On the Pictures Going Around In Malawi’s Cyberspace
Posted by Sunga on 28 July, 2008
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I was a bit behind on this one. It was last week when I was told of the pictures that have been circulating (mostly through email) about a married man and a married woman who took pictures of their immoral escapades. However they pictures found their way into cyberspace is another story. Glad I haven’t received any and I am not looking forward to the experience. I must admit that it has given me a lot of food for thought and questions worth pondering. So here we go;
- Much I do not condone what this man and women were doing, I have had to ask if anyone is justified in forwarding them to others. Supposing I forwarded the pictures for someone else to see, am I not committing sin in the Lord’s eyes just as the people who did them? It reminds me of the woman who was caught in the act of adultery (John 8). Perhaps we are the man in the story who was never “caught”.
- Street vendors saw Kwacha signs in the whole thing. So they got DVD’s selling at K1,000 each (US$7.14). According to the papers, they are selling like hot cakes. From my involvement in youth work over the years, I know for a fact that the largest number of consumers of DVD’s, in Lilongwe at least, are teens. What kickbacks should be expect from this on top of the other unhealthy movies they are exposed to?
- As of today’s newspaper, it is said that there was another woman (married) who was also involved in these undertakings. I am wondering, how many others are out there who have not been caught? What is happening in Malawi’s family? Do we see these as cries for help? Has the Lord positioned us to be a light and healing to other families that are hurting because of extra marital affairs (which can take different forms) or in other ways?
- How should we be safeguarding our emotions as far as the Internet is concerned? Chatrooms,facebook contacts, mailings lists, what you search for on Google, skype…the whole thing? Is my spouse aware of what I do there? Should they be? Will it help?
- What is the churches take on all this?
My considerations continue. What are yours?
One Comment on “On the Pictures Going Around In Malawi’s Cyberspace”
this is a very sad development. it show how immorality has reached in malawi.
the fact that some of the people ‘looking’ for these pictures are christians saddens me.
worse still what will their excommunication do to their spiritual lives? this is my concern as well.