04-24-2007, 08:24 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->You have a padre waiting near the emergency room. A patient with a stopped heart is brought in with distraught relatives. The patient is pulled away into a private area for doctors to jump on him. The relatives are pulled away to a convenient area/chapel to where the padre says a prayer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A similar f*** thing happened right before my eyes. A man was dying in the ICU (not because of cardiac reasons). A Christian friend had magically brought a nun to the wailing mother. The nun was telling the mother that J would be able to save him. Because of the crying and tense situation I did not catch all the words, but the words J and save stuck in my mind. For many years I thought the nun was instilling some confidence and giving a hope of some miracle that would save the man. I thought hey nothing wrong, she is there to console and comfort just like everybody else. After a few years, when I knew more about Christianity I realized the word "save" has an altogether sickening meaning.
Looks like such incidents are far more common in India.
A similar f*** thing happened right before my eyes. A man was dying in the ICU (not because of cardiac reasons). A Christian friend had magically brought a nun to the wailing mother. The nun was telling the mother that J would be able to save him. Because of the crying and tense situation I did not catch all the words, but the words J and save stuck in my mind. For many years I thought the nun was instilling some confidence and giving a hope of some miracle that would save the man. I thought hey nothing wrong, she is there to console and comfort just like everybody else. After a few years, when I knew more about Christianity I realized the word "save" has an altogether sickening meaning.
Looks like such incidents are far more common in India.