Ang katotohanan sa pagtaas ng bilang ng mga katoliko sa Pilipinas

Totoo nga bang LUMALAKI ang bilang ng mga katoliko sa Pilipinas?

Sa paanong paraan?

Dahil ba marami silang napapaconvert galing sa ibang relihiyon?

Bibigyang linaw ito satin ayon na rin sa CBCP sa panayam kay Archbishop Oscar Cruz:

“More people are getting baptized now. Is this a sign of the growth of the Church? Not necessarily. It can be because the population is growing,” said Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz

source: inquirer.net

Hindi naman pala dahil sa mga nabanggit na dahilan sa itaas, bunga lang pala ito ng PAGTAAS NG POPULASYON NG PILIPINAS. Imaginin nyo nalang, halimbawa, kung 40 million ang bilang ng katoliko sa Pilipinas na nasa edad ng pag aasawa, kalahati babae kalahati lalaki (ibig sabihin 20 million couples), at nagkaanak ng dalawa ang bawat mag asawa, ibig sabihin 40 million ang mababautismuhang sanggol. Kaya 40 million (Catholic couples) + 40 million (babies) = 80 million.

Ang galing ng doktrinang INFANT BAPTISM ano?

Yung mga walang kamuang muang na sanggol nagiging katoliko agad in an instant, walang kahirap hirap ang simbahan.

At kung hindi nyo po alam, sa bawat nababautismuhang sanggol binibilang agad silang mga katoliko, at yun ang inilalabas na statistics ng simbahan kung saan pinagmamalaki nilang DUMADAMI ANG BILANG NG MGA KATOLIKO. Pero ang hindi alam ng marami, doon sa mga sanggol na katoliko pag laki non ay umaalis din at umaanib sa ibang relihiyon. Yun ang hindi nila BINIBILANG, ayon mismo sa arsobispo:

Cruz admitted that the Catholic Church didn’t monitor how many of its flock left the fold for other religious denominations. “We only monitor those that come in [but] to me, the increase in baptisms is a very good sign,” he said. 

source: inquirer.net

Huwag na rin tayong magtataka kung bakit laban ang simbahan sa paggamit ng contraception at sa RH BILL, pag nagkataon kasi kokonti ang magiging anak ng mga katoliko, kaya kokonti rin ang "PAGTAAS" ng populasyon ng katoliko sa bansa.

Eh ano ba talaga ang TUNAY na mga pangyayari ayon sa pag aaral ng SWS survey?

In his opinion column, “Public Lives,” sociologist Randy David in April highlighted three findings of a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) in February: 

“First, that weekly church attendance has significantly gone down from a high of 64 percent in July 1991 to a low of 37 percent in February 2013.  

Second, that only 29 percent of Filipino Catholics consider themselves “very religious,” compared to 50 percent of Protestants, 43 percent of Iglesia ni Cristo members, and 38 percent of Muslims. 

And finally, that 9.2 percent (one out of 11) “sometimes think of leaving the Church.”

source: inquirer.net

Kahit anong pagtatakip ng mga depensor katoliko sa KATOTOHANAN, sa huli ay mabibigo lang din sila, dahil yung pinagmamalaki nilang "PAGLAGO" diumano ng populasyon ng katoliko ay hindi pala dahil sa pag eefort nilang magmisyon kundi dahil sa mga sanggol na ipinapanganak ng kanilang mga magulang na katoliko.

Mga katolikong pari na may asawa

 Si Archbishop Oscar Cruz na mismo ay aminado na HINDI NAMAN DAW SINABI NI KRISTO NA LAHAT NG PARI DAPAT WALANG ASAWA. Sadyang mas sinunod lang talaga nila ang tradisyon at imbento ng Iglesia Katolika na CELIBACY.

Pati ang karelasyon ng pari sa Ilo-ilo nagsasabi wala sa LAW OF GOD ang pagbabawal na mag asawa ang mga pari.

Buti pa sila alam nila na imbento lang ang CELIBACY dahil kahit 10 beses nating basahin ang bibliya from cover to cover wala tayong mababasa na BAWAL mag asawa ang mga pari, wala rin dito ang doktrina na CLERICAL CELIBACY.

Pero ang galing din ano, may mga nakakalusot na pari na MAY ASAWA. Nice.

Pari nga na nagtuturo daw ng salita ng Diyos hindi makasunod sa mga aral ng simbahan pano pa yung mga ordinaryong miyembro?

Ang Iglesia Katolika at si Dr. Jose Rizal

Hindi maitatanggi ng sinuman na ang ating pambansang bayani ay isang napakagaling na Pilipino, malawak ang kaniyang kaisipan at talaga namang matalino. Ngunit ano naman kaya ang kanyang pananaw sa relihiyon, lalo na sa kaniyang dating relihiyon?

