Saturday, August 27, 2005

A Self-respecting Atheist

God expects me to go to hell. Satan expects me to go to heaven. As an atheist with dignity and self-respect, after I am dead, I would just like to be left alone. I hope and expect to go nowhere. What do I care about supernatural beings at war supposedly against each other to win over my silly soul? Indeed, what do I know about my soul except that it is silly? In the meantime, why should I care for other worlds that do not exist except in the sick imagination of sick theologians? As a proud atheist, if I must leave this world one day, I would like to leave it a better place than how I found it. Poch Suzara

The Kingdom of God

In the world history of hate, and violence, and wars, there is only the kingdom that was always victorious against all other kingdoms - the loving Kingdom of God. And to think that the kingdom of God is located only in heaven, not on this earth! Poch Suzara

Universal Stupidity

In the kingdom of God there is the power of love. In the kingdom of the devil there is the power of hate. In the kingdom of Man there is the power of fear and ignorance. The three kingdoms however, inextricably mixed together, add up to the power of universal stupidity in competition with the power of infinity. Poch Suzara

The Filipinos and the Jews

If God created man in His own image and likeness, how come Filipinos today, with no legal immigration status, are in the State of Israel employed as the servants of the Jews - the Chosen People of God? Who was the moron who said that all men are created equal in the eyes of God? Poch Suzara

Humility

There is no room for humility in the struggle against deviltry as inspired by divinity. Otherwise, humility will only breed more stupidity that encourages nothing but social insanity. It is what is happening in the Philippines today. Under humility, we Filipinos have deep faith that the truth goes marching on as if the truth were already revealed and able to travel. Poch Suzara

The Price paid

The price we pay for our refusal to seek wealth in mental health: sooner or later, due to despondency, we will have to seek out a priest or a minister or a rabbi or even a guru in India to help put structure back into our broken, if not empty, lives. Unfortunately, what we learn from those superstitious primitives is neither knowledge nor wisdom for mental health, but only renewed faith in mediocrity that pulled us down into spiritual poverty in the first place. Poch Suzara

Success In Life

Success in life is not only a matter of having achieved the things you want; It is also the ability to reject the things you do not want. In this connection, no one is a total failure, neither is there any one who is a total success. For my part, I am happy and contented to be a successful failure. I don’t want millions. I just want answers to my questions. Poch Suzara

Philosophy and Theology

Theology is the discipline to believe in nothing for the sake of nothing as it is the study of the unknowable. Philosophy, on the other hand, is the discipline to believe in something for the sake of everything as it is the study of the worth knowing. Nevertheless, for my part, I love philosophy: it is comprehension without the necessity of belief. I have no taste, however, for Theology: it is belief without the necessity of comprehension. Poch Suzara

Christian Expectation

What can be expected of a Christian who is threatened by what is modern and logical, but feels even more frightened by what is ancient and biblical? But then again, why should a Christian be a reader of great books, if he does not even bother to read and to understand fully the bible – his own holy book? In the meantime, there is the difference between a person who refuses to read and a person who cannot read at all! Poch Suzara

The Bible Says

Everything that is impossible with men is possible with God. If this were true, how come it was possible for God to have created a happy heaven for his creatures called “angels”; but impossible for God to have created a happy earth for his creatures called “men, women, and children?” Poch Suzara

Fear

We were taught to fear God and to fear the devil. To fear life and to fear death. To fear the mysteries and to fear the complexities. As an atheist, I am saying let’s stop all this fear of nonsense. Fear is unworthy of self-respecting human beings. Bertrand Russell reminds us: “When a man allows one kind of fear to dominate him, he soon comes to be dominated by other kinds also.” Perhaps, there is an exception; for, I always felt it right to fear human stupidity, especially as it dares to compete even against infinity. Poch Suzara facebook@ Twitter@ Atheist@ google#

History of Science

If the history of science shows us anything, it is that during these past thousands of years, religion has never, not even for a day, played any vital role in any way whatsoever eliminating fear, hate, and ignorance as science continues to be on daily basis. Poch Suzara

The Believer

The believer who claims that he never doubted the Christian doctrines taught to him to believe and to have faith in and who seems not bothered mentally as he also claims to be enjoying his sanity – has got to be a believer with the heart of a snake, the conscience of a hyena, and the spirit of a crackpot. Poch Suzara

