Monday 24 March 2014

A letter not sent...

[A letter intended for the archbishop, but not going to send and he is used to not responding to any such, a good for nothing attitude! 15th Feb ‘13]
Church claims to be a theocracy wherein the ‘authority’ don’t seemingly mind the people! But they conveniently forget the scriptural exhortation to no less a person than Samuel: “…hearken to their voice’! It is always better to consider a wider view than one person’s decision, however wise he was. (I Sam 8:1-9)
Yesterday’s (Friday, February 15, 2013) Hindu, in its OP-ED page brought an article on Rahul Gandhi’s projection to be the Prime Minister of India sooner than later by Vivek Katju. Some pertinent point for pondering for any ‘ruler’ was there and am taking the freedom to quote it in the church context. “…It is of utmost importance for a leader to keep his ears open at all times to the ‘voice of the people’ and to ensure that it reaches him without the filter of those who surround him. However, it is equally important for him to sense what they hold in their hearts and do not articulate out of fear of authority. Such fear is not confined to dictatorships and despotic regimes. It exists in democratic (here theocratic) systems too. Nowhere is this fear more evident than in the hesitation to openly speak on matters concerning the actual or perceived wrongdoing by the members of a leader’s family (team). …How he deals with them would be the … test of leadership, for it would set its moral tone and test how much one values probity in public life.
… in the absence of competent and honest regulatory mechanisms, economic (for that matter any growth) has been accompanied by extraordinary corruption in the area of the country’s (church’s) natural resources, especially land.
…It would be terribly misleading to think that the people overlook these issues and do not care. They watch the wrongdoings with a sense of hurt and despair at the injustice of it all. When they see growing disparities, their feelings turn to anger which occasionally manifests itself on the streets or in elections.” 


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