Sunday, July 22, 2007

The Weapon of Blackmail and "Moral Outrage" to Try and Silence

Like many dictatorships, the Zimbabweian government has a way of using blackmail to silence their opponents, or using "moral outrage". In their latest ploy, they have released grainy film footage of the country's leading Roman Catholic Archbishop cavorting with a prostitute.
It is sad that the Archbishop in question, Pius Ncube, has not denied the allegations, but it is worth pointing out that, whilst Ncube has behaved in a way that has not done honour to God, or to his faith or position, it does not validiate his accusations against Mugabe's regime, nor should his supporters lose heart. Ideas and morals go beyond the figurehead of an individual and deep down Mugabe knows that, which is why he is scared. If anything, the Christians in Zimbabwe should take heart from that, and that Ncube should take heart that God is a God of grace and he welcomes a contrite heart.
And yes, the Bible attacks sexual sin, but it bangs on far more in condemnation about how the poor are treated, on irresponsible leadership, and being moral without being forgiving and being self righteous. Perhaps Robert Mugabe should consider that when the nation he is leading through illegal means have citizens with a life expectancy below the age of forty, when there is severe famine caused by illegal occupation of farms, when he uses the state to attack any form of opposition which threatens his power
Lets pray that Archbishop Ncube is forgiven, that he accepts the grace of forgiveness, and that any Zimbabwe citizen, sexual sinner or otherwise, is not put off by such intimidation

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