IF A COUNTRY is to be guided by its moral compass, and that is to come from the church, then Jamaica is surely in more trouble than we thought.
The story in yesterday's GLEANER outlining Ruby Kelly's chastisement of whistle blowers in her congregation for making known the sexual molestation case of a 14-year-old schoolgirl supports this statement.
Morals refer to the judgement of good or bad, deciphering what is right or wrong. The church has for centuries set these standards.
Now, if society is to live by these guidelines, how can a country be surprised by the atrocities within its borders when it was this 'church' that enslaved human beings to 'Christianise' them and fought bloody wars under the guise of crusaders.
But although the church has come a far way from these sins, recent events have shown that it needs to return to its own compass. When Ruby Kelly, a woman, and founder of the Dayton Avenue Church of God can unapologetically say to her congregation, "You gave up your own to be tried by the unbelievers," and further liken these alleged rapists to the undefiled Hebrew boys, then the church is desolately and hopelessly lost, with the society by extension.
There have been calls to look to the church for help with the crime situation. But now, carnal abuse has become a grave problem, which the church itself needs help to address. If Jamaica is to survive all the ills of mere mortals, then it seems only God can help us.
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