thanks a lot mike

finally i'm not ripping off any song or poem or prose or whatever.

i'm just ripping off a news article.

but in short, for the information and displeasure of my fellow Christians, pastor Mike Guglielmucci of Planetshakers' cancer ordeal has been found out to be

FAKE.

fake enough to be on Australia's main newspapers. 

how it was found out, i have no idea.

what really sucks is that anti-christianity, anti-religion, anti-establishment blah blah blah people, of whom some happen to be my friends(i think i love them dearly. i think) will probably either go 'AH-HAH! WHADDYA HAVE TO SAY TO THAT' or 'i told you so'*shakes head*

and there's no denying it. 

so what do i have to say in response? 

nothing. 

we're not defeated, though we are ashamed.

honestly, it's nothing very new. the crusades massacred a bunch of people in the name of religion. that's probably only about the atrocity i know done by us Christians. there are probably a bunch more. so what can i say? worse things have happened.

myself, i've been selfish, i've been unkind, rude, proud and insensitive, and it's only just beginning. so i'm not perfect. but that's the exact reason why i need Jesus. 

yesterday i was reminded that the public enemy #1 of a certain organization i am obligated to be involved heavily with is also a Christian. 

now that hurts.

i admit my reasons are not good. it's because i feel ashamed of him. especially because we're all in such close proximity. 

what's worse is that i'm supposed to show grace and mercy. as a friend often points out to me, 'some people just don't deserve mercy', albeit in a joking manner. but i know he did not mean the opposite. 

so now it's another one of those moments where i'm wishing stuff like 'why can't things just be nice simple and happy'. honestly why can't they?

so far one of the few bad things of being cave men and women is that the cave women would probably not bother shaving their armpits. and there would be no such thing as an electric guitar(there could be drums though!).

but think about it, if we, as cave people, could be christians, would it be an easier alternative?

no bankruptcy. no complaints(not much of language either), NO SCHOOL, NO ARMY.

just lots of armpit hair and hygiene problems. 

ok snap out of your dream Chao. 

so what about pastor Mike? 

he probably had received tons of money(dunno if he's one of those prosperity gospel types), received a lot of glamour singing with an oxygen machine(he could sing very well too!) and now he's less than dirt. despite people treating him less than human, he still is one. 

so yeah, it's another one of those cases of easier said than done. we really should forgive him. but he really should return all that money too.