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--- Huangdi_98 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hudoyo Hupudio > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dari: > http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_meulaboh_christians.htm > > The 400 Christians of Meulaboh > Netlore Archive: According to this email tale, 400 > Christians > living in > the predominantly Muslim city of Meulaboh, Indonesia > were > miraculously > saved from death in the December 26, 2004 tsunami > because they had > left to > celebrate Christmas in the hills after being told > they could not do > so in town > > Description: Urban legend > Circulating since: Jan. 2005 > Status: Dubious > Analysis: > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/#note>See > below > > > Variant #1: > Email example contributed by F. Elliot, 22 January > 2005: > > Meulaboh is a town of about 40000 people on the west > coast of Aceh. > Aceh is > the northern most province/state on the island of > Sumatra, > Indonesia. The > west coast of Aceh is the worst hit area by the > recent tsunami. One > of the > statements about the condition of Meulaboh after the > tsunami; --- > Teungku > Zulkarnaini, administrative head of the West Aceh > district, speaking > to > local radio from a location outside Meulaboh where > he was stranded > by > destroyed bridges, said he believes ``tens of > thousands'' are dead > in the > area.--- The population of Aceh are mostly Moslem > and are very > fanatic at > that. Indonesia is a country with the largest Moslem > population in > the > world. But the people of Aceh considers the rest of > the country not > strict > enough in their Islamic practice. This is one of the > reasons, Aceh > wants to > secede and is in a state of rebellion with central > government. > > We have received this testimony via the internet. We > don't know the > source > and authenticity of it. But it has been circulated > among the > Indonesian > Christian community. > > The following is a translation of this testimony. > > A testimony from Meulaboh : > > We know how the tremendous power tsunami has > completely destroyed > the town > of Meulaboh, in the Aceh province. But there is an > amazing > testimony/story > from Meulaboh. In Meulaboh there is only a small > community of about > 400 > Christians. On the 25th of December they like/want > to celebrate > Christmas. > But the citizens of Meulaboh rejects the notion of a > Christian > celebration > in their town. The desire of the Christian community > to celebrate > Christmas > was rejected and they were told that if they want to > celebrate it > they can > do it outside the town, on a hill (I assume some > high ground some > distance > out side the town). So on the 25th this Christian > community of 400 > did > their Christmas celebration on a hill outside the > town. After the > celebration they camp out for the night on that > hill. And what > happens, as > we know the next day (26th) morning, the tsunami > hits the entire > west coast > of Aceh and other regions as well. Meulaboh was > completely > destroyed, many > thousands were killed. But the Christian community > that celebrated > Christmas on that hill was spared, no one was > killed. > > Many Moslem citizen of Meulaboh who survived the > calamity, are > saying that > the Christian God is punishing them. They are > wondering why so many > of > their community died/perished, while none of the > Christian's. If the > Christian community had been hard headed and insist > on celebrating > their > Christmas (in defiance of the majority) in town, > they would have > perished > too. But because of their humility, and willingness > to give up their > rights > they end up being saved and experienced God's > wondrous care. > > Let us then as God's children meet the challenges of > the year 2005 > with > humility and love towards all. Don't pay evil with > evil, because > retribution is the Lord's. Let's help our brothers > and sisters in > Aceh and > continue to pray for them, because God's hand is > working among them. > > God bless us. > > end of testimony. > > > > Variant #2: > Email example contributed by S. Waltrip, 5 February > 2005: > > Dear friends, here is a remarkable news which I just > received from a > friend > from Indonesia: On the 25th of December 2004 the > Christians in the > town of > Meulaboh in Aceh wanted to celebrate Christmas in a > combined > service, but > the Moslems in that town objected and told them that > if they wanted > to > celebrate Christmas they have to do it outside the > town area because > it is > a Moslem town. > > The 400 Christians decided to comply with their > request and went to > a hill > outside the city perimeter to camp out and held > their Christmas > program > there. As we know the following morning there was an > earthquake and > the > Tsunami that followed destroyed the whole town of > Meulaboh and > almost > everybody who were down there. The whole population > of Meulaboh were > practically wiped out except the 400 or so > Christians who celebrated > Christmas on the hill outside the town. > > The few survivors of Meulaboh remarked: "The God of > the Christians > has > punished us. Some of them asked: "Why are there so > many of us who > died in > this disaster, and none of the Christians are > destroyed?" If the 400 > Christians insisted on celebrating Christmas in that > town according > to > their original plan, they would have perished too. > They can see that > this > is the direct intervention of God who saved His > children in Meulaboh. > > Praise be the Lord. > > > > Variant #3: > Email example contributed by R. Patterson, 4 > February 2005: > > God Protects His own! We know that 80% of the town > of Meulaboh in > Aceh was > destroyed by the Tsunami waves and 80% of the people > also died. This > is one > of the towns that was hit the hardest. But there is > a fantastic > testimony > from Meulaboh. > > In that town are about 400 Christians. They wanted > to celebrate > Christmas > on December 25th but were not allowed to do so by > the Muslims of > Meulaboh. > They were told if they wanted to celebrate Christmas > they needed to > go > outside the city of Meulaboh on a high hill and > there celebrate > Christmas. > Because the Christians desired to celebrate > Christmas the 400 > believers > left the city on December 25th and after they > celebrated Christmas > they > stayed overnight on the hill. > > As we all know the morning of December 26 there was > the earthquake > followed > by the Tsunami