Jose Rizal - mankind's greatest of men

Alleviating the sufferings of the Filipino and avenging the victims of cruelties was the cornerstone of Rizal’s ambitions. Especially to rescue the Philippines from the horrors of Christianity. He considered brutal punishment not only a violation of human rights, but a social horror. This was the point he stressed to Father Francisco Sanchez, his former professor at the Ateneo Municipal de manila, when he paid the friar a visit in August 1887, a few days after his return from Europe: “Are you not afraid of the consequences of your audacity (in writing the Noli Me Tangere ), asked Father Sanchez. “Father,” Rizal replied, “you are a missionary. If you go on your mission, are you not afraid of the consequences of its fulfillment?” “Oh, that is entirely different!” replied Father Sanchez. “Not at all,” said Rizal. “Your mission is to baptize the heathen, but mine is to make men worthy.” To make Filipinos worthy was to Rizal the initial step if any change was to take place. The attempt at changing oneself would then expand to a wide range, that of changing the conditions around him, and eventually that of the Philippines. But this was possible only if love of country has been fully developed. However, arousing national sentiment and pride, by stimulating love for one another as Filipinos, Rizal hoped to instill in the Filipino the feeling of nationalism. This was Rizal’s mission. A rare Filipino thinker indeed who had the courage to promote the beauty of historical harmony in the Philippines where Christianity has only spread the insanity of theology. Rizal’s dream was to see his country’s prosperity via cultural growth and social development. He wrote: “I would like the Filipino people to become worthy, noble and honorable.” The exact opposite of the teachings of Christianity – we are all sinners and worthless. History, however, tells us what Christianity told Rizal to his face: “What in hell are you doing? Why are you threatening the profitable Christian business in the Philippines? The essence of Christianity is that God must be obeyed because God is bigger and stronger and, in addition, God is incomparably more vicious. Obey God or burn in hell. Why do you want to straighten out the broken spirit of the Filipino by teaching them the worthlessness of guilt feelings – indeed, the same guilt feelings that give so much power and authority of the Church in the Philippines?” As if Rizal did not know that in every religion the priests alone have the right to decide upon what pleases or what displeases God; and of course the priests will always decide upon what pleases or displeases them first. Moreover, Rizal clearly saw that Christianity thrives on guilt. Guilt, not love, is the fundamental emotion that Christianity seeks to induce. For all of its alleged concern for the “poor in spirit,” Christianity does its best to perpetuate spiritual impoverishment. The Christian bible in the Philippines has been about one uniform message. It is that God must be obeyed, period. If God commands worship, Filipinos must worship. If God commands hate, Filipinos must hate. If God commands prayer, Filipinos must pray. This principle has remained unchanged. God is the master, the Filipinos are the slaves, and the fundamental characteristic of slaves is that they are not permitted, under threat of force, to act according to their own judgment. In brief, to be mindless for the sake of godliness. After Rizal had been arrested, jailed, and executed in 1896, Christianity’s continued success has been insured in the Philippines. With Rizal and his thinking kind conveniently expunged out of the Filipino psyche the Philippines has remained famous as the only Christian country in Asia. Since the 16th century, Christianity has had nothing to offer the Filipino except misery and poverty under a corrupted spirituality. Indeed, Christianity has successfully made the Filipino proud and well-established as the greatest worshippers of God - Sick Man of Asia today.