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WTFriendship Day!!!
Aw c'mon! This is too much, we are reverting back to the ancient times when opinions opposing the Church merit threat to the infernal fires!!!
"The CBCP threatens politicians who support the RH bill with excommunication. But our representatives are not backing down. To ensure the passage of the bill, they are willing to risk being excommunicated," according to the article from filipinofreethinkers.org.
It is so sad that things have come to this.
Surely, the higher ups in the Catholic Church are doing their job according to the teachings of the Vatican, etc. But sadly, I must say that oppressing people who share a different view is unloving, the total antithesis of what Jesus taught.
It is true that humans are biblically told to multiply. But I believe that it should be responsible reproductive health that we must go for, for the sake of the next generation.
How?
First of all, get into the context of the day. The media is the number one worldly ruler of this era. Everyone is exposed to media. And media, for better or for worse, is a reckless, if happy, laissiez-faire of all things under the sun. Needless to say that includes the implicit sensuality and outright pornography in the radio, prime time TV and in the web.
We can use this as a spring board to teach responsible reproductive health to our children, which does not exclude the teaching of moral values (such as how to choose the right partner, when the right time to get married and have children is; and on a more basic note teach them about what hormones do to their bodies and the alternative activities to deal with changes in the bodies and the resulting reactions to these changes; how to protect themselves from pedophiles, molestation and being physically violated and on and on and on).
The Church has taken an offensive tactic which is working to their disadvantage. But then again, they could always say that Jesus lashed out a couple of times in the Bible (for sure, once in the temple where people put up a bazaar). But still, this bullying via the threat of hellfire is not helping the Philippines and its wards towards its goal of progress.
Progress (even in this issue) can be attained but not with this "religious and civil" war of words.
In RH Bill No. 5043, the people are given a choice between natural and modern family planning methods with the bill but not the option of abortion (Thank God!). In fact, this bill broadens the assistance it gives to the grassroots members of society, beginning in the barangay, reproductive healthcare assistance, not limited to, but neither excluding family planning.
Our country has too many children who are either living in the streets or living in poor emotional conditions due to parents' and extended families' lack of real education (whether they are college graduates or not). The education we are talking about here is the basic knowledge of knowing one's body, how it works by itself and in relation to another (meaning sexually). We can even point the truth to ourselves and to impressionable minds what ignorance of the matter can result to!
If the family is to be saved, we have to teach our children how to take care of their bodies, minds and souls. And how can we freely teach our children these things if even our Church plays guilt trips on the adults?
I commend the authors of the RH Bill in the Philippines. Your dedication towards education and healthcare is one concrete step towards our nation's progress. Your courage in standing firm in this controversial issue is much needed and appreciated.
God is blessing our country right now.
"Education costs money, but then so does ignorance."
-- Sir Claus Moser
