If I could Pick My Valentine

I pick Hypatia – the Greek philosopher, a teacher of mathematics and astronomy in Alexandria. A woman renowned for her beauty. In an age of bigotry, she adhered to the Neoplatonic philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. With eloquence and intellect, the whole of Alexandria trembled whenever Hypatia lectured. The search of the truth was to her priceless. She was a woman of self-respect and dignity not only for herself but also especially for her community. Hypatia was a brilliant teacher who rejected unfounded dogmas. She laughed at the superstitious primitives of her days. She was ruthlessly murdered – a victim of religious fanaticism more than 15 centuries ago. Hypatia lived in the 5th century – a time characterized by destructive forces. The Roman Empire was falling apart. During this period of confusion, the church, however, was more troubled by Christian disunity and women's virginity. In her time, a complicated controversy on incarnation was prevalent. The question at issue was the relation of Christ's divinity to his humanity. Did Christ have two aspects, one human and the other divine? There were those who objected to calling the Virgin "Mother of God." She was, they said, only the mother of the human person, while the divine person, who was God, has no mother. The church was divided on this question. But the view that Christ was one Person with two aspects, human and divine, won in the end. Its chief protagonist was Cyril, the Archbishop of Alexandria. A man of fanatical zeal, who supported orthodoxy, and persecuted the Jewish community in Alexandria. Cyril, the church authority, had no influence over Hypatia. He hated her. Hypatia was the head of the Alexandria library. She symbolized learning and science, which at that time, the church authority largely identified with paganism. But Hypatia was also on good terms with Orestes, a pagan, who was also the city's chief Magistrate. As such, Hypatia was the focal point in the tensions and riots between Christians and non-Christians that have racked Alexandria. In order to show others what it means to deviate away from Christian beliefs and values, Cyril gathered a small mob together to get rid of Hypatia. She was "torn from her chariot, stripped naked, dragged to the church, and inhumanely butchered: her flesh was scraped from her bones with sharp oyster shells and her quivering limbs were delivered to the flames." After this Christian act of mercy, Alexandria was no longer troubled by philosophers; Cyril, however, was canonized a saint. As for Hypatia, because we never heard of her in our schools, colleges, and universities, her name has been forgotten. If I were granted a wish, I wish to have been with Hypatia during her last day of life on this earth. In defending her, I gladly would have been proud getting killed alongside protecting her. But as my wish cannot be granted, I would just be honored, if Hypatia, in spirit, will be my Valentine today. Hypatia, wherever you are, I love you, respect you, and admire you. You are among the rarest and greatest women who ever lived in this world. Poch Suzara

How We Live

A God directly involved with us but only after death is a God who must be just as dead. Such a dead God in heaven is not worth bothering while we are still alive on this earth.

As an atheist, I love this life. I love this world. Our world. I do not care for what’s nothing out there after I am dead. Neither do I give a hoot to what was nothing out there before I was born.

If I allow one kind of fear to dominate me, all other kinds will dominate me also. I will have none of it. Fear is forever busy and needs to dominate victims. Poch Suzara

Suicidal Atheists

My dear reader, have you heard of atheists blowing themselves up with dynamite for the sake of killing others? Indeed, have you heard of sexually-starved, driven by lust atheists who believed that a God in heaven will be waiting for them with 72 virgins as a reward for insane acts against other atheists? Poch Suzara

Our Sick Society

How come ours is a sick society? College educated men and women still pray to God. The same God who never lifted a finger to rescue his own begotten Son nailed to a wooden stick.

If God in heaven could not settle his sick troubles with the devil in hell, why should God settle our sick troubles with the devil on this earth? And how could any one be so childish as to believe that God’s help is just a prayer away? Poch Suzara

Fr. James Reuter and Filipino Souls

He preaches on the evils of family planning and birth control. He claims that he is helping poor Filipino families and saving Filipino souls. He has been active with this divine mission for some 60 years in the Philippines. Fr. James Reuter does not save, will not save, and could not save - American minds and hearts in America, but he can only save Filipino souls in the Philippines for a Jewish God in heaven? Wow Wee! Poch Suzara

The Rotten Idiot

Whoever says: “If God does not exist, then everything is permitted,” has got to be a greedy, selfish, rotten idiot who never learned to appreciate his natural capacity to look at our troubled world with courage, understanding, love, or compassion. Poch Suzara

God’s First Command

“Thou shall have no other gods before me.” Wow, where did those other gods come from? Who created them? If God did not believe in the existence of other gods, was God an atheist too? Poch Suzara

ONE HUNDRED BILLION

More than a hundred billion people - Christians, Jews, and Muslims have already lived and died in this world. Ever since the Talking Serpent persuaded Adam and Eve to fuck each other. No, there was no need of prayers as God was there existing as a neighbor to prevent the sin. Billions of people have stuck to their prayers but God seemed yet satisfied with having already damned to hell many of the souls of these religious morons. In the meantime, by comparison with the existence of the universe, human existence on this speck of dust called earth as something so puny and insignificant. And if there is a God out there bothered by what we do or do not do down here – then that God must be nothing but a weird monster who likes to frighten people from up there! Poch Suzara

Rich Man

It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:23
My dear Matthew, who are you kidding? Poch Suzara

God Bless - No thanks

GOD BLESS YOU are words uttered daily by millions of religiously dumbstruck Filipinos everywhere. But if millions of Filipinos were truly blessed by God, how come millions of Filipinos continue to live under misery, filth, and poverty in this poor and backward in this Asia’s only Christian country? In the meantime, in the bible itself, here are examples of words uttered by a kind and loving God in the business of blessing the faithools: “Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces." Malachi 2:3 GOD BLESS YOU TOO! Poch Suzara Google# Facebook# Twitter#

