Category: perspective

As much as I get easily put off by the naive arguments of those who are against the RH bill, I have to admit that there are a few here and there who do bring up valid points. People like this guy over here

However, one thing I couldn’t get over was how he used the idiom “call a spade a spade.” I couldn’t help but want to say the same for our side. And for days, I tried to come up with a post articulating the frustration(s) I’m feeling – with no luck.

Then, I joined in on this other RH debate in Facebook, and was surprised to have posted a fairly concise thesis that summarized everything I wanted to say in a single [long] comment. And so I’m sharing that comment (edited and expanded for more cohesion) with you all.

This is reason why I’m for the RH bill. And this why I have such a short fuse when it comes to anti RH people’s arguments.

The gist is simple: the way anti-RH argue their points, it’s as if they’re ignorant to how serious poverty can be. They seem to treat it as a statistic to be studied, or used as ammo for a debate – and forget that there are actual LIVES at stake.

I’ll explain to you why I feel that way, and how disconcerting it feels. And if there are anti-RH people reading this, then by all means, I hope to hear you say things that would put my mind at ease – because your stance bothers me – as I’m sure ours bothers you. But I’m bothered not because I think you mean ill, but because I don’t think you realize the gravity of the issue. I’m bothered by the fact that I’m one of the most selfish guys you can meet, and yet even I can see how much good this bill can bring into their lives, and you are against it simply because it doesn’t resonate with your “values.” Read More

It’s very interesting (and amusing) how a “belief” system works.

I couldn’t help but think about that fact after the “May 21st Apocalypse” transpired. Cris had mentioned how many people literally dropped everything they were doing to prepare for the end of the world. And how strange it must feel for them to suddenly find out everything they “believed” in was, in fact, not true.

I couldn’t help but think what if there was no God? How would all the priests, who dedicated most of their lives to their respective orders feel? Or what about all those people who believed you should live your life for the sole purpose of getting close(r) to God – who, in my hypothetical scenario, didn’t exist in the first place. How many years of their lives would they have wasted if that were the case. That would be such a bummer! Read More

Sorry, this is going to be a religious rant… but I just can’t help myself.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
– Epicurus

I know this sentiment has been addressed in one form or another in a lot of religious debates, and I admit it is also most probably a product of a limited world view ¹ Yes, such limited understanding is applicable to rational thinkers as well – which we’re all guilty of. But nonetheless it still remains just as frustrating – especially when faced with situations that seem to drive the point home. In this case we have the Japanese crisis. Read More

So there’s this “announcement” making the rounds with the gist being this.

…we would like to advise parishioners who promote or support the RH Bill NOT (repeat NOT) to receive Holy Communion until they go to Sacramental Confession and renounce the RH Bill.

I was just supposed to comment on it in FB, but for some reason I couldn’t post a comment to my friends that are posting this, nor can I comment on my own re-post (and I have to deal with the damned character limit of FB) so I thought I’d just blog about it. Read More