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The Church and Disability (Part 1)

"Dear Giovanni, the world is a cruel cruel place. I don't know how we ended up here. People killing each other, rape, defilement, nannies maltreating children...how did we get here? Our very own leaders my love, they talk anyhow forgetting millions are listening to them and heed to their advice. I was just listening to Melodies FM that is 94.3FM, Pastor Dag Heward-Mills Head Pastor of Lighthouse Chapel International  was preaching about tithing and made reference to the song 'Old ragged cross', the line 'the dearest and best ' and said only the dearest and best will be pastors and not people with hydrocephalus or Down's syndrome and people in the congregation cheered on, laughing. How can you preach such nonsense? This is the type of thing that brings stigma with people with conditions that are no fault of theirs. He referred to people with hydrocephalus as water heads and all they have in their heads is water, how can an educated man that people look up