[Subtitle: Sa manga masasamang libro,t, casulatan]
WHAT WE FILIPINOS SHOULD KNOW: (Note: Bold and/or underlined words are HTML links. Click on them to see the linked posting/article. Forwarding the postings to relatives and friends, especially in the homeland, is greatly appreciated).
After the novel Noli Me Tangere, written by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, was published in 1887, the below article CAINGAT CAYO was issued as a warning to Filipinos by a Spanish Catholic priest about God's damnation that will befall them for reading the novel.
I remember it was during my late teens and after leaving the seminary that I became aware, bought and read Rizal's two novels: Noli Me Tangere and its sequel, El Filibusterismo (translation by Leon Ma. Guerrero). At the time, I read them voraceously, with feelings of anxiety, shock and wonder.
It can safely be said that past, present and future generations of us native Malay Filipinos were/are/will be conditioned in an atmosphere of fear of God (and of the church, i.e. hierarchy). Such fear has created in us a conscious and/or unconscious self-censorship in our thoughts, way of thinking and action.
Like a herd of sheeps we look and wait for our so-called God's shepherds to tell us what to think and do, what not to think nor question nor do. We learn to live and practice the admonition "let us not go there" when we talk about certain important issues, i.e. Chrisitian religion/belief systems.
We do not seem to realize that till today, our Filipino Christianity is still mainly the medieval version as compared to those of many other considered Christian countries --though strongly secularized. Our Filipino version of Christianity has worked as an escape from reality, i.e. make Karl Marx's 160+ -year old charge that (it)religion is the opium of the people as valid and true; has greatly contributed against the development of critical thinking among us Filipinos and has therefore served as an impediment to needed fundamental changes in our homeland/society.
“The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us a hierarchy of values: man comes first, and the Sabbath second. Public, social and ecclesiastical institutions exist for man, and not the other way round. We, like the Samaritan, must first of all see the man, his status in society notwithstanding, his splendid clothes or pauper's rags notwithstanding.” – Fr. Victor Potapov, Rector, Russian Orthodox Cathedral
“RELIGION. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.” - Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary''
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.”- Napoleon Bonaparte
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed people, the heart of the heartless world, and the soul of the soulless conditions, it is the opium of the people.” – Karl Marx
“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” – Blaise Pascal
“There is no literate population in the world that is poor; there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.” – John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)
“Most people would rather die than think, in fact, they do so”. – Bertrand Russell
“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them”. – Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992
"Upang maitindig natin ang bantayog ng ating lipunan, kailangang radikal nating baguhin hindi lamang ang ating mga institusyon kundi maging ang ating pag-iisip at pamumuhay. Kailangan ang rebolusyon, hindi lamang sa panlabas, kundi lalo na sa panloob!" --Apolinario Mabini, La Revolucion Filipina (1898)
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¡CAIÑGAT CAYO!
Sa mañga masasamang libro,t, casulatan.
May lubos na pahintulot ang mañga Puno
Ang librong ito,i malilimus sa halagang isang cuarta ang isa; sa halagang sangsalapi ang sangdaan, at sa halagang apat na piso ang sanglibo, doon sa Asilo de Huérfanos sa Guadalupe, sa bayan nang san Pedro Macati, provincia nang Mainila.
Ang sulat na hingi ay ipadala sa P. Director cun sa Hermano Inspector nang Asilo, at bahala sila magpadala sa ituturong padadalhan sa Mainila.
Pequeña Imp. del Asilo del Huérfanos 1888.
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I.
Caiñgat ñga cayo sa manga masasamang libro,t, casulatan, sapagca,t, dapat ninyong tantoin na may isang cautusan ang santa Iglesiang Ina natin na ipinagbabaual ang pagbasa nang manga masasamang libro,t, casulatan, pati nang pag-iingat at pagcacalat noon; at ipinag-uutos pa na ang sino mang magcamayroon nang gayong libro,i, ibigay agad sa manga Puno nang santa Iglesia, sa Confesor cun sa Amang Cura caya; at cun sacali,t, di maibibigay ay sunuguin man lamang tambing. At ang utos na ito,i, mahigpit na di sapala, na cun di ninyo ganapin ay icapagcacasala ninyo nang casalanang daquila, at cun magcaminsa,i, maguiguing excomulgado pa cayo dahil sa pagbasa noon. Caya cun cusain ninyong basahin ang isang librong natatalastas ninyong baual nang santa Iglesia ay magcacamit cayo nang casalanang daquila, at cun sa saui ninyong palad ay abutin cayo nang camatayan sa gayong calagayang ay mapapacasama cayong magpasaualang hangan.
Ang manga Puno nang santa Iglesia, sa macatouid, ang santo Papa at ang manga Poong Cardenal na pinatungculan niya, sampon nang mang̃a Guinoong Obispo, ay mayroon silang capangyarihan macapagbabaual nang balang mamasam-in nilang librong icasasama nang mang̃a calolouang quinacaling̃a nila; at caya ng̃a catungculan naman nang baua,t, sino mang cristianong sundi,t, ganaping lubos ang canilang mang̃a utos tungcol dito. Ang balang minamasama,t, ibinabaual nila,i, tinatandaan nama,t, isinasacay sa isang librong pinacalistahan nang mang̃a librong baual at masasama.
Ng̃uni,t, palibhasa,i, hindi mangyayaring mabalitaan nila,t, maquita ang lahat na mang̃a masasamang librong ipinagcacalat sa sangcacristianohan; na caya,t, di naman mangyayaring matang̃ing maipagbaual na lahat; at sa cabila nama,i, cun itulot na basahin hangan di tang̃ing ipagbaual ang mang̃a gayong libro,i, macasasamang lubha sa mang̃a caloloua; dahil dito,i, ang santa Iglesia, ang mang̃a nasabing Puno baga nang santa Iglesia, upang mahadlang̃an hangan macacayanan din lamang, ang gayong mang̃a calaguim-laguim na capahamacan, ay mayroong ibinigay sa atin nang mang̃a utos na paraang pagcacaquilanlan nang mang̃a libro, na, cun di pa tang̃ing ipinagbaual, ay dapat nating parahing baual; at cun sacali,t, basahin ay ipagcacasala natin nang casalanang daquila, na para rin cun basahin ang tang̃i nang ipinagbaual. Isusunod co ng̃ang sasaysayin dito ang mang̃a pang̃ulong utos na paraang aquing sinabi, at nang mapagquilala mo, guiniguilio cong bumabasa nito, ang dapat mong asalin tungcol dito sa lubhang mahalagang bagay na icaliligtas nang caloloua mo sa capahamacang ualang hangan.
