RESPONSE:
DEAR PROFESSOR CLARITA,
YOUR STORY ABOUT THE NUN PUNISHING YOU INSTEAD OF ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION WAS NICE BUT IT LACKS CREDIBILITY. THAT STORY IS POPULAR AMONG ANTI-CATHOLICS AND IT HAS BEEN USED SO MUCH TO THE POINT THAT IT HAS BECOME A ‘MYTH’ OR A ‘LEGEND’. SO YOUR CLAIM IS EPIC FAIL.
THE NUNS TEACHING IN THE SCHOOLS DURING MY CHILDHOOD WERE VERY KIND, HUMBLE AND FRIENDLY. THEY WERE ALSO HIGHLY EDUCATED AND VERY PROFESSIONAL. THAT IS THE REASON WHY CATHOLIC EDUCATION IS HIGHLY RESPECTED NOW AND EVEN FROM THE PAST, BOTH HERE AND ABROAD.
NOW, PRETENDING THAT YOUR ‘MYTH’ IS REAL LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. THE ICONS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES ARE HAVING WHITE COMPLEXION AND LONG NOSE BECAUSE:
- JESUS AND MARY WERE WHITE IN COMPLEXION TYPICAL OF THE JEWISH ANCESTRY.
- THE ARTISTS WHO MADE THEM CHOSE TO USE THOSE COLORS.
IF YOU ARE NOT IGNORANT OF FILIPINO ICONOGRAPHY YOU SHOULD HAVE VISITED QUIAPO AND SEE THAT THE LORD NAZARENE IMAGE THERE IS BLACK IN COMPLEXION AS WELL AS THE STO. NINO DE CEBU AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN OF PENAFRANCIA AS WELL AS BUON VIAJE IN ANTIPOLO. OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE IGNORANT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE AFRICAN IMAGES OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED MOTHER AS THERE ARE CHINESE OR JAPANESE OR KOREAN ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THEM.
WELL, BY GOING TO U.P. YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH INSTEAD YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR MYTH INSIDE YOUR HEAD AND THEREFORE NOW YOU ARE BELIEVING YOUR OWN MYTH.
CONCERNING THE CLAIM OF THE ALLEGED “RETIRED PRIEST” THAT HELL WAS INVENTED BY THE CHURCH TO CONTROL PEOPLE WITH FEAR OUR RESPONSE IS SIMPLE: “VERY PATHETIC”.
THE ACCUSATION IS PREPOSTEROUS AND THAT ALLEGED RETIRED PRIEST IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE. WHO IS HE? IF HE IS TRULY A RETIRED PRIEST THEN HE MUST BE INSANE. EXCUSE ME, CAN PEOPLE BE TERRIFIED BY HELL? IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL FEAR YOU HAVE TO TERRORIZE THEM AND CONTROL THEM BY GUNS AND BY KNIVES. THE COMMUNIST ATHEISTS CONTROL PEOPLE BY SOWING FEAR AMONG THEM USING ARMED NPA REBELS, THE SYNDICATE BOSSES ARE CONTROLLING PEOPLE USING DEATH SQUAD AND GOONS WHILE THE GOVERNMENT USES THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY AS WELL AS IMPOSITION OF TAXES TO CONTROL THE PEOPLE.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS NO MILITARY COMPONENT. WE DO NOT CONTROL THE TAXES. IF OUR INTENTION IS TO CONTROL PEOPLE WE WILL NOT RELY ON MERE STORIES TO CONTROL THEM. SUCH A CLAIM IS VERY FUNNY AND SIMPLY UNCONVINCING. INSTEAD, PEOPLE BELIEVE OUR TEACHING ABOUT HELL AS TRUE BECAUSE EVERY HUMAN PERSON HAS AN INNATE SENSE OF JUSTICE. PEOPLE KNOW INSTINCTIVELY WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS EVIL. DEEP WITHIN THE NATURE OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON THERE IS A CALL TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND AVOID WHAT IS EVIL WHICH WE CALL CONSCIENCE. AND EVERY HUMAN PERSON ONCE HURT BY INJUSTICE CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND REPARATION FOR THE HARM DONE. THUS, WHEN THE CHURCH TELLS THEM THAT THERE IS A HELL TO PUNISH THE MOST EVIL OF MEN IT IS NOT BASED ON FEAR ALONE BUT ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE SENSE OF JUSTICE ROOTED IN THE INNER BEING OF EACH HUMAN PERSON: EVERY GOOD DEEDS SHALL BE HONORED AND REWARDED WHILE GRAVE EVIL ACTS SHALL BE PUNISHED.
THAT PRINCIPLE IS THE ROOT OF THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE AND ACADEMIC EXAMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS IN BUSINESS OR CORPORATE WORLD. IF THERE IS A JAIL OR PENALTIES FOR EVIL HUMAN ACTS IN THIS WORLD THERE WILL ALSO BE PERFECT JUSTICE IN THE LIFE TO COME.