Oo, bautisado si Rizal sa Iglesia Katolika ngunit hindi siya kumbinsido sa mga aral nito, at sa mga masasamang gawain ng mga pari. Mapapansin ito kung paano niya inatake ang simbahan sa kaniyang mga akdang Noli Me Tangere at El Filibusterismo:

"In these two novels we find passages against Catholic dogma and morals where repeated attacks are made against the Catholic religion in general, against the possibility of miracles, against the doctrine of Purgatory, against the Sacrament of Baptism, against Confession, Communion, Holy Mass, against the doctrine of Indulgences, Church prayers, the Catechism of Christian Doctrine, sermons, sacramentals and books of piety. There are even passages casting doubts on or covering with confusion God's omnipotence, the existence of hell, the mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity, and the two natures of Christ.

Similarly, we find passages which disparage divine worship , especially the veneration of images and relics, devotion to the Blessed Virgin and the Saints, the use of scapulars, cords and habits, the praying of rosaries, novenas, ejaculations and indulgenced prayers. Even vocal prayers are included, such as the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Doxology, the Act of Contrition, and the Angelus, Mass ceremonies, baptismal and exsequial rites, worship of the Cross, the use of holy water and candles, processions, bells and even the Sacred Sunday obligations do not escape scorn."

source: cbcponline.net

Mismong ang ating pambansang bayani ang nakaobserba sa mga MALING PANINIWALA at MALING GAWAIN ng mga pari ng Iglesia Katolika. Nung nabubuhay pa siya halos isuka siya ng mga pari dahil sa panggagalaiti sa mga isinusulat niya laban sa kanila, at nung namatay naman siya hayun at gumawa ng kwento na NAGRETRACT daw si Rizal.

Kung maalam kayo sa pagkatao ni Rizal based on history, walang maniniwala na NAGRETRACT ang ating pambansang bayani, tanging mga katoliko lamang ang nagke-claim nito. Hanggang ngayon nga ay isang kontrobesiya pa rin ang RETRACTION diumano ni Rizal, at hindi nga ito mapatunayan:

"Several historians report that Rizal retracted his anti-Catholic ideas through a document which stated: "I retract with all my heart whatever in my words, writings, publications and conduct have been contrary to my character as a son of the Catholic Church." However, there are doubts of its authenticity given that there is no certificate of Rizal's Catholic marriage to Josephine Bracken."

source: wikipedia

Sa mga kababayang dalaga ng Malolos

Narito ang sipi sa sulat ni Rizal sa mga kadalagahan ng Malolos:

"Napagkilala din ninyo na ang utos ñg Dios ay iba sa utos ñg Parí, na ang kabanalan ay hindi ang matagal na luhod, mahabang dasal, malalaking kuentas, libaguing kalmin, kundí ang mabuting asal, malinis na loob at matuid na isip. Napagkilala din ninyo na dí kabaitan ang pagkamasunurin sa ano mang pita at hiling ñg nagdidiosdiosan, kundi ang pagsunod sa katampata't matuid, sapagka't ang bulag na pagsunod ay siyang pinagmumulan ñg likong paguutos, at sa bagay na ito'y pawang nagkakasala. 

Dí masasabi ñg punó ó parí na sila lamang ang mananagot ñg maling utos; binigyan ñg Dios ang bawat isa ñg sariling isip at sariling loob, upang ding mapagkilala ang likó at tapat; paraparang inianak ñg walang tanikalá, kundí malayá, at sa loob at kalulua'y walang makasusupil, bakit kayá ipaaalipin mo sa iba ang marañgal at malayang pagiisip? Duag at malí ang akalá na ang bulag na pagsunod ay kabanalan, at kapalaluan ang mag isipisip at magnilay nilay. Ang kamangmañgan'y, kamangmañgan at dí kabaita't puri."

Pebrero 1889, SA MGA KABABAYANG DALAGA SA MALOLOS

source: joserizal.info

Sulat ni Rizal kay "Fr. Pablo Pastells"

Mga sipi sa isa sa mga sulat ni Rizal sa paring si Pablo Pastells:

"All the brilliant and subtle arguments of Your Reverence -- that I shall not try to refute because I would have to write a compendious treatise -- cannot convince me that the Catholic Church is endowed with infallibility."

"Who died on the cross? Was it God or was it the roan? If it was God, I do not understand how a God conscious of his mission can die, how a God can exclaim in the garden: "eater, si possibile transeat a me calix iste!

Again he exclaimed on the cross: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" This cry is absolutely human; it is the cry of a man who has faith in justice and in the goodness of his cause; except the Hodie me cum eris, the cry of Christ on Calvary. All announce a man in torment and in agony, but what a man! And for me Christ man is greater than Christ God. If the one who had said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing" had been God, those who had laid hands on him ought to have been forgiven unless we say that God resembles certain men who say one thing and then do something else."