II.
Ang caunaunaha,i, baual ang lahat na mang̃a libro sa Santong Casulatan na inihulog nang mang̃a ereje sa uicang castila, cun sa uicang tagalog, cun sa alin mang uica; cun sacali,t, cristiano man ang maghulog ay cun ualang pahintulot ang mang̃a Puno.—Caya ng̃a ang lahat na mang̃a libritong hang̃o sa santong Sulat sa bagong Testamento, na ipinagcacalat na limbag sa Oxfort at sa Hong-kong sa uicang castila at cung magcabihira,i, sa tagalog, ay pauang baual; sampon niyang mang̃a Evangeliong uicang castila cun tagalog caya, na iniing̃atan nang marami, cun isinasabit sa liig na parang anting-anting, ay baual din naman.
Ang icalaua,i, baual din ang mang̃a librong sadyang nagtutucoy, nagsasalita, cun nagtuturo caya nang calibugan, cahit doo,i, ualang nahahalong maling aral cun erejía caya.—Alinsunod dito,i, baual iyang lahat na mang̃a palasintaha,t, auit at corridong paraparang mahahalay, na totoong quinauiuilihang basahing nang caramihang mang̃a tagalog, lalaqui man at babayi man. ¡Daming ba pa nang mang̃a nang̃apapang̃anyayang caloloua dahil dito sa mang̃a tampalasang auit at palasintahan! Cun touirin ninyong mabuti ay agad matatalastas na ang pagcapang̃anyaya nang di mabilang na mang̃a bagong-tauo,t, dalaga,i, nagmula sa pagbasa nitong mang̃a baual na auit at palasintahan.
Ang icatlo,i, baual naman ang mang̃a devociones cun tauaguin, ang mang̃a panalang̃in, at mang̃a casulatang quinapapalamnan nang mang̃a pang̃acong sinung̃aling, na di umano,i, ang mang̃a gayo,t, gayon ay ualang di pangyayari.—Caya ng̃a,t, alinsunod dito,i, iyang mang̃a panalang̃in, at iyang mang̃a casulatan na di umano,i, nalaglag sa Lang̃it, at nasumpung̃ang nacababao sa santo Sepulcro, sa altar cayang pinagmimisahan nang santo Papa, at iba,t, iba pang ganito na ipinalimbag sa mang̃a panahong ito sa uicang castila ma,t, sa uicang tagalog, at ipinagcacalat na mainam nang mang̃a alagad nang demonio, ay pauang baual, at ipagcacasala nang sino man ang pagdarasal at ang pagbasa noon, pati nang pagcacalat at pagiing̃at niyon.
Ang icapat ay baual din naman ang lahat na mang̃a libro, mang̃a munting fojas, at munti man mang̃a casulatang nagtuturo nang panghuhula, panggagayuma, pangculam, at iba,t, iba pa.—Ayon dito,i, ipinagcacasala ang pagbasa,t, pag-iing̃at ang mang̃a lunario, cun tauaguin nang iba; at iyang lahat na mang̃a casulatang iniing̃atan nang mang̃a hang̃al na ualang namumuang̃an; na marahil cun caya iniing̃ata,t, pinaniniualaan ay di umano,i, sulat yaon nang mang̃a matatanda, na mang̃a hang̃al pa sa canila.
Ang icalima,i, baual na lahat ang mang̃a libro na hangan sa taon 1584 at hangan ng̃ayo,i, nilimbag ó lilimbaguing ualang itinuturong pang̃alan nang sumulat ó cumatha, nang nagpalimbag, nang pinaglilimbagan, pati nang panahong ipinagpalimbag; at cun sacali ma,t, may itinuro ang lahat nang ito,i, mang̃a hindi totoo ang itinuturo, at paconouari lamang;sapagca,t, ito,i, nagpapaquilalang dapat pang̃anibang may taglay na lico,t masasamang aral na di dapat basahin nang isang cristiano.—Alinsunod dito,i, ang lahat na mang̃a auit at corrido, na arao-arao,i, ipinalilimbag na ualang pahintulot, at ualang itinuturong may catha, (na palibhasa,i, iquinahihiya ang sinulat ay di ibig na maquilala) ay paraparang baual na lahat; lalong lalo na,t, ang caramihan niyang mang̃a auit ay mang̃a punong puno nang mang̃a camaliang di naayon sa mang̃a aral nang santa Iglesia.
Gayon din naman iyang mang̃a libro,t casulatang ipinagcacalat ng̃ayon sa uicang castila at sa uicang tagalog na uala ring itinuturong may gaua,t, may palimbag; at ang laman niyon ay pauang cabulaanang laban sa señor Arzobispo at sa mang̃a Pareng religioso, na pati nang mang̃a cagalang-galang na mang̃a Madre religiosa, ay di rin quinaalang-alang̃anan nang tampalasan nilang pluma, ay ang lahat na ganiyang mang̃a libro,t, casulatan ay baual na basahin, at ipagcacasala nang daquila ang pagbasa,t, pag-iing̃at noon, at lalong lalo na ang pagcacalat.
Pauang cabulaanan, uica co; sapagca,t, cun mapatotohanan nila sana ang canilang mang̃a sinasabi ay hindi nilang ipagmamacahiyang maalaman ang canilang mang̃a pang̃alan; at cun totoo sana ang laman niyang mang̃a carimarimaring sulat ay ualang sucat icatacot ang may catha man, ang lumimbag man, ó ang nagpapalimbag, at nagpapacalat caya, cahit sila,i, ipaghabla,t, isacdal sa Justicia nang mang̃a pinararatang̃an nila nang gayong mang̃a casamaan. Tunay ng̃a pala na ang mang̃a nagcacalat nang mang̃a gayong sulat na anónimo (ualang pang̃alan) ay sucat ipaquibilang sila sa mang̃a tauong ualang hiya!