What I Shall I Do

A follower asked: “what shall I do to inherit eternal salvation?” Jesus replied: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind.” Jesus lied. Otherwise, if Jesus were truthful, He would referred the poor fellow to what was already a revealed truth in the Old Testament: “The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward.” Eccl. 9:5. Poch Suzara

The Philippines

The Philippines was once the most glorious place on earth. It had beautiful beaches, rivers, lakes, mountains and forests. The Filipino was once the most handsome, intelligent, humorous and hard working people. They travelled around the world and have been known to be the carriers of peace and goodwill to all men. For centuries, the Philippines was known as the “Pearl of Orient.” Today, however, it is famous as the “Payatas of the Orient.” Indeed, there is only that one same ugly problem that, in the modern world, continues to keep the Philippines poor and backward: the college educated men and women installed to be the leaders of the nation. Poch Suzara

Who Is God

Science has no answer to the question: who are we and why are we here? Well, neither has religion. Religion, however, has a wild guess. It claims that God created us and that is why we are here. However, if this were true, then we must ask: Who is God? Where did He come from? Why is He way out there? Why is He not down here? Poch Suzara

We Atheists

As atheists, we should address ourselves thoughtfully to the reduction of human suffering. No need to thoughtlessly negate the task of educating people to believe that this world is our world. It is the only world we know. There is no other world out there for us after we are dead. Robert G. Ingersoll wrote: The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. And the way to be happy is to make others also happy.” Poch Suzara

Thursday, August 25, 2005

A Devout Christian

A faithful believer who never, not even for a moment, doubted the Christian doctrines taught to him to believe and who does not go insane has the heart of a snake, the conscience of a hyena, and the ambition of a crackpot. Poch Suzara

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

A Stupid Man

A stupid man, devoid of intellect, believes, naturally, everyone is just as stupid as he is. Sometimes,it is true, I envy the stupid man. He has no need to pursue new or fresh ideas to make sense of life. He sees nothing around him. He is more comfortable and happy holding on to his blind faith that got him to be stupid to begin with. Poch Suzara

A Reader Writes:

For you not to believe in God, you sure do talk about Him a lot. It seems you are obsessed with Him, only in a bad way. So you believe there's no God? I can only say this, when you depart from this world, you had better be right. I would rather believe there is a God in Heaven and be wrong, as to believe there were none, and be wrong.”

My response: to begin with, who told you that after death we can depart away from this world unto a next world? Where is that next world located? Do you have a map on how to get there? And how do you know it is a God, not a Goddess out there waiting for you? All I know is that this world is our world. The only world we know. But then again, if there were indeed life after death, then we must do our best to leave this world a better place than how we found it. At least as a legacy for our children’s children. Why concern yourselves with eternal salvation since there is first the works needed to improve human civilization? As to my obsession with a God that does not exist, I plead guilty. What other harmful idea is there that has done more harm to mankind than the silly idea that there is a God existing out there so full of love and mercy and justice for people on this earth? Thank you for writing. Poch Suzara

Another Reader Writes

“Isn’t religion meant to be flawed since the proponents are flawed themselves? Religion has indeed brought out the worst in people but we can’t refute that it has also brought out the best out of people. Nothing is absolute. There may only be balance in this crazy world we live in. Even though, the God concept maybe a lie, what a beautiful lie it is with an amazing placebo effect. I have come to believe that humans need to have something greater than themselves to aspire too... to follow. Is that so wrong?” My reply: Why ignore our family, our country, and all of mankind – that are greater realities than ourselves? Why negate such beauties? You admit that the God concept may be a lie, but what a beautiful lie it is with its placebo effect? Indeed, the placebo effect of such lies have tremendously helped the Vatican in this century to be worth more than THREE TRILLION DOLLARS in cash, properties and other assets? Are you saying that the Philippines – the only Catholic country in Asia – should remain poor and backward by maintaining for itself more of the religious lies in the centuries to come? Do you really believe that a lie has brought out the best among Filipinos as a people? In the meantime, listen to Bertrand Russell: “There is something feeble, a little contemptible, about a man who cannot face the perils of life without comfortable myths.” Poch Suzara

