Letter to PDI Editors

Philippine Daily Inquirer
Letter to the Editors
Dear Sirs:

The Greatest Filipinos in Philippine History

For his courageous defense of the cause of Filipino priesthood, Father Burgos earned for himself the name "Champion of the Cause of the Filipino Clergy." He incurred, however, the hatred of the Spanish Catholic friars. Thus, when the Cavite mutiny broke out in 1872, the Spanish authorities arrested him together with Father Gomez and Father Zamora, charging them of having incited the revolution. After a mock trial at Fort Santiago Kangaroo court on February 15, 1872, they were sentenced to die by means of the garrote, a Catholic strangulation by an iron collar tightened by a screw. On February 17, 1872, they were executed in Bagumbayan, now the Luneta.

Of course, since the rebellion of Fr Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora had no impact against the Catholic Church on the international arena - there was no need to concoct a RETRACTION story about the rebellious activities of these 3 Filipino Catholic priests.

On the other hand, Jose Rizal exposed via his two novels - the NOLI and FILI - for the whole world to discover the religious malarkey keeping the Filipino impoverished as a people and the Philippines backward as a country. Like Fr. Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora, Rizal, with trump-up charges by a Kangaroo court, was also publicly executed. The Spanish Catholic friars defending and protecting the religious industry of the Catholic church - had to concoct the RETRACTION garbage about the death of Jose Rizal - so that he will end up as just one ordinary Filipino Catholic who died penitent and regretted having challenged the wealth, power, and glory of Catholicism in this only Catholic country in Asia.

I said it before, I say it again: If we Filipinos in this already 21st century are still stuck and famous as the Sick Man of Asia - it is simply because we are still being educated and guided NOT with sane Rizalism; but indeed, we are still ruled and dominated in our own country by insane Catholicism. Poch Suzara Jan 25, 2011

On the Rizal Retracting Issue

Jan 21, 2011 Phil Daily Inquirer Letter to the Editors >Dear Sirs: On the Rizal Retracting Issue I ask: Why is it only taught in our schools, colleges, and universities that the greatness of Rizal had nothing to do with his life's devotion to the search of the truth via questioning, writing, thinking, analyzing, and discovering the power and the beauty of science? But only everything to do with his death, with his so-called silly retraction? Indeed, in our spiritually poor and morally backward country - we are still being educated to believe and to have faith in how great Filipino thinkers and writers DIED for love of divinity; but hardly do we know about how they lived for love of country and indeed, love for humanity. So Rizal retracted before he was put to death. So, so what? The fact remains that the wealth, power, and glory of the Catholic church - the killer of Rizal is still here pretty much in control of the minds of Pinoys and hearts of Pinays to believe and to have faith in a lot of holy baloney, if not to have faith in a bunch of sacred malarkey, not to mention biblical absurdities. As the Sick Man of Asian, let's take a closer look inside our banks, hospitals, lawyer's offices, doctor's clinic, government offices, stores, buses, jeepneys, taxis, trains, nipa huts, expensive homes, filthy rich palaces, etc, - we find the photo of Jesus Christ - a foreigner, born a Jew in a Jewish land, sired by Jewish parents, living under a Jewish custom, tradition, and culture. But hardly do we find inside our schools, colleges, and universities photos of one of the greatest Filipino this whole world has ever produced - Jose Rizal. I said it before, I say it again: as one human being to another, if we can still believe that there exist something precious outside human existence - then we are just as pathetic as any lunatic proud and happy as a Catholic. In the meantime, in this already 21st century - thanks to our religious values and biblical beliefs - life in general in the Philippines is nothing but a competition to be the criminal or be the victim of criminals. You meet such criminals in charge of our schools, colleges, and universities, and indeed, in charge of our government. Yours In Rizal, Poch Suzara