Ang icaanim ay baual ang lahat na mang̃a librong sulatin cun ipang̃alat, na ang taglay na laman ay mang̃a maling caisipa,t, mang̃a aral na laban sa pinasasampalatayanan sa atin nang santa Iglesia.—Gaya nang̃a baga nang librong catha nang Dr. Rizal, na ang pang̃ala,i, Noli me tangere, na pinupuri,t, binabasang ualang agam-agam nang maraming natuturang cristiano, baga ma,t, sa pagbasang ito,i, nagcacamit sila nang casalanang daquila; sapagca,t, ang nasabing libro,i, punong puno nang mang̃a erejía,t, mang̃a aral na laban sa ating santa Religión.
Halos sa baua,t, fojas at sa baua,t, talata ay may mababasa roong mang̃a sabing sinung̃aling, mang̃a udyoc na capangahasan, mang̃a nacamumuhi,t, mahalay na iparing̃ig sa mang̃a tunay na cristiano, mang̃a paglalapastang̃an sa mang̃a cagalang-galang na Puno nang santa Iglesia at sa caramihang cristiano, mang̃a pagsisiphayo sa Dios, mang̃a camangmang̃a,t, cahunghang̃ang humihicayat sa pagcampi sa tacsil at sucab na si Lutero at sa iba pang mang̃a ereje, mang̃a aral na lubhang lihis at mang̃a erejíang tunay; ano pa,t, hangan sa umuudyoc upang houag sampalatayanang may Dios. Ang lahat nang ito,i, pauang mababasa diyan sa tampalasang libro, at caya baual na basahin, at ang pagbasa noo,i, isang lubhang mabigat na casalanan. At ang may catha noon, ang Dr. Rizal baga, cun taimtim sa caniyang loob ang mang̃a sinulat niya sa nasabing libro at hindi pa niya pinagsisisiha,t, tinatalicdan, ay dapat na ariin siyang tacsil at tampalasan sa Dios, ereje at excomulgado.
Tingni, mang̃a guiniguilio cong tagalog, tingni,t, masdan itong caauaaua capoua ninyong tagalog, na pinupuri nang marami sa inyo na parang ualang capara sa carunung̃an; ualang dao ga sino si Rizal; di umano,i, capurihan dao nang lahi ninyong tagalog, na sucat ninyong ipagparang̃alan. ¡Ay sa aba co! At lalong catampatang sabihin, na sucat inyong ipagmamacahiya ang gayong cahabag-habag na bulag na loob; sapagca,t, siyang caunaunahang tagalog na cusang gumamit nang caniyang camay sa pagsulat nang mang̃a catacot-tacot na catampalasanan sa Dios, sa ating santa Religión cristiana, at sa mang̃a sinasampalatayanan natin.
Bucod pa sa siya,i, tampalasan, ay hañgal pa naman sa madlang bagay; sapagca,t, cun siyasatin ang pagcagaua nang nasabing libro,i, isip ninyong hindi ang camay nang may bait na tauo, cundi ang paa nang isang mangmang ang isinulat noon; at halos sa lahat nang fojas ay mapagmamalas na ang gumaua,i, hang̃al na hang̃al sa paghahanay nang masanghayang pananalita, lalong lalo na sa uicang castila; ang totoong tang̃ing matatanghal doon ang sino man ay ang isang sucab at tacsil na pagcapoot niya sa ating santa Religión at sa España.
Ang icapito,t, catapusa,i, baual ang lahat na mang̃a librong malaqui ma,t, maliliit, ang mang̃a munting calat na casulatan, ang mang̃a diario, at balang nang sulat na ang laman ay lumalaban sa mang̃a aral nang santa Iglesia; ang tanang casulatang nagpupuri sa mang̃a camaliang hinati,t, sinala nang santo Papa, gaya nang mang̃a sinala ni Pio IX sa caniyang casulatang padala sa sangcacristianohan, nang 8 de Diciembre de 1864; ang balang nang sulat na cumucut-ya sa mang̃a Santong guinagalang nating sa mang̃a altar, cun nagsasalita caya nang mang̃a cabulaana,t, ipinataratang sa canila nang mang̃a gaua, mang̃a uica,t, mang̃a acalang di ucol sa cabanalan; ang lahat nang mang̃a librong nanunuya sa mang̃a Sacramento,t, sa mang̃a ugaling paraang na ipinag-uutos nang santa Iglesia sa pagmimisa, pagdarasal, at sa iba,t, ibang mang̃a gauang magaling; at sa cauacasa,i, ang dilang casulatang sa conouari ma,t, di conouari ay cumacampi sa mang̃a camaliang aral na laban sa pananampalataya at sa mang̃a mabanal na asal.—Laban dito sa cautusang itong bigay nang santo Papang si Pio IX, upang masaula ang mang̃a cristiano sa pagbasa nang mg̃a masasamang diario, ay hindi lamang nagcasala ang mang̃a bumabasa nang balang na sa mang̃a nasabing casulatan, cundi pa naman ang nang̃acacatulong sa pagpalimbag at sa pagcacalat, gaya baga cun limbaguin, ipagbili, bilhin, pasulat at iba pa.
Ang pitong utos na ito,i hang̃ong lahat sa libro nang indice sa naturang casulatan ni Pio IX na dapat nating talimahi,t, ganapin, cun tunay nating ibig na mapacagaling.
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III.
Bucod pa sa rito,i, cun caya gayon ang ipinag-uutos nang santa Iglesia sapagca,t, ito,i, utos din naman nang Dios, na turo sa atin nang catutubo nating bait; na cahit di ipagbaual nang santa Iglesia, at mauala man ang listahan nang mang̃a librong baual na, at cahit di nagcaroon nang mang̃a utos na paraang pagcacaquilanlan nang mang̃a masasamang libro, ay nagtuturo sa atin ang catutubo nating bait na di dapat basahin ang mang̃a gayong librong masasama. At sa catunaya,i, magsabi ca sa aquin: ¿di caya baga mabigat na casalanang laban sa icalimang utos nang Dios ang cumain cun uminum caya nang lasong icatatapus nang sariling buhay, at icamamatay nang ating catauan? Ay ano ¿di caya baga lalong mabigat na casalanan ang cumain nang lasong icatatapus nang buhay nang atin caloloua, na icamamatay baga niya dahil sa pagcauala sa caniya nang pananampalataya?
