INC in RH bill

Iglesia ni Cristo backs RH bill

THE influential Iglesia ni Cristo said it is willing to support bills on reproductive health “as long as there would be no immoral elements in them.”
In a letter to Representative Rogelio J. Espina, chairman of the population and family relations committee in the House of Representatives, Eduardo Manalo, INC executive minister, said the organization supports “modern methods of contraception” as long as they do not encourage abortion that, with the use of “abortifacients involve the taking of life, which God explicitly forbids.”
He said INC does “not support the natural family planning method and all its variants. These so called birth control methods depend upon abstinence on the part of the married couple. These methods are not only unnatural and ineffective but they are also immoral, since they contradict the commandment that God has given to married couples,” Manalo said. “Parents today have a moral obligation to plan the number of their children and keep it under control.”
“We believe that it is a moral imperative for parents to watch over all their children and provide them with food, shelter and clothing as well as proper education and religious and moral training,” he said.
The INC has been known for its strong political influence, especially during elections when the organization reportedly votes as a bloc. It is also known to maintain a close “friendship” with incumbent administrations while not losing “discreet connection” with the opposition.
“We are all well aware of the dire situation of our country caused by overpopulation,” said Manalo, adding that many of society’s worsening ills “can be traced to families growing so large.”
source: cathnewsphil.com

Here is what written in the letter:

12 October 2010

HON. ROGELIO J. ESPINA, M.D.
Chairman
Committee on Population and Family Relations
House of Representatives
Republic of the Philippines

Dear Congressman Espina,

We would like to thank the Committee on Population and Family Relations for requesting our position concerning the Bills of Reproductive Health. We are all well aware of the dire situation of our country caused by overpopulation. Many of society’s worsening ills—from homeless families starving in miserable conditions and children not in school but instead begging day and night in nearly every major street to the rapidly spreading problems with drug abuse and rising crime rates—can be traced to families growing so large that an increasing number of parents cannot provide the most basic human needs to their families.

We consider it commendable that our lawmakers care enough for our fellow Filipinos that they are doing what they can do to alleviate the hardships so many of our countrymen are facing. IN what they propose, they can bring about not only an economic good for our countrymen but also a moral one. We are ready to support the Bills on Reproductive Health as long as there would be no immoral elements in them.

What are the moral aspects of the proposed bills that we support? We believe that it is moral imperative for parents to watch over all their children and provide them with food, shelter, and clothing, as well as proper education and religious and moral training. Hence, parents todayhave (sic) a moral obligation to plan the number of their children and keep it under control. The Bible states that a parent who does not provide for the needs of his own household is worse than an unbeliever (I Tim. 5:8). Since modern methods of contraception—by preventing married couples from having any unplanned pregnancies—assist in supporting this Christian principle, we support their use as long as these methods are empirically not abortifacient. Abortion and the use of abortifacients involve the taking of life, which God explicitly forbids (Exod. 20:13).

We do not support the natural family planning method and all its variants. These so-called birth control methods depend upon abstinence on the part of the married couple when the woman is fertile but allows marital relations only when she is not. These methods are not only unnatural and ineffective but they also are immoral, since they contradict the commandment that God has given to married couples. The Bible instructs married couples not to deprive one another of intimate marital relations for long, extended periods of time; further, any abstinence at all for a married couple is supposed to be with the mutual consent of husband and wife and not for the purpose of preventing pregnancies (I Cor. 7:3-5).

We appreciate the Committee’s gesture of soliciting our stand on this timely yet controversial issue.

Very truly yours,

EDUARDO V. MANALO
Executive Minister
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There is a bible verse that the Catholic Church believe, it is written in the book of GENESIS where people is still few, they say that God said: "go fourth and multiply", but when the earth is filled with people, that became a problem to most countries called OVERPOPULATION, do still we need to follow what was written in the bible made thousand years ago, about this thing?

When there is OVERPOPULATION, do we need to multiply and multiply to the point of some are dying because of hunger and so on?

Do you get the point?

the catholic church wanted to point out that God doesnt know what the words empty and full mean.


And so,

If there is one to BLAME WHY THE PHILIPPINES IS STILL ON POVERTY, we know whom to blame!

its not just about corruption, its about the INFLUENCE and the commanding of this powerful church to the government every now and then!

REMEMBER: Our resources is LIMITED!

this message is for those CATHOLIC DEFENDERS who have a low understanding about life, being blinded and influenced about their true opinion and what was happening in reality because of their faith!

I just admire those catholic authorities,and even priests that support the RH bill, YES! there are! and im not inventing a story because just this month, ive watch a documentary on channel 11, GMA NEWS TV, on reel time, about this.


Atleast, THEY ARE OPEN MINDED ON WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING ON REALITY!

AGAIN, ITS NOT JUST THE CORRUPTION IS THE PROBLEM HERE IN OUR COUNTRY THAT MAKES US STILL ON POVERTY!