“…And I will smite thee down with great vengeance & furious anger, & you will know that I am the Lord!”

By: Richard Alphonso
Age: 18 (till I die!)
Residence: India

Hello! My name is Richard. I’m a completely normal, 18 year old guy who loves loud music, fashionable clothes, & cute girls! To be honest … I am as handicapped at writing as a one-legged man in a butt-kicking competition.

In case anyone is wondering why my article is only appearing two months after the tragic incident…I’ve always lived by a quote that says, “Never do anything on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.”

A little about who I am (I’m a little too busy to include underwear size!): I am a voluntary worker with the Family in New Delhi, India. My ministries have been, witnessing, follow up, performing, care with children, computer work, etc…

Now, I’m not going to sugarcoat anything that I say here, as this is my completely honest opinion! (That means if you don’t believe me, we can have a fistfight over it!) What I state here are all facts, as if it were fictitious, it would give you room for argumentative statements.

First & foremost, I love the Lord with all my heart. I would say that—being in the Family for eighteen years—I am entitled to make my own judgments. I am not the type, which is easily persuaded, so brainwashing me would be a task to advanced for anyone to undertake.

I make my own choices, as most of us do. I choose my own clothes, my own hairstyle, and my own food … hell … why can’t I choose my own life??? Why is it that some people can’t get a decent life of their own??? Have they got nothing better to do … so they try to destroy The Family … is that it???

That seems to be the problem here.

Here I’ve dedicated my life to helping others, to giving to others, to being a Christian sample, & all you can do is persecute our brothers & sisters! What passion is there in taking someone’s life?

I recently returned from the tsunami relief work. Thousands of people lost their lives, & we are trying to help their families & villages…& you just make dreadful comments about our lives!

Is this freedom?? … To take an innocent person’s life, simply because yours sucks? Is this the freedom you want? Every law’d rather bind me, if freedom were a new synonym for murder!!

To all those who encouraged the guilty one, who thought what he did was right, I’ll say this to you: What do you think this world would be like if everyone decided to take out there frustration on innocent people? If some dude gets angry & thinks he can act like a demon possessed knife-wielding psychopath out of a Tarantino movie?

I’ve said more than enough … & I’ve got better things to do! “Never argue with an idiot! They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience!”

“Wherefore come out from among them, be ye separate…touch not the unclean thing, & I will receive you.”