Diyata,i, pinatotohanan co sa iyo na ualang mabisang lasong icamamatay nang ating catauan na sucat mapara sa lasong taglay nang masasamang libro; lasong sacdal nang bisa sa icasisira nang pananampalataya,t, icamamatay tuloy nang ating caloloua; lason ng̃ang camatay-matay na capag nahahalata nating nasisilid sa ano mang casulatan ay catungculan nating pang̃ilagan, at cun dili,i, magcacamit tayo nang mabigat na casalanan cun ituloy nating basahin. Caya ng̃a ualang maimatouid ang maraming bumabasa nang mang̃a librong limbag ma,t, sulat camay, gaya nang mang̃a cay Rizal, na ang itinututol nila,i, di pa ipinagbaual; sapagca,t, cun di pa tang̃ing ipinagbaual, ay baual na talaga, ayon sa mang̃a cautusang sinasaysay na; at bucod pa sa rito,i, capag naquiquitang may lason nang mang̃a erejía at mang̃a lisiyang aral ay ipinagbabaual nang catutubo nating bait, na nagpapaquilala sa ating yao,i, utos nang Dios. Sucat na lamang na sabihin sa iyo nang Confesor ó nang ibang mabait na Sacerdote, cun nang iba pa mang tauo na nacacaalam, at cahit icao man ang Páhiná 19macamasid na ang gayong libro,i, masama, at pagdaca,i, dapat mong bitiua,t, ibigay sa iyong Confesor cun sa iyong Amang Cura, at cun dili caya ipagatong mo sa apoy; sapagca,t, cun pabayaan mo muna sa bahay may pang̃anib na mabasa; at ang cusang lumalagay sa pang̃anib ay diyan siya mapapang̃anyaya, uica nang Dios Espíritu Santo.
Caya ng̃a, cristianong bumabasa nito, ay houag cang paraya sa iyong sarili, na gaya nang ibang marami na ang acala,i, hindi totoong nacacapahamac ang pagbasa nang mang̃a masasamang libro; sapagca,t, hindi masama lamang, cundi casamasamaan ang quinasasapitan nang sumusuay sa mang̃a utos na ito. ¡Ay capatid co! Sinong macapagsasalaysay nang mang̃a casiraang nangyayari sa mang̃a caloloua dahil sa pagbasa nang Páhiná 20mang̃a masasamang libro? Ang uica nang P. Doctor Sardá: «na ang isang masamang librong may taglay na mang̃a tacsil na udyoc, cun mang̃a mahahalay ang halimbaua ay higuit ang casamaan sa mapagcanulong caibigan, higuit ang cahunghang̃an sa mahunghang na maestro, at lalong dapat capootan sa magdaraya,t, mapaghibong tauo.
Ualang imic-imic, at di nang̃adaramdaman ay unti-unting binabagbag ang puso, inililigao ang lalong matalinong isip, sinisira ang lalong maayos na cabaitan, hinihila ang calooban sa mang̃a lisiyang asal, pinupucao ang mang̃a mahahalay na pita, pinapaniniig sa maruruming gaua at malibughaang casalanan». ¿Ano caya ang dahil na yaong binatang dating mabait at masunurin sa magulang ay ng̃ayo,i, naguíng mapagyabang at ualang cahihiyan? Cun ano,t, yaong dalagang dating masayang loob at mahinhing asal ay ng̃ayo,i, laguing namamanglao at caguitla-guitlang ugali? Cun sino ang nagnacao sa canila nang cabaitan, nang cahinhinan, nang casayahan nang loob, sampon nang casiglahan nang canilang catauan?
¡Ay sa aba co! Yaon palang tampalasang libro, yaong mahalay na auit, yaong carumal-dumal na palasintahan, yaong maruruming tula, na paraparang pinatutuloy sa bahay nang ualang pag-iing̃at na magulang! ¡Ay sa aba ninyo, mang̃a magulang! at cayo ng̃a ang hihing̃ang sulit nitong mang̃a casiraang iquinapapahamac nang di mabilang na mang̃a masasama na di ninyo pinalalayo sa inyong bahay at sa camay at mata nang inyong mang̃a anac! Sapagca,t, maniuala cayo,t, dili, ay uuliting cong sabihin ang sinabi co nang madalas: Ay nagcacasala nang daquilang casalanan ang sino mang cristiano, na baga ma,t, natatalastas niyang baual, ó dapat man lamang ipagbaual, ay bumabasa nang mang̃a tampalasang libro. At di lamang nagcacasala ang bumabasa nang mang̃a librong yaon, cundi pa naman ang nag-iing̃at, sapagca,t, utos nang santa Iglesia na ibigay sa mang̃a Puno, cun dili caya,i, sunuguin. At nagcacasala rin nang daquila ang magpahiram sa ibang ualang pahintulot sa pagbasa nang masasamang libro.
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IV.
Alinsunod dito sa mang̃a sinabi co magpahang̃an ng̃ayo,i, marahil nasain mo, cristianong bumabasa, ang ilang malinao,t, tapat na hatol, na parang pinacareglang aalinsunurin; na cun sundin mo naman ay macapang̃ing̃ilag ca sampon nang iyong mang̃a casambahay, mang̃a caibigan nama,t, caquilala, sa mang̃a daquilang pang̃anib na laguing nasusumpung̃an sa pagbasa nang mang̃a masasamang libro. Isasaysay co ng̃a sa iyo ang mang̃a inaacala cong lalong quinacailang̃an at lalong bagay sa pagtatamo nang ninanasa nating paquinabang.
Una-una. Capag banta mong bumili cun bumasa nang anomang libro, munti ma,t, malaqui man, nang diariong may mang̃a lamina,t, uala, nang auit man, tula man, maguing limbag maguing sulat camay, ay bago mong bilhin ó basahin ay dapat mong usisain muna cun baual, cun dili caya; ó cun dapat maguing baual sapagca,t, masama.—Ang pag-uusisa nito,i, nacacailang̃ang siyasatin mo cun ang librong bibilhin ó babasahin ay natatamaan nang alin man sa mang̃a pitong utos na paraang pagcacaquilanlan nang mang̃a librong dapat na ipagbaual, na baual na talaga; at ang lalong maigui sa lahat ay magtanong ca sa Confesor, cun sa Cura caya, cun sa canino mang banal na sacerdote; at ang paraan na ito,i, lalong magaling, sapagca,t, malalayo ca sa pang̃anib nang pagcacamali.