Christians in the Philippines

Christians in this God-forsaken Philippines cannot afford not to love and worship and indeed cannot live without God. This is only because there is no one else but God who can forgive daily sins as well as pardon daily crimes. Indeed, thanks to the Sacrament of Forgiveness we are all enjoying ourselves as a society of sinners, and also proud of ourselves as a nation govern by insane criminals? In the meantime, what growth and development can be expected of a nation where its people are educated to save, first and foremost, their silly souls by belittling the power of their minds and hearts? Poch Suzara

Faith in Divine Garbage

If God were the first cause of everything, how come as the Original Creator He was not the first cause of the Original Sin? Why blame Adam and Eve? As a matter of fact, for the Fall of Man, I should blame first the devil who, in the shape of a Talking Serpent, molested Eve to bring down Adam. But here’s a better question: who do you really blame when you meet people whose views have been twisted and distorted by their faith in divine garbage? Poch Suzara

Christ Guilty of What

Was Christ guilty of heinous crimes that He deserved to be crucified on the cross? Luke 23:5 says: “He stirred up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.” According to John 18:1, however: “Then said Pilate unto them, take ye him, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews therefore said him: “ It is not lawful for any of us to put any man to death.” Why then should the Jews want Christ be put to death on the cross for teaching Jewry? Poch Suzara

Power for the Apostles

“Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.” Luke 9:1. Indeed, with such power and authority, the disciples were able to resurrect the dead Jesus back to life. Sadly however, they could not apply the same miraculous power and authority to raise to life their own dead mental faculties. Otherwise, they could have also raised their own Jewish land and Jewish people into a Catholic country like they did the Philippines - the only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century. Poch Suzara

The Lord Is Gracious

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion: slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Ps. 145: 8 – 9. If that were the case, why did the Lord together with his relatives in heaven create hell for the relatives of Adam and Eve on earth? But then again, what can one think of a Lord so gracious and full of compassion - who can create a universe, but unable as yet to create land for His Chosen people – the Jews on this earth? Poch Suzara

If Atheism were a Religion

If Atheism were a religion, how come we Atheists have no faith as Atheism has nothing to do with the diffusion of fear or the confusion of ignorance? On second thought, perhaps Atheism is a religion. After all, we atheist believe that the theists created God in their image and likeness. Poch Suzara

A Loving and Merciful God

God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they might all be damned. 2 Thess 2:11-12. Indeed, a religion, even if it calls itself the religion of love and mercy, must be hateful and unmerciful to those who do not agree to belong to it. Poch Suzara

Buddha Before the Time of Jesus

Prove all things; hold fast to what is good. 1 Thess 5:21. How true, except for the historical fact that Buddha, the atheist that he was, already said the same thing thousands of years before the time of Christ. Poch Suzara

Jesus - Apathetic to World Peace

Although Jesus possessed the miraculous powers to put an end to killings between men via wars between nations, Jesus accepted the concept of war with these admissions: “And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew. 24: 6-7. See also see Mark 13: 7-8. Poch Suzara

A Real Saint

God has yet to canonize not a good for nothing, but a good for something saint: The saint who has ceased helping the poor because he has finally eliminated poverty out of the community permanently. The saint who, with the miraculous powers from divinity, has successfully abolished mental slavery as that is the root-cause of misery and poverty and indeed the foundation of a sick and sinful society. Poch Suzara

Who are the Freethinkers?

The freethinkers are just like the scientific thinkers. They do not have all the answers, but they are always open to all the questions. In fact, the freethinkers and the scientific thinkers are always more fascinated with the questions than they are with the answers. After all, the answers, in time, become obsolete, if not irrelevant. Indeed, without the freedom to think freely or to think scientifically, we could not formulate deeper questions for ourselves in the search of the truth. Poch Suzara

Science and Immortality

Science tells us that for immortality to be a reality, it must consist of both HEREAFTER and HEREBEFORE or else there is no immortality. Only the infinity of stupidity. Indeed, why should immortality begin only at birth? And to think that despite the promise of eternal salvation, the after-life of heavenly bliss, most people will do anything to postpone the inevitable triumph of biological death. Poch Suzara

