Labeling and its consequences
Labeling is categorizing a body or people by one character, and in terms of that, naming them. Professional experts states it has having numerous attitude. Amongst are its individualistic and socialistically naming people, stereotyping, and the fact about the labelers who present narratives but not the truth about punishing the wrongs. Labeling can be used as a measurement for stigmatization. It is not also a process which can be easily eradicated. It also makes the labelers and the labeled making their own judgment and even commit from hitting to murder.
Labeling Holy Church
The labelers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and laities domination, heredity, identity conflicts, political lobbying and exploitation by politicians are grouped into three. The first ones are those who refuses to accept the dogma and doctrine, also use their faith and teaching for denigrating Holy Church. The second ones are leaders of nationalities/tribes/ and politics as well as any of political world view in denigrating the Church. The third ones are those who have concluded as “The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the obstacle that prevents Ethiopia from reaching the level of prosperity that other countries have reached.” What makes the three of them similar is the hate of the Church and contribution to the demolishing of her.
The burning of parishes, the murder and deprivation of priests and laities as well as the Church’s financial resources making deterioration is the outcome of this. Although politicians might assume as a right of an organization or a person to have one’s own world view, it is a must to consider the personhood bestowed by the Church decanted from the gospel and shall be perceived by mankind’s natural identity. It is not proper to divide people by languages, tribe, surroundings and alike measurements for massacre killing of each other. Christ suffered and died for mankind but not for the classification by tribe and languages. They rather not appreciate the Church’s faith of Christ which oppose to division, refusing to accept her leading as spiritual teaching or doctrine and to give veneration to her existence on earth. They prefer to lead monopolization’s view that labels the man who is copied by the westerns divide and rule as his/her personhood and by other unnatural measurements (social constructed bases). They also did not wish to be opposed or put aside. They even speak of their right to lead that view. But, they rush to persecute and deviously label those who oppose their existence. It might be clear our division by tribe, nation, language and as such has caused massacre murder, wounding and maiming, yet they do not care as long as it benefits them.
Cause of the labeling, outcome and the continued attack
The recent attack on the Church is of many kinds. Monks are being killed; Monasteries are continually attacked; Other than Satan, who would allocate them? Unanimous people disrepute the dogma, canon and tradition of the Church. Still, no one dares to size them from all these evilness. It is not desired to be told about the killing of Monks, laities’ evacuation and the burning of parishes. This does not have any meaning rather than implying “when you are killed or hunted, you shall keep quite.” It is important to realize about the recent attack on Mount Zuqualla Monastery being one of the attackers scam.
The Holy Bible as well as history tells it is a matter of time, for killers to be killed and hunter to be hunted (Proverb 13:26). We shall discern the reality of politics poisoning labeling on the Church and the murder of monastics. The killing is the outcome of the hunting but not the cause of it. The cause is the labeling and the hateful speech on the Church. Let alone righteous who live monastic life resenting the world, in hope of the Lord and enduring all the demons, darkness and ministers roar, it is not the will of God for worldly sinner people to be killed in massacre. It is improper to live in peace after murdering monks, evacuating Christians and destroying parishes. There is a Heavenly King in the sky Who judges and punishes killers.
May God have mercy on us; Amen!