Icalaua. Dapat mong tandaang pinacalandas di dapat sinsayan ang houag bumili, at houag bumasa nang ano mang libro, auit, at casulatang uala sa unang fojas na may lubos na pahintulot ang mañga PUNO. Sapagca,t, ang ayao huming̃i nang pahintulot sa mang̃a Puno ay marahil hindi cristiano, at cun ganoon sucat nang ipaquibilang sa mang̃a baual ang quinathang libro; at cun cristiano naman, at ayao huming̃i nang pahintulot ay hayag siyang souail na cristiano, at masasapantahang magtuturo nang camalian.
Tanto cong magaling na yaong ibang libro,i, di nagcacailang̃an nang pahintulot, at nang mailimbag; at mababasa ng̃a cahit uala ang gayong pahintulot; datapoua,t, sang-ano man ang pag-iing̃at tungcol dito,i, alang̃an pa; sapagca,t, sa casamaang nang mang̃a panahong quinalalag-yan natin ay pati sa mang̃a librong di nagcacailang̃an nang pahintulot, cun magcabihira,i, iguiniguiit din ang mang̃a erejía at mang̃a lisiyang aral: caya ng̃a cailang̃an din sumigao na ualang tugot: ¡Caing̃at cayo sa mang̃a masasamang libro,t, casulatan!
Napagunaua mo na marahil, na sa toui cong sinasabing cailang̃an ang pahintulot nang mang̃a Puno, ang tinutucoy cong mang̃a Puno ay ang sa santa Iglesia, ang Santo Papa baga at ang mang̃a Poong Obispo, palibhasa,i, sila na lamang ang macahahatol nang cagaling̃an at casamaan nang ano mang libro.
Icatlo. Cun totoong totoo,t, ninanasa mong houag magcamali dito sa daquilang bagay na ito, ang lalong mabisang paraan, na nasasaclauan nang lahat na mang̃a ibang paraang iyong mapipili, ay ito ng̃a: Na houag cang bumili, at houag bumasa nang ano mang libro, diario, auit at ano mang casulatan na di ca maquipagsanguni muna sa iyong Confesor, sa iyong Amang Cura, cun sa ibang banal na Sacerdote. At ito rin ang dapat mong ipasunod sa iyong mang̃a nasasacupan. Sapagca,t, doon pa sa mang̃a librong hindi masama, at may pahintulot ang mang̃a Puno sa paglimbag, ay marami rin ang di mo nararapat basahin, sapagca,t, marahil macasasama sa iyo; at caya ualang macapaghahatol sa iyo nang tapat gaya nang mang̃a may catungculang magsaquit sa icagagaling nang iyong caloloua.
Sundin mo ng̃a, guilio cong cristiano, itong mang̃a bilin co sa iyo, at ipasunod mo naman sa iyong mang̃a nasasacupan, at hindi ninyong icapapang̃anyaya ang mang̃a masasamang casulatan. At cun sacali,t, dala nang di ninyo carunung̃an nang dacong arao ay may pinatuloy cayo sa inyong bahay na mang̃a librong masasama ay inyong pagsicapang hanapin, ay dalhin ninyo agad sa Amang Cura cun sa Confesor, na ito ng̃a ang lalong magaling; ng̃uni,t, cun di ninyo magagaua ito,i, sunuguin ninyong tambing. Sunuguin, sunuguing ualang aua,t, hinayang sa salaping ibinili niyong mang̃a libro, at nang houag cayo,i, masunog sa infierno dahilan sa canila.
¡Ay capatid co! cun tularan mo sana ang magandang halimbauang ipinaquita niyaong isang babaying nang̃ang̃alacal nang libro, ayon sa sinasalita ni P. Mach sa caniyang librong «Tesoro del Catequista»:
Nang malapit nang mangyari yaong balitaa,t, malaquing pagcagulo doon sa caharian nang Francía, ay may isang babaying nang̃ang̃alacal nang libro na dinatnan nang balita, na si P. Borgar (Beauregard) ay lubhang mariquit na magsermon, na caya ng̃a hinahang̃aan siya nang lahat na taga Paris.
Dala nang balitang ito,i napasa simbahan nang Nuestra Señora de Paris ang nasabing babayi, at gayac siyang maquiquinyig nang pang̃ang̃aral nang Pareng yaon; at nagcataon naman na ang mang̃a sinasabi nang Pare noong gabing yaon ay pauang nauucol sa mang̃a masasamang libro. Ang naturang babayi, baga ma,t, timtima,t, may puri, ay nagbibili nang mang̃a librong laban sa ating santa Religión at laban din sa magagaling na asal. Anaqui nabulagan siya nang casaquiman sa salapi, gaya nang pagcabulag nang maraming naglalaco,t, nang̃ang̃alacal nang mang̃a mahahalay na palasintahan, auit, corrido at iba,t, iba pang mang̃a masasamang casulatan, at di nila inaanumana ang mang̃a casalanang di mabilang na quinacamtan nila, at ang mang̃a quinacamtan nang iba dahilan sa canila.
Ng̃uni,t, ang babaying yao,i, dahil sa pang̃ang̃aral nang Pare ay iminulat niya ang mata nang caniyang isip, caya,t, napagquilala, na ang mang̃a tampalasang librong lumalaban sa santa Religión, at umaaquit sa maruruming hilig nang catauan, ay parang bucal nang camatay-matay na lasong sumisira sa caloloua,t, puso nang tauo; at ang mang̃a nagpapalimbag, nagbibili, cun tumutulong sa papaano mang paraan nang pagcacalat sa mang̃a gayong libro ay catulad nang mang̃a manglalason; at darating ang arao, at sila,i, hihing̃an nang Pang̃inoong-Dios nang mahigpit na pagsusulit sa mang̃a caguluha,t, casalanang nangyari dahil sa canila.