Rizal, Dapitan, 4 April 1893 || To Fr. Pablo Pastells

source: joserizal.info

Buti pa ang ating pambansang bayani, talagang matalino, kahit wala pa ang Iglesia ni Cristo sa mga panahon na iyon na nagtuturo na si Kristo ay tao, NANINIWALA si Rizal na si KRISTO AY TAO AT HINDI DIYOS. Ayon din sa kaniya, hindi siya kumbinsido na ang Iglesia Katolika ay infallible.

Kaya nga kung titignan palang natin sa mga sulat ni Rizal NAPAKA IMPOSIBLE na nagretract siya dahil malalim ang kaniyang paniniwala at pananaw lalo na sa Iglesia Katolika.

Nilalabag ba ng Iglesia ni Cristo ang Separation of church and state?

Sabi ng mga walang alam sa batas at mga walang alam sa tunay na doktrina ng Iglesia ni Cristo, nilalabag daw ng Iglesia ni Cristo ang batas sa separation of church and state. 

At dahil hindi nila naiintindihan ito kaya sila nagsasalita ng walang alam. Yan ang mga taong nagmamarunong. Ang totoong dahilan nila ay upang siraan ang Iglesia dahil naiinggit sila dahil patuloy itong lumalago at nagtatagumpay.

Sabi nila, dahil sa pagkakaisa sa pagboto ng mga miyembro ng INC ay nalalabag daw ang separation of church and state dahil iniimpluwensyahan daw ng mga leader ang pasya ng kanilang mga miyembro.

Talakayin nga natin kung ano ano ang nakasaad sa batas tungkol sa separation of church and state:

The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable. (Article II, Section 6)

No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights. (Article III, Section 5)

source:1987 Constitution of the Philippines

Saan diyan ang nilabag ng Iglesia ni Cristo?

Ano nga nga?

Wala naman pala bakit ang hilig nyo magkwento?

Pagpapatunay na hindi kayo mga tunay na Kristyano at hindi kayo sa Diyos?

Okay...

Eto turo ng Iglesia ni Cristo oh:

"Separation of Church and State. The Church of Christ upholds the democratic ideal of separation of church and state. It advances through peaceful and legal means the right and freedom of its members and congregations to conduct worship and other religious activities as provided for and protected by the fundamental law of the land."

source: from a pamphlet distributed during church's 95th anniversary in 2009

Ang kanilang paratang

Eto daw kasi yung nilalabag ng Iglesia ni Cristo, ang Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines sec. 261 kung saan ito ang isinasaad:

"(d) Coercion of subordinates. - (1) Any public officer, or any officer of any public or private corporation or association, or any head, superior, or administrator of any religious organization, or any employer or land-owner who coerces or intimidates or compels, or in any manner influence, directly or indirectly, any of his subordinates or members or parishioners or employees or house helpers, tenants, overseers, farm helpers, tillers, or lease holders to aid, campaign or vote for or against any candidate or any aspirant for the nomination or selection of candidates."

(2) Any public officer or any officer of any commercial, industrial, agricultural, economic or social enterprise or public or private corporation or association, or any head, superior or administrator of any religious organization, or any employer or landowner who dismisses or threatens to dismiss, punishes or threatens to punish be reducing his salary, wage or compensation, or by demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, excommunication, ejectment, or causing him annoyance in the performance of his job or in his membership, any subordinate member or affiliate, parishioner, employee or house helper, tenant, overseer, farm helper, tiller, or lease holder, for disobeying or not complying with any of the acts ordered by the former to aid, campaign or vote for or against any candidate, or any aspirant for the nomination or selection of candidates.  

(e) Threats, intimidation, terrorism, use of fraudulent device or other forms of coercion. - Any person who, directly or indirectly, threatens, intimidates or actually causes, inflicts or produces any violence, injury, punishment, damage, loss or disadvantage upon any person or persons or that of the immediate members of his family, his honor or property, or uses any fraudulent device or scheme to compel or induce the registration or refraining from registration of any voter, or the participation in a campaign or refraining or desistance from any campaign, or the casting of any vote or omission to vote, or any promise of such registration, campaign, vote, or omission therefrom.

 Source: Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, Omnibus election code of the phil. sec.261 chanrobles.com

Tignan nga natin sa dictionary ang ginamit na mga terms para maintindihan nating lahat:

co·erce  (k-ûrs)tr.v. co·erced, co·erc·ing, co·erc·es

1. To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; compel.

2. To dominate, restrain, or control forcibly:

3. To bring about by force or threat:

in·tim·i·date  (n-tm-dt)

tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates

1. To make timid; fill with fear.

2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats.

com·pel  (km-pl)tr.v. com·pelled, com·pel·ling, com·pels

1. To force, drive, or constrain:

2. To necessitate or pressure by force;

3. To exert a strong, irresistible force on;

threat  (thrt)

n.

