Monday, September 23, 2013
All Faithful to God; None of them are Atheists
"They came with a bible and their religion, stole our land, crushed our spirit. and they tell us that we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved." Pontiac 1718-1769
A native American said this a few centuries ago, lamenting what had happened to his land and people.
In the Philippines, the process was not any much different, but the impact even more destructive. Not only was a grave injustice done, but the Church which benefited from the loss of the natives chooses to be mute about it, virtually disqualifying itself from being a credible voice against corruption.
Worse, the government that is now in the hands of the native Filipinos themselves,(all faithful to God; none of them are atheists) suffers from historical amnesia and an inherited elitism which places blame on the victims of poverty for their loss of their patrimony.
Never has the saying above been more true today for most Filipinos - in the Philippines - the only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century! Poch Suzara Twitter# Google# Facebook# Atheist#
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If Darwinian evolution is true, as an atheist you have no principled argument against the "superior" Europeans vanquishing and decimating the savages known as native Americans. What one bag of rearranged scum does to anther bag of rearranged scum can't be called evil, as far as you're concerned. As Dawkins would say, someone got lucky, the other, well, minalas lang siya. So for you, Poch, there is no time to get angry, really. I think this is just a charade.
Ken, what you should worry about is if you were able to think at all. Cheers! Poch Suzara
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