Halos di ng̃a magcasiya sa loob nang babaying yaon ang sisi sa sarili, at napag-unaua na ang pang̃ang̃alacal niya,i, lubhang di carapat-dapat sa isang calolouang may iniing̃atan pang cahihiyan at pagquilala sa Dios; caya ng̃a,t, minabuti niyang lisanin magpacailan man ang paghahanap buhay na yaon. Nang matapus ang sermon ay tinung̃o niya ang bahay nang Pare, at nagsabi sa caniya nang ganito: Aquin napagquiquilala, Ama co, ang cadaquilaan nang aquing pagcacasala sa pagbibili co nang mang̃a masasamang libro; ng̃uni,t, yayang minulan na ninyo ang paggamot sa aquing caloloua,i, lubusin ninyong pagcagaling̃in: pumaroon po cayo sa aquing tindahan, tignan ninyo ang mang̃a librong naroroon, at sunuguin po ninyo ang lahat na mamasamain ninyo.
Sang-ano man ang maguing capang̃aluguihan co, at mauala man sa aquin ang lahat cong mang̃a tinubo, ay mamagaanin cong lahat, houag lamang mapacasama ang aquing caloloua. Pinuri ni P. Borgar ang gayong magandang banta, at nang̃acong tutulong̃an siya sa pagganap nang caniyang ninanasa. Quinabucasa,i, naparoon siya, ibinucod ang mang̃a masasamang libro,t, itinuro sa babayi, na quinuha nito,t, isinugbang lahat sa isang malaquing siga na caniyang inihanda. Ang halaga nang mang̃a sinunog na libro,i, mahiguit dao sa sanglibo,t, dalauang daang piso; at magmula noo,i, pinagtiticahan niyang mahigpit na hindi na magbibili nang mang̃a ibang libro, cundi yaon lamang macapagpapagaling sa mang̃a caloloua.
¡Tularan naua itong magandang halimbaua nang mang̃a sederang naglalaco nang mang̃a bagay bagay na auit at masasamang libro! Tularan mo rin ng̃a, guiniguilio cong bumabasa, cun sacali,t, sa mang̃a nacaraang arao,i, di ca nagpacaing̃at capara nitong babayi; at tungcol sa haharaping arao ay houag cang lumihis munti man sa mang̃a itinuro sa iyo dito sa libritong ito. At isinasamo co pa sa iyo na ipaquilala mo ang libritong ito sa iyong mang̃a hinlog, mang̃a catoto,t, mang̃a caquilala, at nang sila nama,i, gumanap nang mang̃a bilin dito: at cun magcaganoon ay mahahadlang̃an ang marami sa mang̃a capahamacang dala nang masasamang libro,t, casulatan.
¡Loobin naua nang catamis-tamisang Puso ni Jesús at nang calinis-linisang Puso ni Maria, sampon nang maloualhating Poon san José, na pagpalain nila,t, gauaran nang mahal nilang bendición itong munti cong pagod, upang mapaquinabang̃an nang mang̃a caloloua, at mapatungcol na lahat sa lalong capurihan nang Dios. Siya naua.
Fr. José Rodriguez
Religioso sa Orden ni san Agustin.
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Hi Bert,
ReplyDeleteThis is a thoughtful column. Hopefully most of your thoughts. Catholicism is indeed the handicap of the Filipino. They truly have the medieval version and even that they have managed to misinterpret.
I am not sure that there is ever any solution. The alternative is not that much better. The man in the street American has a fundamentalist Protestant belief even more primitive than the worst Catholicism.
Red Neck fundamentalism is destructive to all who come even close to it. At least Philippine Catholicism only rapes and plunders its adherents, it leaves all the non-adherents in peace.
The Philippines is doomed to failure until it goes secular, primarily becasue the first mandate of catolicism is to destroy any culture and replace it with blind belief in the infalibility and onmipotence of the Mother Church, which absolutely prohibits any uncontrolled progress.
Regards Graham
Hi Bert,
ReplyDeleteYou are an ex-Seminarian! I am an ex-Catholic. When I was 14, I wanted to be a priest. But, in the one year to age 15, during which time I read much world history, I gave up God, Catholicism, and all religions as illogical and inferior concepts.
Later, in Baguio, I met a 21-year old New York Jew without a God; she had given up Judaism at age six: she told her mother that she found the Biblical stories unbelievable. I found her such a unique phenomenon in the Philippines--with a Math magna cum laude from an Ivy League school-- that I asked to marry her after one date. She said yes! I was 22. I saw me violating my goal to commit suicide at age 23 and get married at age 89, to an Annette Nicole Smith.
I only believe in Good, and despite that I do evil things, such as writing you email when I could be focused on uncovering more of the properties of an 11-dimensional universe the way Einstein and Relativity and Quantum theorists uncovered the behavior of a 4-dimensional universe and gave us lasers, transistors, color TV, xerography, email, and the best firecracker in the world.
Relativity and quantum theorists in Einstein's time never did manage to reconcile the contradictions between Relativity and quantum theory.
Yet, both theories worked perfectly in their spheres. Relativity explained very well the properties of large bodies of matter such as galaxies, stars (Marilyn Monroe), and my relatives. Quantum theory did fine with extremely tiny bits of matter, atomic or sub-atomic in size, like my brain smaller than an atom or quark and thus probably smaller than a pea-- is that a correct deduction?
So, it became a Holy Grail among physicists to resolve the contradictions between my relatives and quanta, and come up with a so-called Theory of Everything. Lately the Theory of Everything has evolved into a String Theory of the Universe that has succeeded at the reconciliation by starting with the assumption that the universe has 11 dimensions, not just four as Einstein stated, with time as the 11th dimension.
In an 11 dimensional universe, not only is there matter but also anti-matter. Universes as huge or bigger than ours may exist right beside us, or on top of us, or occupy the same space that we do. In the 11 dimensional frame, gravity is a weak force because it leaks among universes.
If the hypothesis of an 11 dimensional universe is true, is there a God in each separate dimensional set? A 4-dimensional God? A 5-dimensional one? Etc.? I do not know. Do you? Without waiting for your reply, may I nominate you as a God of either a 7-dimensional or 9-dimensional one--your choice.
But, Jo Ma Sison is such an inferior mind that I can only see him in a zero or negative dementia universe.