1. An expression of an intention to inflict pain, injury, evil, or punishment.

2. An indication of impending danger or harm.

3. One that is regarded as a possible danger; a menace.

dis·miss  (ds-ms)tr.v. dis·missed, dis·miss·ing, dis·miss·es

1. To end the employment or service of; discharge.

2. To direct or allow to leave: 

3.

a. To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel:

b. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject: 

source: thefreedictionary.com

In other words, walang sinuman ang MAMUMUWERSA o MANG IIMPLUWENSIYA sa isang tao na IKAMPANYA ang isang KANDIDATO para IBOTO o HINDI IBOTO.

Gets?


Nang iimpluwensya ba ang Iglesia ni Cristo sa miyembro nito?

Bago natin sagutin yan, ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng mang-impluwensya?

in·flu·ence  (nfl-ns)  v. in·flu·enced, in·flu·enc·ing, in·flu·enc·es

1. To produce an effect on by imperceptible or intangible means; sway.

2. To affect the nature, development, or condition of; modify.

source: thefreedictionary.com

Hindi kami iniimpulwensyahan ng aming lider sa kung sino ang iboboto namin. Yan ang katotohanan. Pag sinabi mo saking impluwensya, halimbawa, ako, meron akong gustong iboto tapos kakausapin ako ng ministro at hihikayatin na si ganito na lang ang iboto ko. O kaya naman sasabihin niya sakin, close naman tayo diba, may utang na loob ka pa sakin, si ganito na lang iboto mo wag na si ganito.

Eto pa halimbawa ng pang iimpluwensya sa miyembro, halimbawa, meron akong gustong iboto tapos sabi ng namamahala samin, mga kapatid iboto po natin si ganito, at dahil hinahangaan kong tao ang namamahala samin, sa halip na si ganiyan ang iboto ko, ay si ganito na lang ang iboboto ko, yung inindorso ng lider na namamahala samin.

Yung indorso kasi parang yung sa commercial sa tv, NANGHIHIKAYAT. Ang Iglesia ni Cristo hindi naman HINIHIKAYAT ang mga miyembro nito na iboto si ganito o ganiyan.

Ang ginagawa ng Iglesia ni Cristo tuwing bago mag eleksyon, ipinapaalala ang doktrina sa kaisahan, at ipapabatid ang susuportahang kandidato. Walang kandidato ang pinapayagang mangampanya sa loob ng kapilya at sa lahat ng aktibidad ng Iglesia.

Wala yung tulad ng ginagawa ng El Shaddai at Kingdom of Jesus Christ ni Mr. Quiboloy na pinapahayag nila sa madla yung sinuportahan nila at dumadalo pa nga ng event nila. Kung ako eh miyembro nila, malamang eh maiimpluwensyahan ako na iboto ang gusto nilang suportahan lalo na kung active at devoted ako na miyembro nila.

YUN ANG TINATAWAG NA NANG IIMPLUWENSYA!


Namumuwersa ba o nag-babanta ang Iglesia ni Cristo sa mga miyembro nito?

Itanong nyo sa lahat ng miyembro kung meron na bang experience na meron sa Iglesia ang ganito-> coerce/intimidate/compel/threat/dismiss/influence.

Kung wala, eh ano ba talagang problema niyo? Bakit napaka affected niyo eh hindi naman kayo yung nagkakaisa sa pagboto?

Katotohanan:

Walang miski isang miyembro ng Iglesia ni Cristo pinupwersa o tinatakot na kapag hindi mo ibinoto si ganito at ganiyan ay ititiwalag ka.

Yan kasi ang kadalasang maririnig sa mga taong masyadong naapektuhan ng pagkakaisa namin, na kesyo, wuuuu weehh eh tinatakot nga kayo ng mga ministro niyo na ititiwalag kayo pag di niyo binoto si ganito at ganiyan.

KASINUNGALINGAN YAN.

Ano yon, sa milyung miyembro ng INC sa Pilipinas iisa isahin para takutin at pagbantaan ng ganiyan? Ano yan tuwing eleksyon gaganyanin lahat ng miyembro? Ano to lokohan?

Ang pagboto ng kandidato sa amin ay hindi pwersahan at walang pagbabanta na nagaganap. Imahinasyon lang yan ng mga naiinggit sa pagkakaisa ng Iglesia dahil sa Iglesia nila di nila magagawa gawa yon. Isa sa mga doktrina ng Iglesia na itinuturo sa doktrina bago pa bautismuhan ang isang gustong umanib ay ang tungkol sa PAGKAKAISA. No. 22 yon sa 25 na doktrina na itinuturo tuwing my bible study ang Iglesia ni Cristo. Walang pumupwersa sa kanilang umanib kaya ang pagboto sa kandidato ay hindi pwersahan. Bago pa sila bautismuhan ay alam na nila na may aral sa Iglesia tungkol sa pagkakaisa, at isa na diyan ay ang pagkakaisa sa pagboto tuwing eleksyon.

