Malaysia and the Fear of God

 Tower of Babel

Instead of talking about the whole solution, they are talking about part solution for an entire problem. Why only talk about harsher punishment for ‘hina Raja- Raja Melayu’ alone? How about propose to pass a law with harsher punishment for ‘hina Raja-Raja Melayu and also for ‘hina antara kaum’? I believe the King too will not be pleased to see the people ‘hina menghina antara kaum’.    

Michael Zechariah

It is impossible not to address these disrespectful fools before talking about anything that has to do with the mention of God. So, to all Atheists and God haters in Malaysia, who relentlessly vilify those who believe in God and strategically label everything about the mention of God as a load of sanctimonious bollocks and to the kind who always publicly curse God because some anus loving ‘clergy’ somewhere explored somebody’s arse, and to those apostates with confused theology and Satanists who paint the picture of God as a blood thirsty tyrant without any compassion who punished the Egyptians, and to those who address God as ‘she’ just to show contempt to Abrahamic religions and other beliefs that refer to God as He just to assert your disrespect for those who believe in God, I’ve got news for you; Malaysia is a country that believes in God.

And to those Malaysians who subscribe to Satanic philosophy and the belief system that “you are your own God and worship self only by doing things that pleases and pleasures you”, and go on further to strategically and intentionally blaspheme God as a prick who forces you to do things against your will and giving in to Hisridiculous demands makes your life miserable, I’ve got news for you too; Malaysia still is a country that believes in God.

Believe in God is the first thing in our Rukun Negara (National Principles). Rukun Negara is the basis and the foundation for achieving the Malaysian dream. As such, people who mock belief in God and God should just keep their ‘hate’ in their atheist circle. If you think you came from a monkey, that's your prerogative. If you think you just live and let die, that's your problem. If you exercise your freewill to go to Hell, please take the earliest transport that is available to you. But this country, Malaysia, is still a country that places belief in God as the number one order in the National Principles. For God haters who are constipated with hate for God and show contempt for those who believe in God, just know that you are disgracefully insignificant in the bigger scheme of things in a country that believes in God. You are nothing more than a time wasting non issue at best or a disrespectful irritant at worse. Malaysia still is a country which has more people who genuinely believe in God compared to God haters like yourselves.

To all Atheists and God haters in Malaysia, who relentlessly vilify those who believe in God, God will not cease to exist just because you don’t give a hoot about His existence or because you blaspheme Him. To all both God believing and Atheists, pretenders, liars, lunatics, delusionals, connivers and schemers in all domains who are out there to tear the fabric of the Malaysian society, Malaysia still is a country which has more people who genuinely believe in God and fear God compared to you slimeballs and scumbags. Yes, there are God believing slimeballs and scumbags who engage in all kinds of vile things. Yes, there are Atheists who do good. But Malaysia still is a nation that believes in God.    

Believe in God

It is interesting to note that a multi-racial and a multi-religious country like Malaysia has believe in God as the highest order in the National Principles or Rukun Negara. This intention to honour God as the source of all provision in achieving the Malaysian dream serves as a declaration and an acknowledgement as Malaysians that God is first and above everyone and above all else in Malaysia. Loyalty to the King and country comes next. Our Kings are not Pharaohs therefore they don’t demand you to worship them. They believe in God themselves.

If you are descendants of the ‘pendatangs’ as you are ‘lovingly’ referred to from time to time again by some lunatics who still don’t understand about your lawful citizenship of Malaysia, your loyalty is now to the Raja-Raja Melayu (the Malay Rulers) and to the country, Malaysia. Whether or not in your heart you revere them as your king or whether or not in their hearts they the (Raja-Raja Melayu) actually have any regard for you as you are not Malay, you are still to respect and remain loyal to the Institution of the Malay Royalty. Therefore, you neither wage war against the King nor be dumb enough to hurl any insult at him.  

Today, we have politicians who talk about tightening the laws to punish some stupid, ‘don’t give a hoot about anything people’ who insult the King (Raja- Raja Melayu) instead of finding a workable solution to safeguard all the 5 points in the Rukun Negara.

Instead of talking about the whole solution, they are talking about part solution for an entire problem. Why only talk about harsher punishment for ‘hina Raja- Raja Melayu’ alone? How about propose to pass a law with harsher punishment for ‘hina Raja-Raja Melayu and also for ‘hina antara kaum’? I believe the King too will not be pleased to see the people ‘hina menghina antara kaum’.    