Christ did not know Relativity or Quantum theory. I don't think he even knew that the world was round. The poor fellow may have lived in only 2 dimensions, like the characters of Pulp Fiction.
We economists live in multi-dimensional universes. When we forecast economic stuff, one dimension in our analysis may be interest rates, another dimension may be money supply, yet another housing starts, still another the exchange rate, and so on up to 50 or 1,000 independent dimensions.
We come up with such precise forecasts in our mathematical models that I can tell that you come from a large family consisting of 4.376 brothers and 2.2072 sisters, and you are the 3.578th member of your family.
We Filipinos still have to find the dimensions that enable us to prosper like Asian Tigers. Religion is surely not among the useful dimensions. Neither is Marxism. But, competitive Darwinism on a global scale, if we traveled that road, would speed up our progress a lot.
I find that you are too academic in your approach. You have to be a Philosopher King to be useful.
Translation: You must be a discoverer like King Kong shouting Land Ho, enabling us to reach the miracle known as Ho Kong--er-- Hong Kong: very globally competitive at merchandise and finance and hence now the richest economic in Asia, outperforming Japan.
When will you join my Philippine Export Proletarian Corp, PEPC, manufacturer of Pepsi, competing globally with Hong Coke? We welcome Gods as members.
Norman Madrid in New York
Hello Graham,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback.
I agree with you that it is a tough challenge to change the way Christian Filipinos think and practice their religion as termed split-level christianity. We can not expect much improvement towards mature beliefs if even their clerics are medieval in their beliefs and thus actions.
Regards,
Bert
Hey Norman,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your input.
Frankly, I do not hate nor consider my past as useless. I write about religion to "rock the boat," to highlight the inconsistencies and/or hypocrisies of self-proclaimed Christians.
And I love learning more about religion (and various world religions) because much of western history revolved around it (as other cultures, i.e. Jewish and Islam,etc revolve around their faiths to a great degree).
Anyway, I enjoyed your response with the voluptous women injected into them. You seem pretty bright, you should pass on your knowledge to the poor fellow Pinoys left behind.
Looks like you read "God's Equation."
Regards
Bert
Hi Bert,
ReplyDeleteI agonize for hours about how to "save" the Filipino from himself.
As you know we are shortly to have an election here. Religion and politics have both become the same subconscious conspiracy for power and are mutually reinforcing.
Just as easily as the masses will accept that some creature in heaven will help them, just so they dutifully vote any Govenor, Mayor, or Barangay Captain's Carabao, or even his dog, into office, based on this same "Faith".
Faith truly is the ability to believe the unbelievable.
We know people inserted into bizarre environments take on the environment as "normal"
The Filipino is trapped in a most bizarre environment created by the religious and political surroundings here.
Unfortunately there is no escape for them.
Nearly 10,000,000 Filipinos are being born every year and Gloria is building only 10,000 classrooms a year and not producing any credible strategies or teaches to carry them out.
But we all know that God will help as long as the Priests bypass Luther and keep God working on the problems.
Regards Graham
Hello Graham,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate how you feel. We both can safely assume that many more feel as you do.
You aptly cited the feeling that many of our fellow countrymen seem to "leave to God" the solving of their problems - an attitude and behavior brought about by religiously-reinforced fatalism.
I do not know if Martin Luther would be of help since his teachings turned out to be actually conservative (he defended the princes from rebellious peasants-- maybe due to the fact that a patron-prince saved his skin from the Catholic Church).
Many say education is needed, I agree. The questions become what kind of education and for what? Should be beyond being able to read and write, i.e. should in the end be for functional literacy --ability to think critically...and to foster Filipino nationalism....
But how do you implement/attain these objectives when the IMF/WB since the Marcos Dictatorhip to the present esentially told our rulers where to direct our educational system, (lending to us was predicated on following IMF/WB "recommended" programs, as in education)!
Do you think we can change it peacefully through reform, through our present/future rulers?
Regards,
Bert
Australia built a first-world country with 11 million non aboriginals. South Africa built a first-world country with 4 million non-natives. Canada built a first-world country with 20 million poor uneducated immigrants.
ReplyDeleteJapan has only 124 million people. Korea even less and Taiwan less still.
We have 84 million people. If we cannot create our own game we deserve all the shit we get.
We have been prostitutes, first to the Catholic Church then to capitalism,the IMF, and WTO etc.
Nobody wants to pay the price of actually having to take responsibility for their country. We always blame circumstances for our indolence and failure.
Why do you want peaceful change. Peaceful change is another word for status quo. The mayors, governors, and politicians shoot each other every week in the guise of "peaceful change". All one can say is that change, in whatever
guise, should occur. If it is not worth dieing for, why waste your time, because the same rotten apples and their progeny will just rise to the top again.
We want our cake and then eat it. We want change but nothing that will be uncomfortable. We certaunly don't want change which may take something from us and give it to a more deserving cause.
Personally I dont think the Poor are a more deserving cause, but the Poor are not the National problem. They exist in equal ratios in every non-aboriginal culture.
Politics uses the "poor" as a diversion to hide the real problems.
Serious revolution never affects the poor because they will always be poor.
Serious revolution gets the scoundrels, who have become entrenched in the system, and makes them either dead or incapitated. This is always a change in an unknown direction. At least it can't be worse than the status quo,otherwise why change anything.
The Philippines has inadverantly done a very smart thing which will
ultimately destroy it but not until the non-American New World Order kicks in.
Shipping its achievers offshore takes the pressure off the government to ever have to do anything.
we know that the 6/49 lottery has odds of winning at 23 million to one.Every week we buy a ticket on the off chance that "We" may be the one to win.
The Filipino dream of "perhaps" one day being an OFW is the true opium of the masses. As long as at lease one in every family has a "possible" chance of getting out, nobody is ever going to rock the boat.
The 23 million minus 1 losers are just the whiners who did not make it,nobody cares about them.
The tragedy is that the sick lame and lazy who are left behind here become more and more incapable of defending themselves and become more victimized,while the lottery winners thank their God for their good fortune and can't wait to retire back home as overlords, buying up all the property the locals could never afford and paying their Yaya's and helpers the least possible wage.
This is the human condition and not exclusive to the Filipino. It is just that this is the time in history when some countries are going to make it and some are not. More the tragedy that we are not going to get a shot at true independent Nationhood. We will not end up saying. " At least we did it our way" whatever it turns out to be.