Katotohanan:

Walang nakakakita at nakakaalam sa kung sino ang ibinoboto ng bawat miyembro ng Iglesia.

Puro kasi kalokohan ang mga di kaanib, naniniwala silang may nagtitiktik sa milyun milyung miyembro ng Iglesia tuwing eleksyon sa kung sino ang iboboto. Nasa miyembro na yon kung susunod ba siya sa ARAL NG IGLESIA, wala sa kaniyang nagbabanta o pumupwersa doon kaya meron pa ring kalayaan sa pag iisip ang lahat ng kaanib. Alam din ng bawat kaanib na ang paglabag sa doktrina ng Iglesia tulad ng pag aasawa ng di kapananampalataya, paglaban sa pamamahala, pamumuhay ng labag sa buhay Kristiyano at iba pa ay may kaparusahang PAGKATIWALAG.

Lahat ng tao sa mundo walang pumupwersa at nagbabanta para gumawa ka ng mabuti. Nasa sa iyo yon kung gagawa ka ng mabuti o masama. At kung gumawa ka ng masama, mananagot ka sa batas ng tao at batas ng Diyos, bawat paggawa ng masama ay may kaparusahan.

Ganun din sa amin. Walang nakakakita sa binoto ng 1 miyembro kundi SIYA LAMANG at ang DIYOS.


Kung hindi ang Iglesia ni Cristo, aling mga relihiyon ang tunay na lumalabag o lumabag sa Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines?


Ikokowt ko muli ang batas:

"(d) Coercion of subordinates. - (1) Any public officer, or any officer of any public or private corporation or association, or any head, superior, or administrator of any religious organization, or any employer or land-owner who coerces or intimidates or compels, or in any manner influence, directly or indirectly, any of his subordinates or members or parishioners or employees or house helpers, tenants, overseers, farm helpers, tillers, or lease holders to aid, campaign or vote for or against any candidate or any aspirant for the nomination or selection of candidates."

Tagalog mula sa inemphasized: Wala daw SAMAHAN O LIDER ng kahit anong SAMAHANG PANRELIHIYON ang MANG IIMPLUWENSIYA sa kanilang mga MIYEMBRO sa direkta o hindi direktang paraan para MANGAMPANYA sa KAHIT SINONG KUMAKANDIDATO.


El Shaddai:

Kingdom of Jesus Christ:

Jesus Is Lord Church:

"Political involvement

In 2001, the Social Weather Stations estimated that the JIL’s voting strength was 307,000 or only 10% of its claimed membership. Today, JIL has 4 million members, Villanueva said. 

A week before the 1992 presidential elections, JIL Church founder Eddie Villanueva claims divine guidance to endorse Fidel Ramos. Ramos won becoming the country's first Protestant president, but his victory was tainted by allegations of wholesale cheating in Mindanao. Villanueva became his private chaplain. 

In 1997, Ramos unsuccessfully lobbied to amend the constitution and lift the single six-year presidential term limit. Villanueva lead the Philippines for Jesus Movement in petitioning for the change. 

In the 1998 Philippine presidential elections, Villanueva actively endorsed and "anointed" Jose de Venecia as the next president.[5] De Venecia finished 6 million votes behind the very popular Joseph Estrada. In 1999, Villanueva along with the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches, Cardinal Sin and ex-President Corazon Aquino, strongly opposed Estrada's efforts to amend the constitution. 

In April 2001, Estrada is arrested on plunder charges, prompting his loyalists to demonstrate. Villanueva joined Pentecostal and Catholic leaders in condemning the rally. 

In the 2004 Philippine presidential election, Villanueva ran for president. Villanueva presented himself as someone who wanted to fight against “moral bankruptcy” and corruption in the Philippines. His supporters include Christian showbiz personalities Piolo Pascual, Donita Rose, Gary Valenciano and Kuh Ledesma. He got 1,988,218 votes or 6.16% of the total votes. He not only lost the race but also the votes of other Christian denominations and four megachurches in the country by the likes of Rev. Butch Conde of Bread of Life Ministries International, Rev. Peter Tan-Chi of Christ's Commission Fellowship, Dr. Luis Pantoja of Greenhills Christian Fellowship and Rev. Steve Murrel of Victory Christian Fellowship that believed he shouldn’t have run and they didn't support Villanueva because of the separation of church and state.[6] When Gloria Arroyo won the election, Villanueva rejected Arroyo's overtures to join her administration. In July 2005, Arroyo called for constitutional changes amid accusations of corruption and election manipulation. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches supported Arroyo during impeachment investigations, while Villanueva called for Arroyo to resign.[7] Villanueva alleges that Arroyo ordered her allies to shave off votes from him in the 2004 presidential election and transfer them to hers.[8] Around 200,000 JIL members rallied and asked Arroyo to resign and call a snap election. 