THAT RETIRED PRIEST HAS NO AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAUSE HE IS NOT OUR HIGHER AUTHORITY ON MATTERS OF FAITH AND MORALS. HE CAN EXPRESS HIS OWN OPINION BUT IT’S JUST THAT A CHEAP OPINION OF A RETIRED PRIEST. OUR MAGISTERIAL AUTHORITY IS THE POPE WHO IS OUR UNIVERSAL SHEPHERD BEING THE VICAR OF CHRIST. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
RESPONSE:
[Whatever is written in the bible we are reading today for me is tainted with impurities since the Bible we know today is a product of the Counci of Nicaea created by Emperor Constantine.]
WELL, YOUR OPINION IS NICE BUT WE NEED FACTS.
BEFORE YOU CAN CLAIM THAT THAT THE BIBLE TODAY IS TAINTED WITH IMPURITIES YOU MUST FIRST SHOW TO US THE ORIGINAL BIBLE WHICH IS “PURE” OR UNTAINTED BY IMPURITIES AS YOU CLAIM IT. OTHERWISE YOUR CLAIM IS JUST THAT, A MERE OPINION WITHOUT BASIS. IT IS A CLAIM SO PREPOSTEROUS WITHOUT FOUNDATION IN REALITY AND INVALIDATED BY LACK OF SUPPORTING PROOFS.
THE BIBLE THAT WE KNOW TODAY IS TAKEN FROM ANCIENT COPIES OF THE BIBLE FROM WHICH THEY WERE COPIED. THE ANCIENT TEXTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS PRESERVED THROUGH THE QUMRAN TEXTS WHICH ARE 2,000 YEAR OLD AND HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED BY CONSTANTINE. THEY SHOWED THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW IS TRULY FAITHFUL TO THE ORIGINAL. THE NEW TESTAMENT ON THE OTHER HAND WERE ALREADY COMPLETE ABOUT 200 YEARS BEFORE CONSTANTINE. THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS WERE ALREADY BEING READ IN ALL CATHOLIC CHURCHES THEN BEFORE CONSTANTINE BECAME EMPEROR IN FACT THE MOTHER OF CONSTANTINE, THE EMPRESS HELENA, WAS A VERY SAINTLY CATHOLIC LADY.
SO YOUR CLAIM IS A CHEAP SHOT. STUDY WELL THE RECORDS OF THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA AND YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY PROOF OF TAMPERING OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES. INSTEAD IT WAS PRIMARILY A DEBATE BETWEEN CATHOLIC AND ARIAN BISHOPS CONCERNING THE DIVINITY AND HUMANITY OF THE LORD JESUS. STUDY WELL PLEASE. YOU ARE OUT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
[The purpose of which is to “unify” the pagans and the becoming christian majority that time.]
EXCUSE ME. PLEASE STUDY YOUR HISTORY VERY WELL. THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS UNDER PAGANISM ABOUT 300 YEARS BEFORE CONSTANTINE. THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS ALREADY UNITED AS A PAGAN EMPIRE BEFORE CONSTANTINE SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR CONSTANTINE TO “UNIFY” THE PAGANS SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY UNITED.
DURING THE TIME OF CONSTANTINE CHRISTIANITY OR CATHOLICISM WAS ONLY A MINORITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IF CONSTANTINE WILL VIOLATE THE SACRED SCRIPTURES THEN THE CHRISTIANS OR CATHOLICS WILL CONDEMN HIM AND OPPOSE HIM AS THEY DID THE PREVIOUS EMPERORS. BUT THEY DIDN’T. THAT ACCUSATION IS USUALLY INVENTED BY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS A CULT INVENTED BY ELLEN GOULD WHITE, THE 666. ALSO BY THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES, ANOTHER FAKE CULT INVENTED BY CHARLES TAZE RUSSEL AND BY THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO THE FAKE CULT INVENTED BY FELIX MANALO.
[Religion is a set of rule made by man to control others,]
VERY NICE POISONOUS WORDS WHICH IS VERY COMMON AMONG ATHEISTS, COMMUNISTS AND SIMPLY PRETENDING TO BE COOL. NOW LET ME CHECK THEM ONE BY ONE:
RELIGION IS NOT A SET OF RULE MADE BY MAN TO CONTROL OTHERS. YOU ARE LYING THERE. RELIGION AT LEAST THE TRUE RELIGION, IS A PRACTICAL MANIFESTATION OF THE FAITH OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO WORSHIP GOD AS A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS. RELIGION IS THE UNION OF BELIEVERS WHO FORMED ONE ORGANIZATION AND COMMON WAY OF WORSHIP AND FORMULATED THEIR BELIEFS IN A CREED SO THAT THEY CAN FREELY EXPRESS AND LIVE THEIR FAITH.
RELIGION IF IT IS TRULY RELIGION MUST BE FREE UNLIKE THE MAFIA SYNDICATES OR THE COMMUNIST POLITBURO WHO PUNISHES THOSE WHO CONTRADICT THEM EITHER BY DEATH OR HARD LABOR IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. IN THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THE MEMBERS ARE FREE TO JOIN AND TO LEAVE.
