Bemoaning the country's high murder toll, a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) pastor has called Jamaica one of the world's leaders of evil and destruction.
In a recent sermon, Pastor Carl Cunningham of the Penwood district of SDA Churches, said the country had lost its moral footing.
"The sophisticated 21st-century highway of luxuries, such as the state of the Earth's communication system; asphalt roads; fax machines; mobile phones; cable television and the Internet, has not been able to prevent us in this age from going down the precipitous path of world decadence, ethical decay and spiritual darkness," an energetic Cunningham told the congregation at the Ten Commandments Weekend held at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre recently.
"The world over [there is moral decay] and, indeed, Jamaica is among the leaders in evil and destruction in this time," he added.
Jamaica has forsaken God
Cunningham said Jamaica had forsaken God and should move urgently to rekindle its relationship with Him.
"We need to see the Doctor fast. There is a need for major surgery in our nation, quick fixes will not help ... We need to go back to the basics," he argued.
The pastor said statistics on major crime were shocking but ordinary Jamaicans were contributing to the problem by supporting the measures of those who drove immorality. He named consumers of the recent spate of child pornography as an example.
"There are some people who know that wrong is wrong and they may not be involved in doing it, but they have pleasure in them that do it," he told his congregation.
"They visit the places of entertainment, they visit the TV screen, they visit the Internet chat room, the cable ... and we share in the guilt of those who are actively doing them," he continued.
WAH DI ra** DO HIM. He cant just go around labelling everyone in the society....not everyone in Jamaica is a murderer.
up2 said
09:46 05/10 2008
an dem nah try do nutten bout it...mi neva hear d church a come bun out d man dem but as d govament seh casino dem a raise hell
linko said
11:59 05/10 2008
hmmmmmmm
STUWY77 said
13:27 05/10 2008
suppose we neva were a small island? evil would not describe wi
Figs said
13:35 05/10 2008
Indeed JA has gone to the dogs, but the church and the government need to start making moves to save JA instead of just continuously complaining about it.
tantan said
13:39 05/10 2008
MUSIC IS POWER LET ALL THE ARTIST DEM MAKE SOME REAL TUNES AND YAH WILL SEE THAT WE CAN OVER COME THIS THING MAKE ALL DI ARTIST DEM MAKE SOME REAL TUNES AND DONT MAKE NAA WAR TUNE TELLS SAY FI 1 YEAR DEM DONT MAKE NO GANGSTA ,GUN OR BADMAN TUNES AND WE WILL SEE THAT MUSIC IS POWER WI REAL
kichan said
13:41 05/10 2008
tru dat
Scoota said
13:46 05/10 2008
u a chat sense tantan
ganjadaddy said
13:50 05/10 2008
yes man jamaica need healing. i saw a video of what they did to an antiman and even if you dont condone it u should at least respect him and let God judge him, seen? luv ja still..
Crazypickney said
15:15 05/10 2008
ah boi...
mrs kalongi said
17:33 05/10 2008
mi agree wid figs
najah said
17:34 05/10 2008
suh it guh
Shottess said
18:17 05/10 2008
i agree with Figs, TanTan and Ganjadaddy
nexx said
19:57 05/10 2008
yeh di whole a we feel away bout di place, but at the same time a no nutt'n new. government alone cyaan change it and dem child molesting and faggat pastor dey cyaan do shit.mi know nuff a we av big friends who a old murdara (an yo cyaa tell mi sey dem no run more joke an gi more trouble dan u. di man dem just miss leaded), more time mi know u yo self feel fi lick out a bwoy head (we no much different from them). From ancient days man a war, we just need fi stop fight we self an build. den when a man a go gainst di strive yo can kill him wid a clean conscience. Everybody just need fi get active. Some man head just sick though an we just affi go sacrifice dem.
We point too much finger!
swif said
01:03 05/11 2008
really and truly what the pastor said can describe society on a hole not just ja
Bemoaning the country's high murder toll, a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) pastor has called Jamaica one of the world's leaders of evil and destruction.
In a recent sermon, Pastor Carl Cunningham of the Penwood district of SDA Churches, said the country had lost its moral footing.
"The sophisticated 21st-century highway of luxuries, such as the state of the Earth's communication system; asphalt roads; fax machines; mobile phones; cable television and the Internet, has not been able to prevent us in this age from going down the precipitous path of world decadence, ethical decay and spiritual darkness," an energetic Cunningham told the congregation at the Ten Commandments Weekend held at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre recently.
"The world over [there is moral decay] and, indeed, Jamaica is among the leaders in evil and destruction in this time," he added.
Jamaica has forsaken God
Cunningham said Jamaica had forsaken God and should move urgently to rekindle its relationship with Him.
"We need to see the Doctor fast. There is a need for major surgery in our nation, quick fixes will not help ... We need to go back to the basics," he argued.
The pastor said statistics on major crime were shocking but ordinary Jamaicans were contributing to the problem by supporting the measures of those who drove immorality. He named consumers of the recent spate of child pornography as an example.
"There are some people who know that wrong is wrong and they may not be involved in doing it, but they have pleasure in them that do it," he told his congregation.
"They visit the places of entertainment, they visit the TV screen, they visit the Internet chat room, the cable ... and we share in the guilt of those who are actively doing them," he continued.
WAH DI ra** DO HIM. He cant just go around labelling everyone in the society....not everyone in Jamaica is a murderer.