In the 2010 Philippine presidential election, Villanueva ran for president again but lost receiving only 1,125,878 votes or 3.12% of the total votes."

source: wikipedia 

Members Church of God International: 

Catholic Movements:

"One month before the May 13 national mid-term election, the White Vote Movement endorsed senatorial candidates Koko Pimentel, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Trillanes, Gringo Honasan, Mitos Magsaysay and JV Ejercito Estrada.

Two weeks after that, the group endorsed Dick Gordon, Migs Zubiri, Nancy Binay and Marwin llasos.

And two days before the elections, on the final day of the campaign, the group added Ramon Magsaysay and Bam Aquino."

source: solarnews.ph

 
Eto naman ang iemphasize natin:

"(d) Coercion of subordinates. - (1) Any public officer, or any officer of any public or private corporation or association, or any head, superior, or administrator of any religious organization, or any employer or land-owner who coerces or intimidates or compels, or in any manner influence, directly or indirectly, any of his subordinates or members or parishioners or employees or house helpers, tenants, overseers, farm helpers, tillers, or lease holders to aid, campaign or vote for or against any candidate or any aspirant for the nomination or selection of candidates."

Tagalog: Wala daw SAMAHAN O LIDER ng kahit anong SAMAHANG PANRELIHIYON ang MANG IIMPLUWENSIYA sa kanilang mga MIYEMBRO sa direkta o hindi direktang paraan para IKAMPANYA NA HINDI IBOTO ang KAHIT SINONG KUMAKANDIDATO.

Catholic Church:

Sabi ng Simbang Katoliko HUWAG DAW IBOBOTO ANG TEAM PATAY.

 
Ano ngayon? Sige alin-aling relihiyon ba ang tunay na lumabag sa batas?

Ang galing ano, pag Iglesia may kaisahan todo batikos, sa mga gaya gaya namang relihiyon na walang basehan sa doktrina ang bloc voting wala lang para sa kanila. Ayos ah.


Iglesia ni Cristo = may doktrina tungkol sa kaisahan sa Iglesia na nasa bibliya

Mga gaya-gaya = pansariling interes kaya nag-eendorso at nang iimpluwensya ng kanilang mga miyembro

Apologies of "Pope John Paul II"

Pope John Paul II made many apologies. During his long reign as Pope, he apologized to Jews, Galileo, women, people convicted by the Inquisition, Muslims killed by the Crusaders and almost everyone who had allegedly suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church over the years.

Even before he became the Pope, he was a prominent editor and supporter of initiatives like the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops from 1965. 

As Pope, he officially made public apologies for over 100 of these supposed wrongdoings, including:

1. The conquest of Mesoamerica by Spain in the name of the Church
 

2. The legal process on the Italian scientist and philosopher Galileo Galilei, himself a devout Catholic, around 1633 (31 October 1992).
 

3. Catholics' involvement with the African slave trade (9 August 1993)

4. The Church's role in burnings at the stake and the religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation (May 1995, in the Czech Republic).

5. The injustices committed against women, the violation of women's rights and for the historical denigration of women (10 July 1995, in a letter to "every woman").

6. The inactivity and silence of many Catholics during the Holocaust (16 March 1998)

7. For the execution of Jan Hus in 1415 (18 December 1999 in Prague). When John Paul II visited Prague in 1990s, he requested experts in this matter "to define with greater clarity the position held by Jan Hus among the Church's reformers, and acknowledged that "independently of the theological convictions he defended, Hus cannot be denied integrity in his personal life and commitment to the nation's moral education." It was another step in building a bridge between Catholics and Protestants.

8. For the sins of Catholics throughout the ages for violating "the rights of ethnic groups and peoples, and [for showing] contempt for their cultures and religious traditions". (12 March 2000, during a public Mass of Pardons).

9. For the actions of the Crusader attack on Constantinople in 1204. (4 May 2001, to the Patriarch of Constantinople).

10. On 20 November 2001, from a laptop in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II sent his first e-mail apologising for the Catholic sex abuse cases, the Church-backed "Stolen Generations" of Aboriginal children in Australia, and to China for the behaviour of Catholic missionaries in colonial times.

    An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

    — Pope John Paul II

source: wikipedia

Decline in Catholics' church attendance: Fact or Lie?

