Category: Religion

Catholic churches should be demolished because pagan people’s lives ALSO matter

June 10, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

While people are in the business of tearing down monuments to slave traders and brutal colonisers, why not go further and turn people’s ires on Roman Catholic Church buildings and statues? After all, the Catholic Church has as blood-soaked a history as any other global imperial empire. The crucifix, for example, was a potent symbol…

History, Religion

Europe is erasing its history because Big Brother is watching

June 10, 2020June 12, 2020 benign0 2 Comments

Symbols of Western Europe’s irrevocable past as imperial powers are coming down as people take to the streets supposedly to protest racism and injustice. Historical symbols deemed “inappropriate” have become the targets of vandalism and removal petitions. In London, the statue of slave trader Robert Milligan has now been taken down from West India Quay….

History, Religion, Society

How Filipinos can fix their broken “democracy”

February 8, 2020 benign0 4 Comments

Perhaps rightly so, Opposition partisans in the Philippines lament the way “democracy” is working for them nowadays. They lost an entire nation in the 2016 elections that catapulted former Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte to the presidency today and botched a chance to gain a foothold into Congress when they suffered a catastrophic loss in…

Media, Politics, Religion

Filipinos don’t owe Carlos Celdran ANYTHING

October 12, 2019 benign0 2 Comments

Nobody owes Carlos Celdran anything. He made a name for himself going up against the mighty Roman Catholic Church. But this is something many Filipinos have already been doing in manners that do not get them in trouble with the law. In this context one’s gotta take with a bit of bemusement what “thought leader”…

Culture, Religion, Society

Sister Mary John Mananzan is a big LAUGH speaking about “gender equality” and the SOGIE Bill

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 benign0 8 Comments

What were Philippine senators thinking inviting a Roman Catholic nun to be a resource person to consult with on the issue of “gender equality” and the controversial proposed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill? Sister Mary John Mananzan is a famous nun because she was one of those photographed “heroically” standing…

Education, Lifestyle, Religion

Wattah-Wattah: An insensitive tradition

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Vincent 8 Comments

The recent water crisis in Metro Manila has got its residents and authority gaga on how to address it. News of almost day-long (week-long for some) water interruption has been a regular in daily broadcasts for more than three months already and the end of it still appears dim. Notwithstanding that, the people of San…

Culture, Government, Politics, Religion

We Are Not Our Brother’s Keeper

June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 ChinoF 7 Comments

In Christian belief, it’s often taught that we are our brother’s keeper. After the story of Cain murdering Abel, the usual commentary is that Cain murdered because he did not think of being his brother’s keeper. So we must be our brother’s keeper because we are responsible for each other, and so we must help…

Civics, Culture, Religion

Filipinos should stop helping the poor through the Roman Catholic Church

May 11, 2019 benign0 10 Comments

The Roman Catholic Church is, no doubt, one of the wealthiest and most influential foreign-based multinational businesses in the Philippines. Even more outrageous is that they don’t pay taxes. They’ve got a real good racket going on more so because this institution, far more than celebrities like Regine Velasquez and Manny Pacquiao, exert virtual mind…

Religion