I fear we will always be like Nicole Smith, a whining prostitute, blaming others for her not fulfiling our job description.
Regards, Graham
Graham,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately there is a lot of truism/validity in your comments:
-we especially the so-called educated ones, want change while doing nothing to effect them (we can not expect/nor blame the ignorant majority). We are the smart, educated ones, who should understand the issues and act on them, right?
"Those who profess to favor freedom
and yet deprecate agitation
are men who want crops without
plowing up the ground;
they want rain without thunder and
lightning.
They want the ocean without the
awful roar of its waters.
This struggle may be a moral one
or it may be a physical one
or it may be both moral and physical
but it must be a struggle.
Power concedes nothing without a
demand
It never did, and never will." – Frederick Douglass, American Abolitionist, Lecturer, Author and Slave, 1817-1895)
or
"If the people are not completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own." - George Washington, shortly after the end of the American Revolution
"The day on which you would see me in the clutches of the friars, do not waste time making petitions or uttering complaints or lamentations — it is useless. Try to put another in my place who may avenge me and make them pay dearly for my misfortune! If I would see a son of mine in the mouth of a shark, I would not try to pull him out — for it is useless and all I would achieve is to destroy him — I would kill the shark if possible, and if not, I would waylay him!"
ReplyDelete-Dr. Jose Rizal to Mariano Ponce
Paris, 18th April 1889
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"When the people is gagged; when its dignity, honor, and all its liberties are trampled; when it no longer has any legal recourse against the tyranny of its oppressors; when its complaints, petitions, and groans are not attended to; when it is not permitted even to weep; when even the last hope is wrested from its heart; then..! then..! then..! it has left no other remedy but to take down with delirious hand from the infernal altars the BLOODY and SUICIDAL DAGGER of REVOLUTION!!!"
Dr. Jose Rizal,
To Our Dear Mother Country, Spain, 10 October 1889
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“I am readying myself for death. I am making arrangements for what I will leave behind and am preparing myself for any eventuality; Laong Laan is my real name. That is why I wish to finish the second volume of Noli at any cost and if it is possible, I do not wish to leave what I have begun without anyone to continue it…
May our compatriots there obey the voice of their heart and devote the precious time of their youth to something great, which is worthy of them.
We do not have the good luck of other young men who can dispose of their time and their future.
We have upon as A DUTY; TO REDEEM OUR MOTHER FROM HER CAPTIVITY; our mother is pawned; WE MUST REDEEM HER before we amuse ourselves.”
-Dr. Jose Rizal to M. H. del Pilar
Brussels, 11 June 1890
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"Oh I tell you that our Catholic religion is no longer a religion of God; no I deny it. God ought not to be responsible for such a religion."
-Rizal to Blumentritt
Paris, 15 July 1889
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"It is a grievous consequence of hatred of the friars that my aged mother, who was so devout and pious, now does not want to believe any more. She says that everything is deceit, the friars have neither faith nor religion. She wants to believe only in God and the Virgin Mary, and nothing more. And like my aged mother so are my sisters, and like them are many women of the Philippines. Look, Spain, look, Catholicism, at the immediate consequence of your policy."
-Dr. Rizal to Blumentritt, Hong Kong, 31 January 1892
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“We are children, we are the latestborn. But our hearts beats high, and tomorrow we shall be full-grown men who will know how to defend their hearts and homes. We are children, yes but nothing daunts us, neither wave nor storm or thunder. With strong right arm and unclouded brow WE SHALL KNOW HOW TO FIGHT IN THE HOUR OF DANGER. Our hands shall take up in turn those instruments of sovereign reason, the SWORD the pen, the SPADE!”
A Talisay de Laong Laan
Dapitan (circa 1895)
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http://j-rizal.blogspot.com/
To all who may read this page.
ReplyDeleteTo equate Philippine Catholicism to medieval catholicism is something that we Filipinos should be very proud. The Liberal masonic ideals of Rizal and of those who echo his inaccurate portrayal of the Filipino mind and heart could not be more wrong. Given that Philippine Catholicism is really as negative and as medieval as they project it on their masonic propaganda, it would be safe to conclude that by now there are no more Filipino Catholics left to defend the church. But to the surprise of the liberal masons and close minded rizalist, there are still millions of us who are just behind the scenes, observing the ugly moves of the liberal masonic powers that so corrupted our country. We shall know the tree by its fruits. Many a corrupt politician, power madened military, unjust judges, cheating comelec commisioners and profit poisoned businesmen in the Philippines are either freemasons or just pure evil, the difference between the two can't be distinguished.
In the other hand, we see many catholic faithful who by force of the catholic values left the country to earn a living abroad to educate and feed their children since there are no more Jobs in the county that would allow basic survival much more the chance to be educated. Much of the blame can be pointed to the decadent corruption in government, a government built under masonic principles and practices.
Almost 8 million of them, around 5 million may be catholics fills up the catholic churches wherever we they in the world. In the secular first world, the faith keeps these people grounded and sane. While the powerful masonic decadence continues to inflict suffereing in the Philippines, the catholic mind abroad is being nurtured to grow into a force that would someday counter the pestilence that plague the beautiful catholic country. The liberal masonic propaganda that hailed Rizal as a Hero and even a demigod will soon meet its match. The new awareness that the masonic word for enlightenment points to darkness that now engulfed the islands will begin to reach Filipino Minds and destroy the plague of our nation.
Fundamentalism is relative. A liberal agnostic or atheistic mason can be a fundamenalist to this belief system. A filipina maid who goes to church every sunday in a foreign land to pray for her family in the Philippines can be called ignorant or fundamentalist catholic faithful. But at least the fundamentalist filipina earns money for her family's survival in an honest way. In the other hand, back in the Philippines the fundamentalist liberal masonic tongressman,military commander, judge, and comelec commisioners all contribute to the downfall of the Filipino race.
OFW remittance rescues our economy from certain doom, Masonic devilry in Philippine government pushed our country to hell. Two fruits from different trees.
You shall know the tree by is fruit. Fellow Filipino catholics which tree would you cut and burn? Which tree would you let flourish for the sake of the next generation?