It is not even shocking for many that there is a huge decline in Filipino Catholic's weekly church attendance, it is evident not in the number of people in their chapels who attend mass but through their catholic neighbors/friends/relatives/family/classmates/workmates that do not attend mass at all, they attend mass only when there is a special occasion like Christmas or birthdays etc.

But the question is, Is there really a decline in Filipino Catholic's church attendance?

Its a fact. Let's read the news:

The SWS conducted the survey on its own account as a “public service” and to determine if Fr. Joel Tabora’s assertions on his blog, posted on February 7, that “the Catholic church is in trouble is true.

Four topics were covered: Leaving the Catholic Church, how often they go to church, assessment of Church attendance, and religiosity.

The results of the survey showed that about 9.2 percent or one out of 11 Catholics said they “sometimes think of leaving the Catholic Church.” Of the 9.2 percent, only 2.5 percent “strongly agrees” in leaving the Church while 6.7 percent said they “somewhat agree” with the statement “sometimes I think of leaving the catholic church.”

However, the poll firm said those who consider leaving the church “do not consider themselves as very religious, attend church monthly mostly and whose church attendance is less now than five years ago.”

Among the Catholics who contemplate leaving the Church, 4.9 percent consider themselves as “very religious”, 9.1 percent were “somewhat religious”, 16.1 said that they were “not very religious”, and 57.3 said they “have no religious belief”.

The survey, conducted from February 15 to 17, involved 1,200 registered voters.

It did not only cover Catholic voters but also voters from other religions. Of the 1,200, 81 percent were Catholics, six percent were Protestants, three percent were members of the Iglesia ni Cristo, and three percent were of other religions.

Among the Catholic respondents, 43 percent said they hear mass once a week; 22 percent go to Church two to three times a month; 21 percent hear Mass once a month; nine percent attend two to 11 times a year and five percent, once a year at most.

“Only 37 percent of Catholics attend church weekly. In comparison, there are nearly twice as many of other Christians who are weekly churchgoers: 64 percent among Protestants, 70 percent among Iglesia ni Cristos and 62 percent among other Christians,” the SWS said.

SWS noted that in 70 SWS surveys regarding church attendance conducted from 1991 to 2013, weekly attendance was always lower among Catholics in general.

SWS said that only 29 percent of Catholics consider themselves very religious, compared to 50 percent among Protestants, 43 percent among Iglesia ni Cristo members, 41 percent among those from other Christian denominations and 38 percent from Muslims.

“Compared with other religious groups, Catholics are the least religious,” the SWS revealed.

source: manilatimes.net

Its not surprising that Catholic priests, bishops, archbishops and even catholic defenders immediately defend their church saying that church's weekly attendance in fact increased and that their chapels are always full of people.

There is maybe a truth that some of their chapels or lets say many of their chapels are filled with churchgoers, but is it a proof that churchgoers really increased? Do they think about the number of catholic population in the Philippines and the number of their chapels across the country? How about their chapels' seating capacity and the number of Catholics in that area? 

My point is, even there are thousands and thousands of catholics attend mass every sunday, we should think that there are MILLIONS of Catholics in the Philippines. The number of Catholic's weekly church attendance in their chapels does not reflect the Catholic's church attendance as a whole.

What's the current situation of Catholics in the United States?

Only about one in four American Catholics attend mass once a week, a number that has been cut in half in the past 40 years, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday.

Only 24 percent of US Catholics said they went to mass on a weekly basis in 2012, down from 47 percent in 1974, according to the study, which was published as the world's 1.2 billion Catholics await the election of a new pope.

Among self-identified "strong" Catholics, only 53 percent went to mass once a week last year, down from 85 percent in 1974.

About a quarter (27 percent) of respondents identified themselves as "strong" Catholics last year, down more than 15 percentage points from the mid-1980s and among the lowest readings since 1974, the Pew data showed.

The figure is in sharp contrast to the 54 percent of Protestants who say they have a strong religious identity -- one of the highest levels since Pew began asking the question nearly four decades ago.

Agence France-Presse March 14, 2013 14:32

source: globalpost.com

How about Catholics in European countries? 

In France, Germany and Spain, where multiple Pew Research surveys have asked respondents how often they attend church, few Catholics report going to Mass on a weekly basis. In four surveys conducted between 2009 and 2011, no more than 10% of French Catholics said they attend Mass at least weekly. By comparison, between 24% and 31% of Spanish Catholics have said they attend church at least once a week in polls conducted between 2009 and 2011.Among Catholics in Germany, roughly one-in-five said they go to Mass on a weekly basis in 2009 and 2010. In Pew Research polling in 2011, a slightly lower proportion of German Catholics (16%) reported attending Mass at least once a week.

 
Pew Research surveys have not routinely asked about attendance at religious services in Italy.
 

