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**Soypopetype** · 12-04-2010, 03:42 PM

This is an article about Aids I found on a Burma news site . My question relates to the excerpt and is - 'What are your views regarding Ma Phyu's belief that her suffering from Aids is atonement for past sins?'

"This disease is atonement for past sins"

http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional...past-sins.html

“Naïve people think we were sex workers because we have this disease. They see us as inferior creatures, which becomes unbearable. We feel uneasy when meeting their wild and prying eyes. Their gestures and body language communicate condemnation and loathing,” she said.

After being diagnosed, Ma Phyu divorced her husband, but has greater hopes for her children.

“My elder daughter is 13 years old and my son is 11. I hope they get … decent jobs working at a hospital or in clerical work in the shade and shelter,” she said. As for herself, she appeared to accept her condition as part of her karmic destiny.

“I consider my life as suffering and [this illness,] … atonement for my past sins and misdeeds,” Ma Phyu said. "
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Soypopetype Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	"This disease is atonement for past sins" This is an article about Aids I found on a Burma news site . My question relates to the excerpt and is - 'What are your views regarding Ma Phyu's belief that her suffering from Aids is atonement for past sins?' "This disease is atonement for past sins" http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional...past-sins.html “Naïve people think we were sex workers because we have this disease. They see us as inferior creatures, which becomes unbearable. We feel uneasy when meeting their wild and prying eyes. Their gestures and body language communicate condemnation and loathing,” she said. After being diagnosed, Ma Phyu divorced her husband, but has greater hopes for her children. “My elder daughter is 13 years old and my son is 11. I hope they get … decent jobs working at a hospital or in clerical work in the shade and shelter,” she said. As for herself, she appeared to accept her condition as part of her karmic destiny. “I consider my life as suffering and [this illness,] … atonement for my past sins and misdeeds,” Ma Phyu said. " COMMENTS?
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