tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490166.post226608306045151743..comments2023-07-20T16:44:52.320+08:00Comments on >*~+Kaligayahan: Ligaya's Joys+~*<: Conflicted/Word Vomit 2/? [To be transliterated in Tagalog]Ligayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09884183016282555191noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490166.post-17898157473150482522009-12-14T10:45:57.123+08:002009-12-14T10:45:57.123+08:00Thanks Nikko. {hugs}
FYI lang I AM doing somethin...Thanks Nikko. {hugs}<br /><br />FYI lang I AM doing something about it.<br /><br />It's just that the following need serious improvement and thought:<br /><br />1) A few bishops suing ABS-CBN for showing HBO's Big Love, which doesn't seek to glorify a religious lifestyle which espouses polygamy, as it does actually show the difficulty in following that religion-oriented lifestyle and ensuing belief system: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2009/december/12/news2.isx&d=/2009/december/12 --> Very close-minded if you ask me.<br /><br />2) All things considered, the Catholic Church did not respond as quickly during the onset of Ondoy. I work from the ground and have seen this for myself. The Church took a LONG time to get mobilised as a whole. Groups within the Church did it quicker, but still not quick enough.<br /><br />3) To a lesser degree, the abuse of some priests of their position. One of my kuyas (cousins) was a sacristan, and he would narrate how the priests could get physical in punishing them for even the smallest transgressions. I thought the Church was trying to improve its relationships with the lay? <br /><br />I agree that we are a part of the Church, but it would be a sin to absolve the clergy and religious of their transgressions to the lay. It must be a two-way cooperative effort.Ligayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884183016282555191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490166.post-10786741509412624402009-12-11T12:49:39.766+08:002009-12-11T12:49:39.766+08:00Hey Joy, don't be so glum. You need a huggle!
...Hey Joy, don't be so glum. You need a huggle!<br /><br />True, we went through 333 years under Spanish tyranny, but it isn't like Instituto Cervantes and the Church are trying to control our country. Instituto, as you know, is actually promoting Spanish and Filipino friendship, so how about looking at it as "mending," even a little, the wrongs done by their forebears? <br /><br />And, although many might say "the Church is trying to control our country etc etc," let's not forget that the Church (that everyone seems to want to pick on in their FB, twitter etc. for one flimsy reason after another) includes us. Maybe if people stop nitpicking at the Church and remember that they're part of the very same Church, they'll realize how much they can do to help make things better. <br /><br />While we shouldn't simply forget our tragedies and the wrongs done to us, we also should not waste time wallowing in "what you did to me boohoo" drama. We (both the oppressed and the oppressors) must also learn from these experiences so that when we remember them, we do so understanding how it has made us better as a people, and not with bitterness in our hearts, which, as science has proven time and again, just leads to heart disease.petrufiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669854080010018951noreply@blogger.com