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30550: Gilles : Re : 30540: Kathleen (reply) Pat Lucien (fwd)
From: Emmanuelle Gilles <manugi28@yahoo.fr>
I strongly disagree with Kathleen's posting yesterday. I had given her much
credit and hope that did she did not mean what she wrote. In Haiti, there are
no muslims, hindus or Jews. From what I know, we grew up there being
Christians, therefore we can only refer to what we know, not what we don't
know. If I understand right, this forum of discussion is on Haiti, a country
where the majority of people is of christian faith - I don't quite understand
this reaction. Her statement "One of the problems in Haiti is its "Church
going Christians Only" policy, yet these are the same people who steal and
murder on command." is unacceptable and wrong. This is an insult to all of us
christians and Haitians in this forum. First of all, there is no Church going
Christians Policy. There are those who go to church and there are those who
don't go to church at all. Note that I am a christian and I believe in doing
good and following God's words - I go to church because the bible
says "where two or three assemble in my name, I am present". I have
experienced this presence and it makes me feel good. That does not make me a
criminal or a murderer because I am Haitian and a church "goer". I am much
surprised that this statement is allowed to be posted. Do we know any notable
criminals who have been attending church on a regular basis or is she saying
that all Haitians are criminals? The problems of criminality that Haiti is
experiencing is a political problem - we did not have that before. There are
more crimes in the United States and in Jamaica than in our country. Being a
true christian is precisely to chase away all divisions and love one another as
brothers and sisters. That is what we learned. Atheist may have good hearts
and do good deeds but there are some concepts that we learn such as
forgiveness, tolerance and hope with faith. The posting of Pat Lucien did not
even refer to Jews, Hindus or Atheist - it is not our concern what they
are - we can only be concerned with our faith. If we should talk about
criminality, we can say that the world is sick and we can bring plenty of
examples to prove that criminals are everywhere. The fact that Haiti is
experiencing a level of insecurity linked to all the political problems we have
had in the past is not a reason to develop a stereotype vis a vis our people.