{"id":18855,"date":"2010-10-03T11:37:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T15:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=18855"},"modified":"2010-10-03T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T21:48:43","slug":"evangelist-peter-r-augustines-statement-on-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/evangelist-peter-r-augustines-statement-on-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelist Peter R. Augustine\u2019s statement on crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18856\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18856\" title=\"peteraugustine\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/peteraugustine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/peteraugustine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/peteraugustine-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/peteraugustine.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Peter R. Augustine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Note: This statement was released on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, but we are now getting hold of it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, fellow Dominicans.<\/p>\n<p>We are faced today with an unprecedented spate of murder in our country. Many choose to ascribe the blame to various sectors in our society. This is not a blame game but we as a nation must face the reality of the times in which we live.<\/p>\n<p>Whether we like it or not, the Dominica of today is not the same as that of yesterday. Law and order have deteriorated in our homes, our schools and the wider society. The authority of the land is flouted with wanton disregard by many who are expected to be examples. We seem to have adopted a culture of hatred, disrespect, vilification and character assassination of each other. We do not look for the things that are good, pure and noble and of a good report.<\/p>\n<p>Suffer yourself to listen to some of our talk shows. We seem to have become professional grave diggers in delving into each other\u2019s past becoming judge, jury and executioner even if God has forgiven us. Most of us seem to forget that we all have a history and we have all sinned before God. The word of God declares that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). The word of God further states in 1 john 3:15, \u201cAnyone who hates his brother (or his sister for that matter) is a murderer and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest to us today that the spate of physical murders in the land is a pointer to the spiritual murders taking place in our country on a daily basis. This hatred, this spiritual murder of each other is to be found in every stratum of our society from the spiritual leaders, the churches, the political arena, the workplaces, the schools and colleges, to the very core of the society, our very families.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Dominicans we have reached a very critical stage in the development of our beloved country that it must not just be a call to reinstate the death penalty but we must all take an honest and inward look at ourselves and stop passing over our responsibilities; we are all guilty.<\/p>\n<p>I therefore call not just for prayers but for a proclamation of three days of national repentance, fasting, and prayers and with participation by all (and I pray God that the authorities will pay heed to this, a proclamation for three days of national repentance, fasting, and prayers and I would suggest participation by all).<\/p>\n<p>May God bless our beautiful Dominica. 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