waves destroying most of the city of > Meulaboh and > thousands > were killed. The 400 believers were on the mountain > and were all > saved from > destruction. > > Now the Muslims of Meulaboh are saying that the God > of the > Christians > punished us for forbidding the Christians from > celebrating Christmas > in the > city. Others are questioning why so many Muslims > died while not even > one of > the Christians died there. > > Had the Christians insisted on their rights to > celebrate Christmas > in the > city, they would have all died. But because they > humbled themselves > and > followed the advice of the Muslims they all were > spared destruction > and can > now testify of God's marvelous protection. > > This is a testimony of the grace of God and the fact > that as > believers we > have no rights in the world. Our right is come > before God and commit > our > lives to Him. Our right is kneeling down before the > Lord almighty > and > commit our ways to Him. He is our Father and is very > capable to care > for > His children. Praise the Name of the Lord. > > > Comments: Among the reasons to doubt the veracity > of this miracle > tale are: > * It is a secondhand report. Though one version > has been > attributed to > Pastor Bill Hekman of the Calvary Life Fellowship > church of > Tangerang, > Indonesia, it is not an eyewitness account. > * No press accounts mention the survival of 400 > Christians who > left > Meulaboh to celebrate Christmas in the hills on the > eve of the > December 26, > 2004 tsunami. > * There is evidence to suggest that at least > some Christians > did, in > fact, openly celebrate Christmas in the town of > Meulaboh last year. > * There are news and eyewitness reports to the > effect that > Christians > were not only present in Meulaboh when the tsunami > struck, but > listed among > the dead and missing in its aftermath. > > Another version of events > > Consider the harrowing account, published January 19 > by the Union of > Catholic Asian News, of Friar Ferdinando Severi, a > Catholic > missionary > stationed in Aceh who was reported missing > immediately after the > tsunami > but turned up safe and sound in Meulaboh several > days later. As it > happens, > Severi had gone to Meulaboh for the express purpose > of celebrating > Christmas in the town chapel with local > parishioners. According to > Father > Antonio Murru, head of the Conventual Franciscans' > Indonesian > Provincial > Custody, Severi was still there the next day when > disaster struck: > When giant waves swept the town, Father Murru > explained, Father > Severi was > preparing for Sunday Mass in the chapel. He ran to > the nearest high > building, and together with a number of people took > shelter on the > second > floor. There they waited until the floodwaters > receded, when he and > other > survivors took shelter in another place. > > This report was confirmed by Agenzia Giornalistica > Italia: > Fathr Ferdinando Severi, the Franciscan missionary > reported to be > missing > after the seaquake in south east Asia, has been > found alive, and is > sound. > The Franciscan monks confirmed so.... On the day of > the seaquake, > Father > Severi was more to the north, in Meulaboh, to > celebrate the > Christmas Mass, > and was swept away by the tsunami. He was thought to > be missing, > then some > brothers recognised him on TV during the rescue > operations. > > Muslim beneficence > > As a matter of fact, certain details of > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/dynamic/offsite.htm? > site=http://www.rveritas%2Dasia.org/news/febwk1indon4.htm>Father > > Severi's account put an entirely different spin on > the events at > Meulaboh, > recasting it from a tale of Muslim persecution to > one of Muslim > beneficence. Ironically, the "high building" in > which Severi took > refuge > from the flood was a mosque, he said in a subsequent > interview. The > Catholic chapel was obliterated. "Fortunately," > Severi noted, "the > Muslims > provided us with food." > > All told, nine of Meuloboh's 50 Catholics were > killed by the > tsunami, > Severi reported. As to the fate of non-Catholic > Christians, I have > not been > able to find a full accounting, but the Website of > the Barnabas > Fund, a > Christian advocacy group, describes what befell one > unspecified > congregation as follows: > According to information from Mr. Fajar Tobing in > Meulaboh: 43 > members of > the congregation died, 12 were injured and three are > in critical > condition. > 62 have been rescued and are together with a total > number of 125 > refugees. > At the time of writing, there are still many people > missing. > > None of which utterly disproves the tale of the > miraculous survival > of the > 400 Christians of Meulaboh, but it does nudge one > toward the > conclusion > that if it isn't a highly exaggerated account of > some real though > far less > remarkable event, it is almost certainly a figment > of someone's > imagination. > > > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/pages/shareurl.htm? > PG=urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_meulaboh_christians.htm>Email > > This Article > > > Sources and further reading: > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/dynamic/offsite.htm? > site=http://www.ofm%2Dconv.org/print.php%3Fsid=482>Previously > > Feared Dead, Missing Parish Priest Surfaces to > Minister to Victims > in Banda > Aceh > Union of Catholic Asian News, 19 January 2005 > > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/dynamic/offsite.htm? > site=http://www.rveritas%2Dasia.org/news/febwk1indon4.htm>Interview > > with Fr. Ferdinando Severi > Union of Catholic Asian News (undated) > > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/dynamic/offsite.htm? > site=http://www.barnabasfund.org/Projects/E%5FAnd%5FT%5F00%2D534% > 5FAppeal.htm>News > on Tsunami Relief > Barnabas Fund appeal, updated 18 January 2005 > > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/dynamic/offsite.htm? > site=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/01/17/200321 > 9776>Survivors > 'Terrified to Come Down' > Associated Press (Jakarta and Meulaboh, Indonesia), > 17 January 2005 > > <http://urbanlegends.about.com/library//gi/dynamic/offsite.htm? > site=http://www.expat.or.id/orgs/calvarylifefellowship.html>Calvary > > Life Fellowship: Saving of Meulobah Christians > Calvary Life Fellowship home page > > > Last updated: 02/18/05 > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! 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