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When Nepal is groaning in earthquake, an idiotic Christian Missionary is shamelessly selling Jesus; self-styled pastor and former New York policeman Tony Miano says Nepalis should covert to Christianity!

27/4/2015

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This pastor reminds us of  Rabuka and Teleni's  attack on Indo-Fijians!
"I want the Indians [Indo-Fijians] to stay here. It will be a big challenge for us to convert them to Christianity...we either go that way, or they convert us and we all become heathens." - Sitiveni Rabuka, 1987
US Pastor Tony Miano sparks outcry by suggesting Nepalis should convert and not rebuild their 'pagan shrines'

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A former Los Angeles police officer and self-styled preacher, has sparked outcry by suggesting that Nepalis should not rebuild their “pagan shrines” and instead convert to Christianity.

Tony Miano, an outspoken conservative who has previously been accused of homophobia, triggered angry responses when he posted a series of messages on social media, expressing sympathy for the people struck by devastation in Nepal, but suggesting God was angry.

Mr Miano, who is based in California, describes himself as an open air preacher. His website says he established the Cross Encounters Ministries to provide a platform for his preaching and evangelism.

Nepal, which has a population of around 28m people, is around 85 per cent Hindu. There is a significant population of Buddhists, followed by several other minority communities, including Muslim and Christian. Source: The Independent, London

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Two Fijians test their 'Faith' in another Buddhist country - CAMBODIA

PictureCMF missionaries Semesa Matalau, left, and Setareki Bulai
TWO Fijian missionaries of the Christian Mission Fellowship Church have had to put up with having frogs, rats, spiders and banana suckers for meals in their bid to spread the gospel in Cambodia.

The missionaries — Pastor Semesa Matalau and Pastor Setareki Bulai — shared their stories of the challenges faced in a new environment and the enlightening factor of witnessing "God's miracles".

They spoke about their experience while attending the 25th anniversary celebrations at the World Harvest Centre in Kinoya yesterday.

The duo have now spent one year and three months in the district of Tropeng Prasat and Anlong Veng where they have preached the Gospel in 21 house churches or villages in the two districts.

Their presence in the two districts in Cambodia has seen the birth of 21 churches in the villages with more than 100 church members.

Mr Matalau, originally from Vagadra in Nadroga, said the overwhelming feeling of seeing Cambodians accepting Christianity was always an emotional one for the both of them.

"This is because Cambodia is a Buddhist country. There is so much to do in terms of helping the natives of that country know that there is one God," he said.

Mr Bulai echoed his sentiments saying daily prayers and fasting was always the best way to counter challenges thrown their way.

"We both came from the village before travelling to Tonga in 2008 and 2009 and then to Cambodia in February last year. Before we visit a village, we pray and fast about it and by the time when we are ready to visit a new village, people are willingly accepting us and the work that we do," Mr Bulai said.

Mr Matalau said the culture and traditions of their adopted country varied on so many different levels.

He said food was a vast difference and because of the remotest of their location, anything edible was consumed.

"We have tasted frogs, rats, soup made of mile-a-minute, lemon leaves also cooked as soup, it is challenging but we are happy to note that more people are slowly converting to Christianity," he said.

The pair, in just one year, had acquired a piece of land where they plan to set up a church and a temporary school.

"Most of the children in the district that we serve in do not go to school. In Cambodia, we are dealing with the poorest of the poor and we just watch God perform miracles in the lives of believers." Source: Fiji Times, 28 April 2015


16 Comments
Dekho
27/4/2015 04:11:59 pm

It is truly amazing the amount of stupidity some members of the homosapien species - the highest intelligence in the animal kingdom - display. This scoundrel selling Jesus to the grief stricken Nepalese people suffering the devastations of a monumental earthquake is at the top end of the stupidity scale. Does earthquakes happen only in non Christian places? I bet you this idiot does not know the answer to such a simple question. How come a man like him was a former New York City cop?

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Yep
27/4/2015 05:18:51 pm

Too right Fijileaks . This idiotic pastor does remind us of Rabuka and Teleni and their grand plans to convert all Indo-Fijians to Christianity.
Yes, great minds think alike and fools seldom differ.

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Ramanna Loganathan
27/4/2015 07:12:01 pm

Shame on this so called man of God. You begin with improving your home first

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Maro Pito
27/4/2015 07:38:51 pm

Rambuka wanted all the indians in fiji to be converted to christian. Bhanimarama converted all the indians to fijian. In their forms still reads "if indian fathers name" why . In the case of Fijian fathers name not required, why. I will not change my status to fijian I will remain indian and i want to be proud indian.

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Vili
28/4/2015 01:43:43 am

If you want to be a proud Indian, them please go to India.

If you want to be a proud Fijian, then remain in Fiji.

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Nand
28/4/2015 04:13:40 am

Well said Vili.

