Category: Culture

Roman Catholicism’s promise: Nothing in life and everything in death

August 16, 2011February 25, 2022 benign0 47 Comments

In his recent PhilStar colmumn How Catholic Talibans stormed the CCP, William Esposo lamented “the terrifying emergence of a Catholic Taliban who threatens to destroy the very foundations of our Christian morality.” Indeed, it is happening. On the Visayan Daily Star, Nida Buenafe writes about how parishes in Bacolod are unreservedly demonising artist Mideo Cruz…

Culture, Religion, Society

Melanie Marquez tells Miss Ph-Uni Shamcey Supsup to speak Tagalog

August 13, 2011 benign0 28 Comments

According to Miss International 1979 title holder Melanie Marquez, she will “support” Miss Philippines-Universe candidate Shamcey Supsup if she will speak in Tagalog in the coming Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant to be held in Brazil on the 12th of September this year. Tagalog is a southern Luzon dialect that was branded as the Philippines’…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Rioting in London: How it could happen in the Philippines

August 12, 2011August 12, 2011 Ilda 33 Comments

Rioting. Looting. Mugging. Stealing. These are activities people would normally associate with street gangs. But the recent mayhem in London that involved all those activities has baffled every expert in every society. They are baffled because the people involved didnâ€™t just come from the â€œalienated poor, those without hope, lashing out in rage and despair.â€…

Crime, Culture, Education, Society

Let’s ask Eric Manalang: Would an all-powerful infinite god find offense in Mideo Cruz’s work ‘Poleteismo’?

August 11, 2011 benign0 6 Comments

If you are a scientist, have some semblance of a background in science, or even just simply listened to your high school physics teacher and understood what she said, you’d be able to wrap your head around the single biggest point I make in a comment I posted on Get Real Post the other night:…

Culture, Religion, Science

Shutdown of the CCP ‘KULÃ”’ exhibit proves the point Mideo Cruz makes in ‘Poleteismo’

August 10, 2011August 12, 2011 benign0 35 Comments

Seems to me artist Mideo Cruz succeeded in proving the point he wanted to make in his collage Poleteismo which was exhibited along with other works in the main gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In Poleteismo, Cruz depicted through a collection of images and artifacts representing celebrities, religious icons, and public personalities…

Culture, Politics, Religion, Society

Filipino atheists give atheism a bad name

August 9, 2011July 7, 2018 benign0 30 Comments

It used to be debated among people who possess real insight and was marked by intellectually stimulating arguments being lobbed back and forth from one camp to another. Now this whole “debate” between “atheists” and the religious has all but gone old. It’s like a hit track that was once played in trendy clubs suddenly…

Culture, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Senator Zubiri resignation: Is it an admission of guilt?

August 5, 2011 Ilda 22 Comments

Quite a number of Filipinos were shocked by the news that Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri had filed his resignation following allegations of electoral fraud during the 2007 senatorial elections. The move was a first in Philippine political history. There has been no Filipino public official on record who resigned out of delicadeza or shame in…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Empathising with flood ‘victim’ Christopher Lao

August 4, 2011August 4, 2011 benign0 24 Comments

The latest “victim” of the most recent media (both old and new) circus is a guy named Christopher “Cris” Lao. The poor sod apparently drove his car past motorists who had prudently stopped at both ends of a recessed and flooded section of a Manila road and ended up with a car submerged and, perhaps…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Media