Monday, February 13, 2012

(771) Bodyguards for preacher

Before the President of United States step into any building, the FBI would have secured it and made sure there is no bomb. Not too long ago one of the Hong Kong mega star came for his father-in-law's funeral in my country, apparently more than a hundred burly security personnel were deployed to protect the male star from reporters. In the end no photograph was taken except a telephoto shot that was rather blur.

What I am recording now is what I heard from friends down south. Strictly speaking nothing more than hearsay, not admissible in any court of law. In a tiny island nation there are two mega churches. Both senior preachers seemed to detest each other. Even casual visitors have heard of mutual attacks on the pulpit on one or the other. For even an internal week night prayer meeting, two of the pastor's bodyguards came in black jackets and sun shades to scan the parishioners for agitators. Co-incidentally, this pastor's church accounts were being scrutinized with a fine tooth comb by the government. I suppose, that was because the size of the church budget was big enough to cause the small government to feel threatened.  Also that a supposedly non-profit organization was involved into a range of profit-making activities.

I can't help but wonder, what is the man of cloth afraid of? Kidnapping? Cold blooded murder? Someone throwing a rotten egg at him? Or having people jealous of him throwing red paint at him???!!

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