Catholic church in Pahang threatened with demolition

From Charles

Last week some 1,000 persons protested the attempt to demolish an over 80 year old Catholic Church/Chapel in Triang, Pahang - and they were met by 200 over persons believed to be aligned to the Developer.

The FRU were there in full gear - and they caused the 'save the church' protest to end.Well, it is a small Church in a 'rural Pahang town' - and looking through the newspapers, I saw almost no report of the struggle of the community to preserve their 'heritage' church - nothing about that 1,000 strong protest...nothing really.

And that makes me wonder of the actual number of placesa of worship that is being demolished and torn down in Malaysia.I hope the Pahang State Government, which is a BN government, and also the Federal Government step in and ensure that this very old Church is preserved - and not demolished.Hopefully, after Permatang Pauh - maybe the media and others could also look at what is happening in small town Triang in Pahang --- and do the needful to safe this church.

Gay Church in Malaysia

My personal belief is that

1) Love the sinner , not the sin.
2) This is the end time where "every man is right is his own eyes". ( esp. if u are American called Bush :) )
3) Homosexuality is not in God's approved list.
4) Homosexuality is not the main source of AIDS epidemic.
5) Describing your sexual encounter with boys in a book- gross.
6) Is there something funny with Sin Chew Jit Poh?

A friend just sms Ou Yang's protege and here is his reply---
sms-es fr:Irene: pls don't have gay churches in msia. God made adam n eve, not adam& joe
Joseph: u got d wrong ppl, pls fwd ur concept of church to oyoung wenfeng017-49504950, u shld remain in d church 4 adam & idiots
Irene: i'm sorry. but how is it that you number is circulated?
Joseph: M only responsible 2 tell direction n time, not gay, no gaychurch, but like 2 help ppl in need 2 know God, anyone.
No reply from Oyoung.

Btw, we are not the same Joseph. I dun call women as idiots.

Dear Pastors, Bro & Sis,

Gay Church in Malaysia?
I write this mail to you with a grieving spirit. Some of you may have known about a Malaysian gay being ordained as pastor in USA. His name is Oyoung Wen Feng, a journalist as well as a columnist for Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia.
Oyoung have been wrting articles on Homosexuality since 5 years ago. He spoke on behalf of the homosexuals as well as the lesbians. He claimed that the bible did not say homosexuality being a sin. If you think it is a sin, then you have actually misinterpreted the bible! Over the past years, some writers, including myself, have written several articles to refute him, and were published by Sin Chew. But unfortunately, for the past 2 years, Sin Chew refused to publish our articles!
At first the readers thought that Oyoung was a hero speaking on behalf of the weak. But about one and a half years ago, he openly admitted in his column that he was a gay. And at the same time he published a Chinese book entitled "God Loves Gays". In his book he revealed his story for having sex with a few guys.
Last year, Oyoung divorced his wife of 7 years, claiming that it was a mistake to marry her since he was a gay.
We christians have no platforms to speak against him when Sin Chew refuses to allow us to voice out. Could you believe me? The boss of Sin Chew, Zhang Xiao Qing, is a christian!!! What will be the boss' fate for condoning such an evil? Only God knows!
Could any organization please pressurize Sin Chew? Believe me, evil is looming large in Malaysia if churches in Malaysia ignored his deeds!
Because Oyoung is bringing his senior pastor, Rev. Troy Perry, over to Malaysia to launch a gay church!
On Aug 11 is Q & A time for people who are persecuted as gays and lesbians. On Aug 12 is Sunday Worship. Venue: Grand Olympic Hotel, KL. Co-ordinator: Joseph, 012-2087 949. News about the meetings was published in Sin Chew on July 29 & 31.
Oyoung thinks this is America, and we could do everything freely like America. He wants to turn Malaysia into another Sodom & Gomorrah. The reason that he is so bold to confront the Malaysian churches because our leaders usually don’t want to be so-called “busybody”!
The consequence is: more people are getting HIV, and souls won by them would head for hell!
A few of us are trying to do something to stop the 2 meetings. You can do your part in these manners: 1) Praying for us. 2) Send an sms to Joseph. 3) Give a call to Sin Chew and speak to the Executive Editor: 03-7965 8888, or editorial@sinchew.com.my
Thank you. God bless you.
Rev Allen Tan