March 5, 2013
source: pewforum.org

And how about the center of the Catholic Church, Italy?

ROME, August 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite regular polls showing that about 30 percent of Italian Catholics claim to attend Sunday Mass regularly, a closer look at the numbers reveals a more uncertain future for the Italian Church, and consequently for Italy as a moral vanguard in Europe.

For many years, Italians responding to surveys have said that between 30 and 50 percent attend Mass more than once a month. But in 2004-5, the Patriarchate of Venice undertook a study that showed the actual attendance numbers were no more than 22.7 percent, with only 15 percent attending every Sunday. Those who attended one to three times were 7.7 percent. The survey noted that Mass attendance increases with the level of education, in contrast to findings in other parts of Europe. 

While this number still compares favorably to that of other EU countries like France, where regular attendance is thought to be below 5 percent, it is likely to slide further in the coming years. 

A survey conducted by Professor Paolo Segatti of the University of Milan, published in the magazine “Il Regno” in May, found that the news is even worse among younger Italians. Among those born after 1981, Segatti found, Mass attendance, self-identification as Catholic, and adherence to Catholic teaching are “in collapse.” Segatti predicted a near future in which Catholicism holds only “minority status in Italy.”

“It is imaginable that when the children of the younger generation become parents, they will make a further contribution to secularization.”

Segatti writes. “The youngest Italians are the ones to whom religious experience is most foreign. They clearly go to church less, believe in God less, pray less, trust the Church less, identify themselves as Catholic less, and say that being Italian does not mean being Catholic.”

Vatican expert and Italian journalist Sandro Magister noted last week that the loss of faith among young people has strongly affected women: “The collapse is so clear that it also wipes out the differences in religious practice between men and women – the latter of whom tend much more to be practicing – typical of the previous generations. Among the youngest, very few of the women go to church, on a par with the men.”

Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:15 EST
source: lifesitenews.com

You can search other surveys in other countries in the internet.

Now, Is there a DECLINE in the Catholic Church?

First Latin American Pope could counter declining Catholicism

Pope Francis, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the first non-European pontiff since the eighth century, bringing a distinctly New World flavor to the Vatican that Catholics hope can reverse the decades-long trend of Latin Americans leaving the church.

Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, acknowledged how unusual his non-European origins are as he greeted thousands of faithful outside St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday night. "As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome. It seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am," he said shortly after his election.

Pope Francis shares his faraway home of Latin America with about 40 percent of the world's Catholics, a plurality of the world's faithful that has nonetheless eroded significantly in the past 50 years as droves of Catholics converted to evangelical Protestantism.

Roberto Blancarte, a professor at the Center of Sociological Studies at El Colegio de México, found that about 1,000 Catholics left the church every day between 2000 and 2010, adding up to a loss of 4 million congregants. Overall, Blancarte estimates that about 90 percent of Latin Americans were Catholic in 1970, compared with about 70 percent today, though the percentage varies widely by country. In the United States, the percentage of Hispanic Catholics has also been declining, but more because they are becoming more secular than converting to competing religions.

Having a Latin American pope, whose native language is Spanish, might lure back some of those Catholics to the fold.

"It could be part of an overarching process of helping to revitalize the Latin American church," said R. 

Andrew Chesnut, the Bishop Walter Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

"A lot of Latin American Catholics will feel very proud and elated that the new pope is one of theirs and his native language is their native language."

The precipitous decline in Catholic affiliation might have nudged the cardinals into selecting a non-European pope for the first time in centuries. Seventeen percent of the cardinals in the conclave were from Latin America.

"With this bleeding of members over the last half-century it made so much sense strategically to choose a Latin American. Europe is lost, the church is in a real crisis there, but Latin America still has a chance to be salvaged," Chesnut said.

Robert P. George, a Christian conservative thinker and law professor at Princeton, said the move will be interpreted by people in Latin America as a recognition "that there is a strong Catholic culture and many faithful Catholics in Latin America."

But not all experts on Catholicism agreed. Blancarte pointed out that Pope John Paul II was unable to battle the larger trend away from Catholicism despite his unprecedented attention to the region during his 26-year papacy.

"John Paul II visited almost every country in Latin America. ... He was as much Latin American as anyone can be," Blancarte said. "The fact that [Francis] is Latin American is a marginal fact."

Miguel Zamora, an Argentine immigrant who lives in New York and works for a pharmaceutical company, said he was elated to learn the new pope is from Argentina. "I think this is going to be a big boost for Argentina," Zamora said.

But he added that the pride he feels for the pope's nationality will not necessarily coax him back to attending mass on Sundays. "I still have hopes that the church is going to change," he said.

Wed, Mar 13, 2013

source: news.yahoo.com 

You decide! 

Is this really the TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST? 

And the Church that will Christ save?