100 Billion people

More than a 100 Billion people have already lived and died since Christ died on the cross. A great many of them have been killed in wars waged in God’s name and for His glory. And to think that God is still so desperate, if not so lonely. He seems to need, insatiably, more love, more worship, and more adoration from more people. Is God that cold-blooded perfection so lost in self-admiration? In the meantime, most religious people have beliefs that are quite childish. Specially as such beliefs are based not upon the reality of evidence, but upon the fantasy of evidence otherwise known as divine providence. Poch Suzara

My Wicked Dream

My religious friends and relatives believe me to be a wicked man as I related to them my dream: to establish a public library in every town in the Philippines. And the main part of those public libraries will also serve as the Center of Information for family planning and birth control for both college school boys and college girls and for married and un-married couples. Poch Suzara

The Greatest Curse

Religion has been the greatest curse to mankind. Its services and promises are nothing compared to the damage religion has done to the human brain for clear and honest thinking. Indeed, the human brain that’s needed for developing not only man’s high standard of living, but more especially for cultivating man’s higher standard of thinking. More to the point, however, Bertrand Russell aptly put it this way: “I think religion has done a great deal of harm, largely by sanctifying conservatism and adhesion to ancient habits by sanctifying intolerance and hatred.” Poch Suzara

Filipino problems

The Filipino problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thoughtlessness we were at yesterday when we created such problems. But then again, in this only Christian country in Asia, who cares for the power of ideas, especially those in the free market of ideas? I ask: how can we ever enjoy a healthy and a growing democracy when such form of government is utterly worthless unless based upon the power of human knowledge? Poch Suzara

What American Values

In America, under the leadership of George W. Bush, the Ten Commandments of God are far more valuable than the ten amendments of the Constitution. Indeed, for the sake of waging war against other countries such as Iraq, never mind the Bill of Rights. Just enjoy the rights and the insanity of paying your share of the war bills. No doubt, as president of the USA, and his warlike solutions to global problems, George W Bush is a grace to American race; unfortunately, however, to the human race – a disgrace. Poch Suzara

American College Graduates

Most American college graduates believe that Jesus is their personal Lord and Savior. No need therefore to wonder why the Christian Americans have no qualms about going to war to get rid of the Muslims for not believing in Jesus as the Son of God. It is really tragic. Jesus is mentioned by name 93 times in the 15 different chapters of the sacred scripture of Islam. Jesus in the Quran is called a prophet, a messenger, a Word from God, the Messiah, and one inspired or aided by the Spirit of God. Poch Suzara

No Travel Document

None of us had travel documents when we arrived on this planet. We carried neither a passport nor a visa. In this world, therefore, technically speaking, we are all illegal aliens. Fortunately, we are legal citizens of this or that country. Hopefully, one day, we will all be even more fortunate: We will become citizens of the world under one government. It would all really depend on the intellectual vision of those with aims and ambitions who are already in charge as heads of the United Nations in this 21st century. Poch Suzara

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Insanity versus Jazz

My critics say that I may be an insane fellow as evident by my insane writings. I totally agree. The only time I feel the joys of sanity, however, is when I am with my sane, young, and beautiful sweetheart, the freethinker that as she is; or, when I am playing the drums. Indeed, I am a jazz drummer. My sweetheart is a jazz lover too. We both think that devoid of mainstream jazz - life in this world is not worth living. Ah jazz, it surpasses only love – a rhythm, harmony and a melody by itself. Poch Suzara

As A Devout Atheist

As a devout atheist I wish I had the time to hate the Christians, the Jews and the Muslims. However, as I painfully see the great religious believers of our world already pretty much inspired, if not embroiled in hate, especially hate of themselves, if not hate of one against the other, I thought I’d better devote my energy to studying and understanding evil otherwise also popularly known as the great religions of the world. Poch Suzara

Descendants From Apes

I envy the apes in the jungle. None of them are known to be religiously insane or politically stupid. None of them heard about the Word of God. Apes do not go to war to kill other apes in God’s name. Apes do not pray inside a church, or worship inside a Mosque, or adore inside a synagogue. In fact, if there were anything that’s immoral with the apes, it is that they evolved into becoming Christians, or Muslims, or Jews whose existence continue to keep our world wracked in hatred – always a threat to peace on earth and goodwill to all men. Poch Suzara

