Saturday, September 1, 2012

Church Trouble

One of my uncles wants to know why lakhs of rupees are not accounted for in the books of accounts of the church.
According to his calculations, there're at least eight lakhs missing from the church account. And he thinks that the following people have either stolen the money or have not taken their responsibilities seriously. The committee members, the pastor assigned to the church, the district superintendent and the bishop.

I'm not that close to this uncle or the church to talk to him about it. But I still can't help wondering why he would create such a big scene about it. Thinking logically, (and I know I dunno every single thing about every single thing in this world), based on the knowledge I have, I come to the following conclusions. . Why would I care about the money I have willingly donated, given away, about what it's used for or whether they deserve it or not? . If by chance, I come to know about all that, why should I fight for the money I've already given away? The wise thing to do at that point would be to stop donating anymore money to that person or organization. . If you still can't ignore the issue because you realise it's your own church and a few people are taking advantage of the many innocent, ignorant and stupid people, you have to realise the following things too. .. The church was set up by an organisation that has provided a pastor to handle it too. If there is any problem in the church, the pastor should take care of it. .. The money you donated to the organisation belongs to the organisation now. You have no right over it and so no right to question where it is being used or misused. .. Are you a real Christian? Do you truly believe in miracles? Do you really believe god exists? Do you believe god has the power to punish them who sin? By taking unnecessary matters, which you have no authority over, aren't you proving that god can't do anything so now you have to do it? If so, why do you go to church and praise the "Almighty" in the first place? There're so many things that you can think of to know that what my uncle's doing has no strong base. But what can one do. I can just wait and watch him learn the lesson the hard way.

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