Rp
28/4/2015 08:08:43 pm

Vili

Is it not common sense, that when people say they want to be a proud Indian, it means that they are proud of their culture, tradition, religion and way of living. Racist bigots like you seem to interpret things the other way. I am an Indian born in Fiji, and I am proud to be an Indian, and I am equally proud to be born in Fiji, and it makes me a richer and better person. I am also a citizen of Australia, and I embrace good things out there as well.

I am however, embarrassed to the point that I am ashamed, that I live in a community which comprises of people with such shallow thought process and intellect.

Be Proud, Be Proud of Your heritage, your people, your culture, your tradition, your belongingness. Get educated as well, so that Fiji can get out of this RUT, and become a better nation. Don't continue with the mindset that shreds the basic fabric of principles, ethics, and morality, and humankind.

We have enough people shredding the basic things that our forefathers have built with their hardwork and contribution. We don't need more.

Be proud of what you are, if you are principled.

Vili
29/4/2015 04:10:07 am

@ RP

No, it is not 'common sense' that when they say they are "Indian they are proud of their culture and tradition etc as you claim Maro Pito was saying. No where in his statement above did he qualify his statement to clarify this. You are guilty of interpreting what another person has said, thus showing up your own biases and prejudices.

Either you are Maro Pito in another garb (a split personality?), or you are trying too hard to defend a 'proud Indian' who really should be encouraged to return to India if he is not prepared to commit totally as a proud Fijian in the context that our PM Bainimarama has put us in.

Please do not try and be too smart. You pay your taxes to Australia and by any measure of ethics should confine your comments to the policies of the government to which you pay taxes. You fail to grasp this.

You should pay more attention to the policies of the Australian government (to which you pay your taxes) towards its own indigenous population who are marginalized. What about the children of refugees your Government puts behind razor wire?

Why aren't you agitating about them, instead of being pretentious in your interpretation of another person's claim to be a 'proud Indian'.

Get real bro.

Rp
29/4/2015 03:15:51 pm

Vili

You are funny man indeed, and you assume too many things.

Being proud of your heritage, principles, ethics, morality etc. has nothing to do with taxes, and the rest of your bullshit contained herein.

Carlton Lee
27/4/2015 09:28:52 pm

Everything on this planet is subject to physical laws of nature. Natural disasters do not recognize religious affiliations.

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jml
28/4/2015 12:39:16 am

He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers. Mathew 5.25

Which god has the Pastor been listening to and worshipping? And Rabuka said that it was the Lord that told him to carry out the coup! Which lord?

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maro pito
28/4/2015 01:40:46 am

definitely LORD DEVIL

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splashViti
28/4/2015 03:26:48 am

My goodness, instead of throwing one below the belt these overzealous big mouth hysterical types could very well send the bulk of their money to the suffering Nepalese through the agencies listed below. That would be the Christian thing to do. Didn't Jesus teach that it is much easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven? That the Good Lord very well did - read Matthew Chapter 19.


"Here is a list of some of the groups soliciting donations for relief efforts in Nepal:

American Jewish World Service: ajws.org

AmeriCares: americares.org

The Salvation Army: salvationarmyusa.org

International Medical Corps: internationalmedicalcorps.org

Handicap International: handicap-international.us

Unicef: unicef.org

PayPal: paypal.com

Mercy Corps: mercycorps.org

Catholic Relief Services: crs.org

Habitat for Humanity International: habitat.org

Global Giving: globalgiving.org

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: jdc.org

Oxfam: oxfamamerica.org

World Vision: worldvision.org

Red Cross: redcross.org

United Nations World Food Program: wfp.org

Samaritan’s Purse: samaritanspurse.org

CARE: care.org

Save the Children: savethechildren.org

Lutheran World Relief: lwr.org

The Jewish Federations of North America: jewishfederations.org

SOS: Children’s Villages International: sos-childrensvillages.org

Doctors Without Borders: donate.doctorswithoutborders.org

MAP International: mapinternational.org
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/world/asia/where-to-donate-for-nepal.html

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Vinaka!
28/4/2015 06:03:32 am

Thank You SplashViti.

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Chiku
28/4/2015 04:23:28 pm

A time of crisis is often also a time of opportunity - for the unscrupulous and morally bankrupt. That explains why this scoundrel Tony Miano has surfaced in Nepal to sell Jesus to the suffering Nepalese.
We have our own share of such scoundrels following the Bainimarama -Khaiyum coup. Does the name Nur Bano Ali for example ring a bell...

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Bahuki
30/4/2015 10:21:27 pm

I wonder if that idiot pastor has considered dealing with his own household first before becoming a smart nut who just thought something up in his small mind before actually opening up his big mouth.

Not surprising that it backfired quite badly against him with tirades of angry responses directed at him left, right, and center.

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