The plight of Celso de los Angeles—the founder and “mastermind” of the Legacy group of companies—is a lesson that GMA and the rest of the scoundrels of this government (and we) should take very seriously. Having diagnosed with cancer, he is now under hospital arrest because of multiple estafa (or should we say, “multitude” estafa). His life story tells everyone that there’s no perfect crime.
Dostoevsky has shown this to us many years ago when he wrote Crime and Punishment. It almost appeared that Raskolnikov committed a perfect crime because the police failed to pin him down. However, at the end of the novel, his own conscience brought him to his own Punishment—which somehow led him to a more peaceful life.
The Bible gave more a chilling account when God cursed Cain for killing Abel. (Cain thought that he can hide from God.) But what most of us didn’t read is the continuation of Cain’s life story. After being banished from the Garden of Eden, Cain actually strived hard to change, making his sons accept blessings from God. (Genesis 4)
But de los Angeles is a totally different man. I’m not so sure if he has the conscience of Raskolnikov or the perseverance of Cain. But one thing’s for sure: whatever is happening to him now is part of the punishments from the crimes that he has committed to the plan holders of the Legacy group.
Each one of us will eventually be punished with the sins we commit everyday. There’s no such thing as big or small sin. Yeah. God is god, and he’s just (unlike us); how each one of us would wish that GMA’s soul be burned in hell 77 x 77 times (or more). But GMA’s sins are not that different from the petty sins that we do.
At the end of the day, the question lies on how we will act like Raskolnikov and Cain: to accept our mistakes, repent our sins, and strive hard to change our attitude.
I’m not writing this because I’ve done the task. I’m writing this because I’m struggling to achieve it.
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