Millions

Nobody knows, not even God, just exactly how many millions of baptized Filipino Catholic live under subhuman conditions in the Philippines. However the case may be, these poverty-stricken Catholic Filipinos existing in the streets, under bridges, huts and hovels are consistently reminded that God loves them; and, that Jesus, the Son of God, will soon return. The biblical promise has been going on daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly for almost 2,000 years now. From this Islas de ladrones y bobos, millions of Catholic Filipinos have already migrated and are now living and well-employed in some 190 foreign countries. This simply means that Filipinos are the failures in their own Catholic countries, but are happy and successful living and working in non-Catholic countries. Poch Suzara

Filipino Destiny

Think of it: our parents could not tell us where we were going after birth. Catholic priests, however, did tell us that after death we are either going to heaven or to hell. No wonder we are the Sick Man of Asia more involved with stupid death than we are sane living a healthy and a wholesome life. In the meantime, there is no such thing as a Christian child; only a child of a Christian parents: free will is a myth invented by Catholic theologians. Poch Suzara

The Tree of Death

Notice how in the Old Testament God shows no interest whatsoever, and even gets bored with the Tree of Knowledge. But in the New Testament, God gets very excited with the Tree of Death? Golly, He was even so thrilled watching his only begotten Son on earth getting nailed to a wooden cross. Indeed, crucified on the cross, Jesus cried out loud: "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAS THOU FORSAKEN ME?" Poch Suzara

Let Us Hate Together

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord.” Isaiah 1:18 – a proposal made by the Lord in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, however, the same Lord proposed: “If any man come to me and hate not his father and mother, wife and children, and yea, his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26, Matt 10:34-37

Self-Deception

Foremost Philippine historian Teodoro A. Agoncillo summed it all up: “Self-deception is the worst tragedy of the Filipino as a people." Well, I should add, what can be expected of Filipinos who continue to be not the intelligent masters, but the stupid victims of values and beliefs under Christianity and its teachings based upon confusion, illusion, and confusion? Poch Suzara

Power

Of all forms of power, the most destructive is the power of madness.

We atheists are not into madness. What we do enjoy, however, is the power of thought. It is sinless. It is crimeless. Indeed, the power of thought is fearless and godless as it is priceless. Poch Suzara

Child Rapist

Corruption in Congress is not consistent. Sometimes, there is an inconsistency. One Congressman, for example, enjoyed a bit of side show,- a sexual degradation away from the daily corruption. He found time to rape a little girl. After which, convicted, in prison, during mass, he would give thanks to the Lord for his sexual
stamina as the most macho member of Congress.

To think that there are sexually-starved, men driven by lust in our sick society who continue to insist that the congressman in question should never have landed in jail. That he got a raw deal sentenced to prison. they argue, while salivating with envy, that the girl he salaciously forced himself into was a child prostitute of 12 years old. As if raping a prostitute is not a crime. As if there is such a criminal
called a child prostitute who could be raped first before services are rendered getting herself invaginated honorably by lust driven moronic sex maniacs. This Congressman could not envisage the girl’s future as a decent mother, or a decent wife, or even as a decent citizen of the Republic of the Philippines.

During her painful experience, I try to imagine that little girl frightened, helpless, crying, and pleading; but her congressman found it more honorable watching with much gusto her abused little vagina bleeding. Poch Suzara


posted by Poch Suzara at 4:24 PM
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Indeed Mr poch suzara.
interesting thoughts you have.

Biblical Fanatics

The Bible preachers are getting more famous, indeed, getting more successful selling the Word of God. This is only because the believers of the faith are still a frightened lot of satanic, - religiously idiotic, - fanatics.

Take, for example, Brother Eli Soriano of Dating Daan, a religious leader from the boondocks. Daily on TV, he would preach to his viewers bible messages that keep this country perpetually poor and perennially backward. As if there ever was a Filipino who never experienced threats to believe and to have faith in the Word of God! And as if the Word of God has ever stood for human dignity and self-respect for any Filipino living under subhuman conditions in his own Christian country. In the meantime, in this God-forsaken country, we read the bible, if at all, like guilty sinners; hardly do we read the bible like innocent truth-seekers. Poch Suzara

God as a Shining Light

Faithful Christians will at times relate about the experiences of someone dying on the operating table and being “brought back to life.” Some will recount the “near death” experiences where their “soul” was already hovering over, and looking down at their own body… while a celestial being was striving to “guide” them towards a far off “Great Shining Light.”

Isn’t it incredible that the only description available to what God looks like is a “Great Shining Light? And to think during our formative years in grade school, we were already inspired, nay, intimidated to believe that God is existing here, existing there, and existing everywhere watching our every move and jutting down our every sinful thought.

In the meantime, in the Old Testament, Moses queried the burning bush about its identity. In the King James translation the bush replies: “I am that I am.” But the original Hebrew, according to biblical scholars, should actually be translated as “I will be what I will be.”

For my part, I imagine a God identifying himself as either a Great Shining Light, or a Burning Bush, or “I am that I am” while nervously chewing his fingernails. Poch Suzara

In This life

In this life, no matter what, we always find what we consistently look for. Most men and women, however, do not know exactly what they seek in life. True, they seek happiness. Never realizing at the same time that to discover one’s self is far more valuable and lasting than the fulfillment of a momentary desire.

In the meantime, to be ourselves we must complete ourselves. It is, in this way, that we can become the creators of our future and cease to be the slaves of our past. Poch Suzara