IF WE CONTROL OUR MEMBERS HOW COME WE ALLOW THEM TO BECOME BORN AGAIN OR OTHERS IF THEY THEY CHOOSE TO LEAVE? YOUR CLAIM IS PREPOSTEROUS AND A LIE.
WE DO NOT CONTROL OUR MEMBERS. INSTEAD WE CONVINCE THEM OF THE TRUTH OF OUR FAITH. THOSE WHO AGREE STAYS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT SHALL LEAVE.
[commonly for business,]
WELL, YOU ARE FREE TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY.
OUR CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT FOR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT IS NOT OWNED BY FEW PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT LIKE THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO AND OTHER SECTS WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY A FAMILY FOR THEIR PERSONAL GAIN.
OUR PROPERTIES FOR INSTANCE SUCH AS CHURCHES, MONASTERIES, CONVENTS, ORPHANAGES, HOME FOR THE AGED, HOSPITALS, ETC. BUILT DURING THE SPANISH TIME WERE NOT INHERITED BY THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SPANIARDS. INSTEAD THEY WERE HANDED TO THE FILIPINO CATHOLICS WHO ARE THE TRUE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES.
IF OUR GOAL IS BUSINESS OR PERSONAL GAINS HOW COME THE PROPERTIES OF THE CHURCH ARE NOT REGISTERED IN OUR PERSONAL NAMES BUT INSTEAD UNDER THE NAME OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? HOW COME THEY ARE NOT INHERITED BY THE CHILDREN OR WIVES OF THE PRIESTS AND THE BISHOPS? WHEN PROF. CLARITA CARLOS SHALL DIE ALL HER PROPERTIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO HER CHILDREN OR TO WHOMEVER SHE ENTRUSTED IT. BUT WHEN THE PRIESTS OR BISHOPS OR POPES DIED NO RELATIVES OR FAMILY MEMBERS CAN LAY CLAIM OF ANY CHURCH PROPERTY. NO NO NO… NADA, NUNCA, NIENTE… NEVER EVER… IN RUSSIAN: NYET, NYET. HA HA HA…
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN IGLESIA NI MANALO OR IN BORN AGAIN SECTS BUT NOT IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
[in our country, for political interests, but of course the end is, its all business.]
WELL, TELL THAT TO THE IGLESIA NI MANALO WHICH COMMANDS ITS MEMBERS WHOM TO VOTE. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SIMPLY GIVES GUIDELINES AND OUR MEMBERS ARE FREE WHOM TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE.
THE BORN AGAIN PASTORS LIKE EDDIE VILLANUEVA OF JESUS IS LORD IS EVEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE WITH HIS SON. HE USED THE WORD OF GOD AND EVEN HIS OWN FELLOWSHIP’S PRAYER RALLIES FOR HIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HOWEVER PROHIBITS PRIESTS AND BISHOPS TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. VIOLATION OF THIS PROHIBITION CAN LEAD TO THEIR REMOVAL IN ACTIVE MINISTRY WHEREIN ALL THEIR AUTHORITIES TO CELEBRATE MASS AND OTHER SACRAMENTS SHALL BE REMOVED.
MOREOVER, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT EAGER TO GAIN POLITICAL POWER. INSTEAD, WE FIGHT THE POLITICAL POWERS IF THERE IS A NEED TO DEFEND OUR FAITH AND MORALS AS WELL AS THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED AS IN THE CASE OF EDSA 1 AND EDSA 2. CARDINAL SIN OPPOSED MARCOS AND ERAP ESTRADA. THE CBCP OPPOSED PRES. BENIGNO AQUINO IN RH BILL. ST. JOHN PAUL THE GREAT FOUGHT THE COMMUNISM IN POLAND AS WELL AS IN HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IN ENTIRE EASTERN EUROPE. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF VIETNAM AND CHINA AND RUSSIA PREFERRED TO SUFFER IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS OR PRISONS THAN SUBMITTING TO THE OPPRESSIVE COMMUNISTS REGIMES. THE CATHOLICS OF OLD REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO THE ROMAN EMPERORS OF THE PAGAN EMPIRE.
WE OPPOSED GOVERNMENTS IN THE LEGALIZATION OF DIVORCE, CONTRACEPTIVES, ABORTIONS, EUTHANASIA AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE. NO INSTITUTION ON EARTH HAVE CHALLENGED THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD IN BOTH MORAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES AS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
SO, ONCE AGAIN YOUR ACCUSATION FALLS FLAT.
[hehehe but im not an atheist.]
WELL, YOU ARE VERY CONVINCING YOU KNOW. HE HE HE… YOU ARE LIKE A PROSTITUTE PRETENDING TO BE A VIRGIN. HOW NICE OF YOU. DO YOU NEED APPRECIATION FOR THAT? HERE IT IS: CLAP CLAP CLAP… IF YOU WANT MORE JUST TELL ME. I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.