Our problem started when we say that we are a nation that believes in God but we hardly practice the fear of God in our dealings. We then become hypocrites who only print on paper that we believe in God and hang it on the wall. But the fear of God is not written in our hearts. Have we become lovers of ourselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,  traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power?

When we don’t fear God, we lack seriousness in upholding the constitution, rule of law, good behavior and morality.

How is it possible that we believe in God but we do not fear God? Fear of God does not exist in the air. It is the acknowledgement in our heart of the awesome greatness of God and of the hereafter (akhirat) in all our actions.

Do we view corruption through the lens of acknowledgement of the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat)?

Do we view abuse of power through the lens of acknowledgement of the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat)?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) as a nation, when we humiliate and insult other races among fellow Malaysians?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) in our ambition to achieve a more perfect unity amongst the whole of our society?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) in the pursuit of preserving a democraticway of life? (although democracy is also an imperfect system)

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) in creating a just society where the prosperity of the country can be enjoyed together in a fair and equitable manner?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) in guaranteeing a liberal approach towards our rich and varied cultural traditions and building a progressive society that will make use of science and modern technology?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) when we twist and turn the facts to suit our political agenda at the expense of others? E.g. dismissing a real entity like racism as insecurity or when we justify discrimination for scoring political points?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) when we scheme and operate every possible way to plunder the country’s wealth and dissipate its resources?

Do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) when we willfully enter into self serving lopsided contracts at the expense of the people?

If we are public servants, do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) in discharging our duties?

If we are business people, do we acknowledge the greatness of God and of hereafter (akhirat) in the way we operate our business?

Having said that, we cannot escape from some who may ask the questions of whose God, which God and what God are we talking about here?

The God in our Rukun Negara is definitely not money even though more and more people worship money today. It is time we change believe in God in our Rukun Negara (National Principles) to believe in Allah. No religion in Malaysia should have a problem with that. It is debatable, but possible. With some good theologians of all religions we have in this country, it is possible. But with self serving politicians and corrupt clergy, it may be difficult. But it is still possible.

The God in our Rukun Negara (National Principles), is the God Who is; all knowing, all powerful, omnipresent, compassionate, righteous and holy. The Maker of heaven and earth and everything in it, both the seen, and the unseen. This is finding a common ground approach. We can agree to agree or agree to disagree. It is debatable. But we need a common ground for the sake of what we proclaim in Rukun Negara (National Principles).

While the fear of God is not a prerequisite for being sincere with one another and to respect one another it poses no threat to consider hereafter in all our dealings.

For one thing that believers in God, Atheists, God haters and Satanists have in common is that we all certainly will die. Every second spent alive is every second closer to death.  

When consumerism found its way into all known religion under the sun, it has corrupted religions as a multi- million dollar business concern that overflows with cash and with misplaced hope and priorities. Then, there are remnants of the faithful.

When religion becomes an accessory and faith a plus point for status, we tend to play Al Capone and whitewash every wicked decision we make as acceptable and pure. We endorse the perversion of yesterday as the routine and the fashion of today. We in a way become our own god. (Conforming to the Satanist philosophy.) Then it raises a fundamental question if God is only a relic of the ancient times who has relevance to present day reality? We seem to ‘undo’ all of His ‘mistakes’ whenever we think He is not politically correct.

Is God a self developed system which has become so obsolete that the men of today do not even require a feature in him to identify and operate this outdated no-use piece of history? Then, we have Rukun Negara (National Principles), which places believe in God as the number one order.

Have we become a nation which excels in manufacturing impressive slogans and songs but the juice of its content never saturates our heart? As the pursuit of prosperity and material wealth become the top priority, has it blurred our sight, distorted our views, darkened our hearts and lost our souls? Has the road that we have walked upon just filled our pockets but have emptied out our souls?

As a nation we declare believe in God in our Rukun Negara (National Principles); What about the fear of God? What about God’s judgment? What about righteousness? What about justice? Do we give a damn? Does the message of believe in God reflect in the way we operate as people, leaders and politicians in the Malaysian society, in the way we do business, and in the way we govern? Or is it that we have transformed ourselves as a hypocrite nation which just renders believe in God as merely a nice slogan that decorates the Rukun Negara (National Principles)?

Michael Zechariah is a student of life, former law lecturer and a corporate professional who currently runs a training firm which specializes in helping governments transform their agencies to be more effective to deliver policies that are aimed at nation building.