to write from an ill conceived winter of your life, to secure the acknowledgment of rudimentary intelligence that seeks to provoke rather than heal- you are an obscure and obsolete waste of time. I for one don’t begrudge your choice.
The writer is flesh, bone and blood same as the persons he is accusing and defaming. The contradistinction is perhaps a frivolous triviality of less than one percent nominal difference, is this good enough a cause for such divergence , desolation, destruction and bitterness?
