Category: Religion

Sexuality in Philippine society: imprisoned in an obsolete tradition-religion complex

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Sexuality in Philippine society: imprisoned in an obsolete tradition-religion complex

In her article “Between Sensationalism and Censure” (Philippine Journalism Review, April 2002, pages 35-37), Diana Mendoza observed how the bizarreness of Filipinos’ regard for sexuality is reflected in Philippine cinema. Her observations are gleaned from among others, comments made by sociology professor Michael Tan of the University of the Philippines in the Sixth International congress…

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Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

The ultimate Easter reflection question: Why would the ‘Son of God’ die for us?

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The ultimate Easter reflection question: Why would the ‘Son of God’ die for us?

In many articles all over the part of the Net I am most familiar with, there are many calls to reflect on the real “meaning” of Easter season — that is, presumably, the Catholic meaning of Easter which revolves around the “sacrifice” of Jesus Christ to redeem our sad lot of Adam’s sin. At the…

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Religion, Science

The corrupt rich: Why people who are better off leaving stick around

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The corrupt rich: Why people who are better off leaving stick around

Considering that even Panfilo Lacson, a Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, felt that he was better off running than subjecting himself to the whimsical world of the “justice” system of the Philippines, I wonder how dumb Jose Barredo needed to be to think he could play whistle-blower and come out a winner? Barredo,…

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Civics, Crime, Politics, Religion

Has atheism become nothing more than the latest fashion statement?

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Has atheism become nothing more than the latest fashion statement?

Religion is a favourite topic of mine. I find pleasure in pointing out the wonderful variety of paradoxes, incoherent constructs, and logical conundrums that tend to reveal themselves quite easily when using religious dogma and doctrine as building blocks for developing one’s thinking. An example is how one can piece together two fundamental Catholic beliefs…

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Culture, Religion, Science, Society

Real advise for Filipinos desperately praying for jobs

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Real advise for Filipinos desperately praying for jobs

Joblessness is indeed a big problem in the Philippines. It is Third World labour supply on steroids — an exceedingly pathetic situation that sees the economic value of Filipino labour utterly flattened under the sheer weight of the vast numbers of warm bodies out on the streets in jeepney- and bus-loads looking for jobs. The…

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Development, Economy, Education, Lifestyle, Religion

Why do Filipinos grieve noisily?

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It baffles me the way the furor over the execution of the three convicted Filipino drug mules in China reached the crescendo that we are seeing today. It’s as if this thing had not been hanging over Filipinos’ heads for the last several months. It first captured the broader public awareness when the Philippine Government…

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Culture, Religion

Reform by mob: does it always work?

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Some recent events in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the whole trouble with street mobs supposedly calling for “reform” – that in a situation described more by anarchy than any sort of clear higher purpose, it becomes difficult to sort the devils from the angels. Reports of looters vandalising ancient Egyptian artifacts and of Tunisian shopkeepers…

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