The Curious Cat

Curiosity killed the cat. At least, before she died, the cat with a bit of wisdom, was curious. And to think that curious cats never attended Catholic universities all established under the inspiration of divine wisdom in the Philippines. Poch Suzara

In This 21st Century Philippines

In this 21st century Philippines, we Filipinos are still calling on the Lord to ask him for the grace to make us worthy of His healing our land. When the wounds, however, do not get healed, we do not blame the Lord; instead, like silly children, we blame each other. I ask: what has any one individual born a Jew in Israel some 2,000 years ago, and who could not even heal the wounds of his own country, have anything to do with healing the wounds in the Philippines? Golly, to think that Israel is not a Christian country; it is a Jewish State. To think further that as far as the Jewish ancient history is concerned, Jesus, the Son of God, never existed. Specially the Jesus who walked on water or changed water into wine at a banquet where the invited guests were already inebriated. Poch Suzara

If Jesus

If Jesus had only the capacity to have shown men how to conquer fear and ignorance with the power of knowledge, at this time surely, his devout Christian followers should already be enjoying peace on earth and spreading goodwill to all men. Sadly, instead of inventing the microscope to help improve the science of medicine; or, inventing the telescope to help improve the science of astronomy; or, since he worked part time at it, inventing the tools to help improve the art of carpentry, Jesus instead invented faith – the faith of a childlike innocence and trust to misguide the human capacity away from the good life inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Poch Suzara

Free Will

How wonderful of God to have gifted me with a free will to choose whether I would like to go to heaven or to hell. How terrible, however, I can only choose eternal salvation in heaven or eternal damnation in hell only after I am dead, and not while I am still alive. But then again, if I truly have free will, should I not be able to totally reject choosing either destination as I would rather just be left alone? Poch Suzara

Heretics

Hypatia, for being a heretic, was killed by Bishop Cyril of the Catholic Church in the 5th century. Bruno, a Catholic monk, but for being a heretic, was burned to death by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine of the Catholic Church in the 15th century. The Catholic Church also committed the same crime against Jose Rizal in 1896 for a being a heretic. He was executed by musketry. The Church even lied to the Catholic community that Rizal retracted before he died. In this 21st century, as a devout and a faithful heretic myself, I sing to the Catholic Church: “What now my love, now that you have found me!” Poch Suzara

The Revealed Truth

Ironically, the truth behind the REVEALED TRUTH has yet to be REVEALED. Otherwise, why are there ten thousand different sects of Christianity misunderstanding and fighting each other over what is the true nature of the revealed truth? In the meantime, where is the Universal God who has yet to reveal, for the whole of mankind, one universal religion? Poch Suzara

Atheist Are Not Communists

There are indeed religious morons who believe that all atheists are communists. This is not true. Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Clarence Darrow, Luther Burbank, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Marlon Brando, Katharine Hepburn, Carl Sagan, Albert Einstein, and Bertrand Russell - just to name a few, were all atheists. You would be a religious moron if you believe that such great and famous atheists were also communists. Poch Suzara

The Jews

Israel is the Police Dog guarding the American oil deposits in the Middle East. One day, science will discover new sources of energy better and cheaper than oil. At that time, as soon as those new energy sources are in the open market, the Americans will have to find other kinds of employment for the Jews in the Middle East. Poch Suzara

Not Fighting God

I am not fighting God. More precisely, I am fighting the concept of God based upon ignorance that’s primarily responsible for the destruction of the Filipino mind and heart since the 15th century. It was at that time that the Spanish colonizers arrived to introduce the Christian God in the Philippines that has never ceased to make a mockery of this “Pearl of the Orient,” or better known these days, as the “Payatas of the Orient.” Poch Suzara

Who

Who, in the world of science and technology, have we tried to seek out to express our sense of gratitude especially to those atheistic scientists who invented the cellular phone and the Internet computer for us? The same scientific machines we all miraculously utilize everyday to spread the Word of God – the same Word of God that’s forever keeping the Filipino poor in science as a people and keeping the Philippines backward in technology as a nation? Poch Suzara

Science and Religion

Science improves with the never-ending pursuit of the honest truth. Religion, always at variance with mortality, improves only when put to rest in peace in a cemetery. Poch Suzara

