Flesh-Eating Disease? Who has it?

Last night, I woke up to a sad story from Facebook. It was a post about the mysterious so-called 'flesh eating' disease in Pangasinan, a province of the Philippines.

According to Philnews, it was Monday, February 24th when Bandila (local news program) reported a said- to-be spreading case in two remote areas in the said province, which alarmed residences and everyone who has heard of it. The 21-yr old woman named Claire is suffering from an unknown disease that causes her skin to detoriate and ants and worms to come out of her decaying flesh.

It became more controversial because it allegedly coincides with a recent prophecy. It was said to have come from an Indian prophet who appeared in April 2013 at the Cuneta Astrodome during the 24th National Prayer Gathering. He prophesied that a grievous disease will spread and consume the flesh of men and will pierce through the bones. He claimed that this disease will begin from Pangasinan, Philippines.

Various reactions spread all over the different forms of media, especially Facebook. While I understand and respect everyone's opinion and understand the signs of the times, I am most upset by those who are indifferent of what the victims are actually going through.

Did you get to see the video? Did you see how much suffering the victims are going through? Would you want your skin to suffer from the same disease?

We are so busy worried about our own salvation, our Christianity, our purity, and our fears for ourselves, and the people we love, that we forget to even be human and compassionate of our brethren. When Jesus was here, thousands of years ago, He was busy comforting those who suffer, praying for the healing of the sick, feeding the hungry, while a lot of the Pharisees are busy protecting their salvation and their images.

Pray for the healing of the victims instead of saying 'yuck'. Imagine what they go through every single day. Imagine the pain and suffering their mothers go through. It could be psoriasis, necrotizing fasciitis, or leprosy. I bet not knowing must have doubled their sorrow.

I am furious by how people can be insensitive. These two victims of this so-called flesh-eating disease could actually be more human than a lot of us with fair and clear skin but have rotting characters.


Sources:

http://philnews.ph/2014/02/25/flesh-eating-disease-spreading-in-pangasinan-video/

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CthXIWKdW0o (Note: The video does not have english translation)

http://www.thesummitexpress.com/2014/02/mysterious-disease-in-pangasinan-coincides-with-sadhu-sundar-selvaraj-prophecy-bandila-video.html

Photo Credit: A screenshot of the ABS-CBN Video. LInk is shown above.