Unitary state is God's bestowal

Unitary state is God's bestowal

From Media Indonesia

Why can we not thank God enough for His bestowal in the form of an archipelago made up of thousands of islands, large and small, surrounded by a vast expanse of seas endowed with a huge potential in marine resources. Why can we not be smart enough to understand God's design in bestowing on the Indonesian people this paradise on earth?

Why has "God's spirit", inherent in each Indonesian, separated from the "original spirit"? Don't the majority of Indonesians -- over 80 percent -- claim to practice Islam, God's last religion intended to improve the religions coming earlier.

You can see the mote in your brother's eye and not the beam in your own. Foreigners see the great natural wealth Indonesia is endowed with, so they tap this wealth for the benefit of their countries' development. Many countries are now nurturing hopes that the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia will fall apart. They are bent on enjoying Indonesia's riches. Hence the cannibalistic and malicious tactics to stir up confusion in Indonesia: Render Indonesian farmers helpless, Impoverish Indonesian fishermen, Let Indonesian sailors drown in the sea, Pit Muslims against one another, Split the military and the police forces and Antagonize Islam against the five-point state ideology of Pancasila.

These foreign tactics are identifiable now but God is not willing to let Indonesia fall victim to these tactics. Many Indonesians still keep their "God's spirit" close to their "original spirit".

Come on, Indonesians and Indonesian leaders, wake up. It is human kind's longing to live in peace and prosperity under God's guidance.

PUDJI SUMARTO

Tangerang, West Java