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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.