In the past few days there was a real scandal about one of the Mother Teresa's homes in Sri Lanka. There were many interpretations for the incident on how it happened and who forced the police to take action first. It may be the political influence in the highest or somebody else and I am not sure about this but I am sure on one thing. That is all this incident is a haux. As we may remember and seen in movies that Mother Teresa when she was alive faced more intense incidents than this when she began her service. It was much worse because she started to serve non-Catholics where those people thought she was going to convert them into Catholicism in return for her service for the poor. But that was not her intention.
Anyways, this incident of arrest of nuns for false accusation of baby trafficking had happened for no reason according to my knowledge and belief. I personally believe that those nuns would do no such thing on this earth. I am 100% about that. We should not be disturbed by this false accusations because these things are to be happened (when you do good for the God as written in the Holy Gospel). We should be surprised if these things do not happen. When I think of these services done by Catholic priests and nuns, I can not even think of doing anything like these. Dedicating your whole life for others would be a nightmare for me. May be it is not my call to serve the God. So at least we should appreciate what they do rather than accusing them with false evidence.
I accidentally read some internet news sources and blogs about this incident and how people comment on this. Most of them are negative ones and insulting Catholicism and false accusation of forcing Sri Lankan court system for its decision on this. But I do not think any forcing had happened and what happened is the truth came out and the justice had been served. All these negative comments reflect the hatred that Buddhist people have on Catholics. It forced me to think that we as Catholics have never accused any Buddhist for any wrong doing and we patiently awaited the justice all the times. One thing we believe as the whole Catholic Church is that we have no right to judge anyone. And we never fail to give credit where it should go. But all/most Buddhists on this incident blamed us for no reason and for some reason they are expressing how much they hate us. May be they hate us because we serve the needy without considering in what religion they belong to. We as Catholics (may be most of the time priests and nuns) try to help others as much as we could as Jesus Christ advised so which in return is doing for him.
And I also want to address the issue of the Buddhists saying that we Catholics are those who changed our religion for the money and well being when Portuguese invaded our country in 1500s. But do not forget this, some may have done so and other might have had a true conversion with the almighty God's grace. And the most important of all is that when Dutch and English invaded us next, there was no good time for Catholics. You must know that Dutch and English hate Catholics and they murdered Catholics if they kept to their religion. So I must say Catholics are the bravest and most humble people among all religions in Sri Lanka over Buddhists as well. I do not like to say this but have to because all you Buddhists have the wrong impression about us. If you want more details on this and how Catholics kept their faith when they were being persecuted you should read and know our "HISTORY" first. So please be aware of that and do your home work. But I do not think many Buddhists sacrificed their life for their religion as we did. Sacrificing our lives for our belief happens nowadays as well. You may be aware of that what is happening on Nigeria. Many Catholics are being persecuted and burned alive by Muslims. But we believe in our God to our death. That is something we experienced and not for any personal well being like money (you should distinguish Catholics from other Christians who give money to the poor to change their religion carefully). I urge all Sri Lankans that know your history and background and do not insult other religions. Know before you comment. If you do not know then please do not express your foolishness. Please do not make Sri Lanka a third class country where other people can't live. We should respect all religions and all kinds of people. God Bless You.
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