INC leaders playing "hide the Christmas Presents"

I have been following the INC rumors with great interest over the last year. There have been rumors of an Airbus, Helicopters, Fancy mansions and cars ostensibly owned by the INC but only used by the elite leadership.

It seems rather dishonest, at best, to hide the fact that church funds were used to purchase these extravagant items, not for general church use but for the private use of the church leadership.

At first these seemed to be, possibly, just rumors. Then as time passed on and more evidence was shown on various portals of the internet, these rumors became more solid. Then came the day when it was reported that the leader of the INC, Eduardo V Manalo himself, had tried to explain owning the airbus in a joking manner at a service that he was presiding over. Was he supposed to walk to the US to visit brethren, he asked?

With this admission and "explanation," Mr. Manalo turned all the well-evidenced rumors into fact. Whether his followers choose to accept that he and his fellow elite deserve to have such benefits or not, the fact is that there was no transparency to the INC finances and what all the member donations/offerings had been used for. Most members of the INC had no idea that the INC elite had an airbus and fancy mansions, fancy helicopters and who knows what else....until some insiders felt that this anomalous behavior deserved the attention of a wider audience.

Now, months later, there are those within the INC propaganda machine that who would have everyone believe that there never was an airbus. That there were never any financial anomalies or corrupt practices amongst the INC elite.

They mockingly challenge former ministers to prove that they own these things and have accounts in the Cayman islands as has been alleged. Does this mean they are innocent of wrong-doing?

Some INC members have come forward on social media saying that they would be fine with their elite enjoying the high life, that they deserve it.

Maybe they do. Maybe they don't. However it is certainly not a Godly pursuit to own a mansion or a fancy car or fly around in a private airbus. And the fact that they tried to hide all of this until it was impossible to do so any longer does not speak well for their honesty.

So what about the airbus? What about the money supposedly kept in the Cayman Islands?

Certainly the INC elite have had enough time to dispose of and/or hide as much evidence as possible of their corruption.

They think that the rest of us, their followers and countrymen, would not pause to think through what they have likely done.

They are playing a childhood game, hiding the Christmas presents from the kids and believing that the kids are too young/naive to be able to find them.

Unfortunately, we have already seen the presents before they were hidden, and even if we don't know where they are now, the gig is up.

To the INC leadership elite, I offer that it would be much more dignified to admit to wrong-doing and promise to correct things before it is too late (although it might already be so). Allow the justice system to function as it should. You cannot gag everyone. You cannot fool everyone.

Your members and the general public can see through your deceit with ease. You might think you are fooling many but mainly you are fooling yourselves.

Save whatever dignity you have left. Or find out what it is like on Christmas morning when all the Christmas presents are out in the open and you don't have a single one to your name.