Romeo
Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by romeo.macapobre in Oplan Pepe
1. How do you feel now about your religion? Compare this to how you felt about it as you were growing up and vs. what you were taught.
i do not follow any religion at this time. growing up i was taught to fear existence and to fear life. i was taught to memorise long winded prayers which i barely took into heart. i lived in fear and guilt. i was taught self hate and superstition.
2. What brought about your new view of the church or its priests? Did you feel any guilt over your decision?
although i was born into catholicism, i manage to break away from it after years of learning about science, philosophy and especially history. if people knew more about these three things, then i’d think religion will play a lesser role in religious people’s lives.
3. What do you think about the Church’s meddling in state issues such as the Reproductive Health Bill and the Magna Carta of Women?
i believe the church is entitled to its own opinion about these issues. what they are not entitled to is deliberate misinformation and fear mongering. it is thus fustrating when the media or society itself is indifferent about it. as we have learned from history whenever any church dictates over the state, civil liberties disappear. scientific and social progress slows or worse halted. The RH bill will stir us in the right direction to manage the population individually without coercion. While the magna carta of women eliminates discrimination against women.
4. Anything else you might want to add about your insights on church, religion and the meddling modern day Padre Damasos in our midst?
I think the church should be treated, meaning taxed and audited, like any other business. And the institution must be held liable for criminal offenses like hiding a criminal (pedophiles).