In The End

Our entire world is only one grain of sand called earth circling around another grain of sand called the sun in a galaxy that contains 400 million other grains of sands called stars, and is itself only one of the billions of countless galaxies. Our own sun will eventually grow old and cold one day, and life on this earth will cease to exist. The cosmos, however, will continue to exist, utterly apathetic as to whether or not there exists for mankind a divine Savior. Poch Suzara

Silly Theologians

While the silly theologians have been arguing back and forth as to how best to serve the multitudes for Christ’s sake, specially in the modern world, - atheist Albert Schweitzer, more than a century ago, already disclosed: “There is no higher religion than public service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.” Poch Suzara

Is Christianity A Failure

The failure of Christianity is symbolized in the statue of Christ crucified on the cross. Indeed, If his mission on earth to save man were a success, statues of the Risen Christ would be colorfully displayed everywhere in the Christian world. But then again, what was the purpose of dying on the cross when Christ possessed the miraculous power to resurrect Himself back to life? Moreover, after he resurrected, why did He surreptitiously appear only to His apostles, and not to the public at large among whom were those who had Him crucified – the unbelievers of the faith – the Jews! Poch Suzara

Possible With God

Is it possible for God to commit suicide? No, because suicide is a mortal sin and God killing Himself might end up in hell. But then again, God in hell is not such a big of a deal. His theologians have always claimed that God is everywhere anyway. Poch Suzara

Bertrand Russell and Fidel Castro

I love and respect Bertrand Russell of England. I also have the greatest admiration for Fidel Castro of Cuba. Both gentlemen have had the honor of frightening the United States government. Russell with the power of philosophy promoting pacficism. Castro with the power to go against the American economy for the sake of communism. Such great men are indeed a rarity in our world of global militarism protecting neither liberty nor democracy, but only crass commercialism. Poch Suzara

Religious People

Imagine the religious people of this world. They would rather hope after death to meet not their ancestors, but look forward only to meeting an invisible creator called “God.” The same God in the bible who defined Himself as “I am who I am.” For my part, if there is life after death, I look forward to be with my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents once again. Specifically, I would like to meet and be with my maternal great-grandmother Lola Titay. While I was a little boy, I remember her often taking me not to church to pray, but to places like the Santa Ana Race Tracks in Manila to play the horses. I also remember we would always stop to smell flowers along the way home. I never knew it then, but I think she was an atheist. If indeed, I will ever see her again in the next life – I will embrace her as one of my most loveliest and kindness of relatives. Poch Suzara

The Kindness of God

During ancient times, God had the kindness to send an angel to console and to assist a Jewish pregnant girl. In this modern times, however, he continues to ignore the millions of mothers and their children struggling to survive daily in the slums of the major cities in the Philippines – the only Christian country in Asia. Poch Suzara

What If

What if, after death and in heaven, we find, surprisingly, that God turned to be a Filipino? Shall we still be able to love, worship, and adore Him? No, of course not. Everybody knows God is a Jew. He is not even an Arab. How can God be a Filipino? As a matter of fact, according to the bible, God made not man, but made only the Jews – in His own image and likeness. Poch Suzara

Misery and Democracy

Christianity has survived during these past centuries because it insured for herself what precisely it feeds on – human misery. Indeed, Christianity has always had a vested interest in human misery. Of course, it is not called misery. It is more popularly known as “sacrifice.” Nevertheless, misery is best defined as a state of chronic suffering and unhappiness. Christianity has even made a mockery of our democracy by seeing to it that we Filipinos continue to be under a theocracy and therefore, in the here and now, to live in misery and indeed, in poverty both spiritually and morally. And the most effective way to maintain these horrors is to see to it that there is no such thing as government education sponsoring family planning and birth control measures practice in our democracy as blessed by Catholic theocracy. Poch Suzara

I Am Often Ask

I am often asked why am I angry with divinity. I continue to reply that: “I am not only angry at divinity, but also angry at human stupidity as inspired by traditional theology.” As a little boy in school, I was taught to believe that “anger” is one of the seven deadly sins. I vehemently disagreed. Specially as my teachers could get angry at me but I could not get angry at them for teaching me not how to think; only what to believe; especially to believe in a lot of holy garbage such as a foreigner, a Jewish fellow born in a foreign land some 2,000 years ago is the Savior of the Filipinos in the Philippines. Poch Suzara