Got such Law meh?

Icemoon SG

You all read the news today? Here I shall quote the relevant section. Cannot copy and paste the whole chunk as ST can sue us for this.

From http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,268492,00.html?

The man is being investigated for disturbing a religious assembly - an offence under the Penal Code. He is also under probe for uttering words that hurt the religious feelings of another person. If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to a year for each offence.

The first charge I can accept, but the second one?! Cannot hurt the religious feelings mean christian bashing is illegal? Mr. Green

On the other hand .. these churchgoers also a bit too much .. they violated Christ's one of two greatest commandments "love your neighbors" .. *shakes head*

It is like they emphasize the sabbath over love, going service for the sake of going service etc. During the Lord Supper, when Christ is physically among them, will he take pride in them?

What good testimony!

Ito_^ SG

Laughing Which means muslim, hindu.. wadever bashing is illegal.

SnowFlag SG

Well, legal or not depends on who is saying it. Mr. Green For the man in the streets, it is illegal.

laurence82 SG

Why not?

wuming78 SG

dunno..

luckily i am not one of those who get inconvenienced by brainless and inconsiderate church goers who park their cars as though they own the roads.

these HYPOCRITES go to church to wash their sins and all, but fail to do the smallest kind or considerate act of parking properly. to me, they are no different from someone who kills or rapes ourside and then go to the church to ask for forgiveness.

if the church has limited parking, why cant people either car pool, take the public transport, or park elsewhere?

SingaporeMacross SG

easier said than done dude...

Icemoon SG

I think this is the issue:

The church even made arrangements for people to park at nearby Siglap View, in front of St Stephen's School. It is a five-minute walk away, but few churchgoers park there.

'Most of the cars which park along Siglap Hill are of those who are late and do not want to park far away,' said a church warden. 'Many are also too lazy to walk just a little bit.'

What is so hard about a five minutes walk?

wuming78 SG

selfishness and inconsideration, tts why.

the priest should condemn all those who do that! shame them for their wrongdoings! let them know that the house of god does not condone such acts! Evil or Very Mad

Chin Eng SG

actually such incidences are not limited to this Catholic church. On all Fridays near mosques you can see cars double parked. A religious building sees a spike in attendance on special days and most of these cannot afford to have a multilevel carpark built within the compound.
It is obviously wrong for the church-goers to park their cars outside someone's house, but it is equally wrong that some home owners choose to "chop" the empty space on the opposite side of their houses by putting plastic chairs on these empty spaces.
But I must say that it is awakening for the church to understand the need to be considerate in their driving habits and I can understand the frustration of the individual who had waited to have his problem resolved.

skinnybeanie SG

I agree that the drivers are inconsiderate.
But being inconsiderate doesn't constitute to being a hypocrite.

And gosh, raping and killing is a totally different category of crime. I'm astounded that you actually say they are no different from not parking properly. If so, does that means a someone who parked illegally should also be sent to the gallows with a murderer?

yinjie SG

if the priest condemn them then people don't wan go his church then he got less donation = close shop Twisted Evil

wuming78 SG

of course in terms of severity the crimes are starkly different.

but in terms of mentality of the perpetuator, there may not be that much difference.

when i called them hypocrites, i am thinking of the irony of one who forgets his basic courtesy and consideration, and chooses to inconvenience someone else instead of himself, for an activity like visiting the church, which i deem as sacrosanct. it is especially appalling when the church has made parking arrangements but the visitor refuse to use that just because they refuse to walk a short distance.

[email protected] SG

i’ve long noticed this liao, but ppl always say its a small minority. oh well… these ppl are just being selfish. wonder what they learnt from christ?

SingaporeMacross SG

Admonishing the sinner is a spiritual work of mercy. If someone refuses to repent, then might as well not go to any church at all. How can you go to church if you refuse God's mercy?

[email protected] SG

unfortunately, the problem is, some of those church goers think exactly that way. they see church going as a nice way of being able to account for their daily sins, and the next week, the same old sins all over again. repent? don't think so.

s|nNeD SG

i feel that all religious bashings shouldn't be in your mind in the first place, after all, we live in singapore, which is a multi racial and multi religion country... even though the person is a free thinker, it doesn't give him the right to shoot his mouth off without considering the feelings of others.

And the congregation is wrong too lah, wah lau, already arrange somewhere for u to park liao, u have personal transport, why can't u come slightly earlier? Aiyoh...

audlenelee SG

those ppl are just lazy asses lah… no one shd condemn the whole church/religion for some black sheeps…

choco B SG

I feel the information given in the article is too little and vague to know for sure what's going on.

The guy had every right to talk to the congregation up front about the problem they're causing him and his neighbours.

Was what he did "interrupting" service, or "disrupting"? Tiny words carry a world of naunces.

And this quote of what he said... 'The church, as the host, should be responsible for its guests and not let them park anywhere they want.' sounds innocent enough, no cause for offence. However, not sure if he said anything else, and if all he said was in this same tone.

I think the organisation should put in more effort in getting its members' cooperation for orderly behavior. After all the members' actions reflect directly on it.

[email protected] SG

im so sure those errant parkers considered the feelings of the residents....

[email protected] SG

agreed.