IN THE DORMITORY – (10:00 PM)
In the room, there’s a double-decker
bed, and Ian and his friends are sitting in the lower bed while stretching their
backs against the wall. They start their conversation in a low tone voice.
Ian: Hey! Brother Edwin, I want to
establish a church. What is your opinion?
Edwin: (Showing dismay but in a low
voice) Hey! Brother, you may have started hatching ideas. What a stupid idea!
Ian: It’s not like that, brother
Edwin: Then it’s what? Probably
that’s the worst idea a sinner like you can come up with? I look more
like a thief than a preacher. Who is going to trust us? Anyway, you may
consider me your accountant if you succeed in creating a church.
Ian: We are going to open a very unique
church. It’s going to be run in a very different model; call it Free Church. Do
you get it?
Edwin: Yes! I get your idea, hum!
Ian: And you know what (Ian starts
whispering something to Edwin’s right ear to keep the plan secret)
Edwin: Yes! (Edwin suddenly jumps
from bed and starts cheering loudly) This mother fucker did it. Wow! He did it.
Student: Stop making some noise!
Don’t you see people are asleep?
Edwin: Stop harassing me, boy. Don’t
you have good beds in your home?
Student: (He wakes up to confront
Edwin) I am going to punch your face……
Ian: Ooh! Men, calm down. And you, brother, you need to get used to Edwin’s stupidity
The student finally calms down while
Robert arrives in the dormitory. We once again sit together and start
discussing in a very low voice. Then, after one month, we graduated and went
back home.
ROBERT’S
HOUSE– EARLY IN THE MORNING
Robert’s house looks mildly
beautiful. In one room, there is a 5 x 6 dilapidated bed, an old coffee table
and old-fashioned cupboards of clothes. We design the other room as an office.
Edwin: Hey! Robert, was this house
the only thing you inherited from your parents?
Robert: Yes, Brother (They continue
organizing the office)
Ian: Mh!
Robert: Are you a daydreamer?
Edwin: Yeah, don’t you see that I am
snoring here? Anyway, it seems no one takes care of you; how do you survive in
this place? Like, how do you get food and other basic needs?
Ian: (Speaking from Robert’s bed)
Are you a policeman? It sounds like you are interrogating him. You are such a
weird Pastor.
Edwin: Bullshit! Keep quite
Robert: Yeah! I live an odd life here. I
am only alive because I am a daredevil.
Ian: But from this time on, this
place is going to be headquartering for our Free Church.
All: Wow! What a great church!
Edwin: But may God forgive us….
I stand up to see what Edwin is doing
at his table and find him connecting various parts of a computer. Edwin starts
looking at me with a little more caution, but I am not distracted yet. I continue
with my speech to them.
Ian: In our five sensory organs, we
all receive information about similar things, but give them varied
interpretations.
At this time, Robert abandons what he
is doing and starts listening to me carefully. I stare back at him. Robert gets
back to what he was doing, but with his ears fixed on me. Edwin was also
following my speech seriously. He is really surprised to hear my wisdom.
Ian: In 1054, there was a division in
the Catholic Church which led to the formation of the Orthodox Church. In 1517, Martin
Luther founded the Lutheran church in Germany. In the same century later John Calvin
and John Knox founded a protestant church and the Presbyterian Church, respectively.
Later, new small churches emerged from those five big churches.
Edwin was listening very carefully, but now it was obvious that he had to put his assignment on hold just to pay
attention to what I was saying.
Ian: Edwin and Robert try to think
carefully about this example. From a long distance, a rectangular-shaped house
will often look like a circular house. And the whole external environment looks
different. Similarly, honey can taste sweeter or bitter to people in
various situations. What I am saying is
that the movements that the churches have experienced in the past years are the
signs of betrayal but not reformation. True reformation must come from within, as opposed to opening new churches or forming new political parties. All new
churches, like new political parties, are established to serve the self-interests of
the elites. Why don’t we establish our church? Let’s implement our seemingly
evil plan.
Edwin and Ian smile at each other
while Robert joins them to show a sign of solidarity.
Ian: Now our church is going to have
four different departments, including the Planning department, which will be under
my leadership, Department of Information and Communication, which will be led by
Edwin. Intelligence department; this will be led by Robert, as well as the accounting department, which is going to be overseen by Jane.
Robert: Am I allowed to recruit
assistants in the intelligence department?
Ian: Yeah! You can do that, but they
must be able to get you crucial information for our church. Otherwise, we don’t
need them.
We took some time to plan and prepare
before Jane arrived at the place.
Jane: Bang! Bang! Bang! (Jane knocks on the door)
Robert: You are welcome
Robert opens the door while showing a great smile, hoping that the person knocking might be Jane, though not 100% sure
if she is.
Edwin and Ian: Wow! (They hug each
other with lots of joy)
Edwin: What’s up, Ms. Fake Accountant?
Jane: It’s cool, how are you, Mr.
fictional IT?
Ian: You guys must be real friends.
After some time, we drafted our action
plan and launched it.
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