God Bless Holy Baloney

Each and every one of us, whether we are young or old, rich or poor, fat or thin, married or single, in sickness or in health - have our share of troubles in this world. My dear reader, I ask you: have you ever met any one who has NO troubles at all - in any shape or form in life simply because he or she has been blessed by God? Now what I need to know what exactly is this "God Bless you" holy malarkey all about? How blessed are you or any one else by God? Are you truly that blessed because God has provided for you with a healthy, happy, and free from troubles situation in life? Well, what about the millions of Filipinos who are poor, with no home, no food, no medicine, no running water, no toilet facilities, no future, and yet they pray daily to God to "give us this day our daily bread," and "lead us not into temptation!" Isn't it time to accept the plain truth that this GOD BLESS YOU utterances is based on a lot of holy baloney? Poch Suzara

Health

Is health a gift from God? Is health the result of prayer to God? We are told that health is the greatest of wealth. Perhaps, in space, but not in time. Indeed, life is so brief, short, and fleeting. Think of it: the day we are born is the day we begin to live in a dying body. Now we are also told that God created man in his own image and likeness. Is this some sort of a joke? Why would God create man only to be dying sooner than later? More to the point: why would God, our creator, be interested in us not while we live, but only after we are dead? Don't we humans need a God who is lively; not a God who is deadly? Poch Suzara

Everybody Knows

Everybody knows that the truth has been revealed, but nobody knows what the truth is.
Everybody knows the soul is immortal, but nobody knows what the soul is.
Everybody knows that the will is free, but nobody knows what the will is.
Everybody knows the mind of God; but nobody knows who or what God is. In fact, nobody knows whether God is a He or a She or an It. What we know is that God is an invisible spirit. As if that is evidence enough to believe that God created man in his own invisible image and His likeness in spirit. Poch Suzara

Life's Purpose

As an atheist, I refuse to believe that life's only purpose is to find happiness. To examine one's life and finding and knowing one's self is far more precious. And then, indeed, to make life worth living - why must be truthful and useful and compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have had a reason for having lived on this earth. Thus, to leave this world one day a better place than how we found it. In the meantime, as an atheist, for me to believe that I can find and enjoy more happiness, but only after I am dead with God in heaven I consider such thoughts as the highest form of ridiculosity, if the the lowest form of ludicrosity. Poch Suzara

The Search for God

What makes human life tragic? The fact that we shall never find God in this life. But to continue searching for God in this life is, in the ultimate analysis, not only a holy baloney, but a mockery of what human life should be.

In the meantime, we are told that man's greatest goal: bringing glory to God. On the contrary, man's greatest stupidity is wasting his time and energy in this world praying to a silly entity otherwise more known as a mysterious divinity. Poch Suzara

The Death of Great Men

Death diminishes us all; especially the death of great men like the death of Jose Rizal. He proved himself most deserving to live the good life - one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Unfortunately, the mediocre and the Philistines had him executed. Then they told brazen lies about how Rizal died pathetic as a penitent Catholic. Poch Suzara

Pray for Us Sinners

We Filipinos are, indeed, the Sick Man of Asia. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly, we Filipinos continue to pray to God to lead us not into temptation. As the losers in the fight against temptation, however, we have no other recourse but to pray also to Mary, Mother of God, to pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen." Poch Suzara, Facebook# Google# Twitter#

Theologians

The theologians have often declared that wisdom comes only through suffering especially for the glory of God. Well, if this were true, then the souls suffering eternal damnation in hell are enjoying wisdom. While the souls enjoying eternal salvation in heaven with God are enjoying stupidity. Poch Suzara

Frank Sinatra

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. -- Frank Sinatra quotes (American Actor and Singer, 1915-1998)

For my part, I say, religion is man's greatest enemy. Well, the bible says we must love religion. I certainly do. The sooner, however, religion is dead, buried, and gone - I will love this enemy even more. Poch Suzara

Hope

Hope has its own trouble too. We just have to keep on hoping. There seems to be no end to it. For example, I still have an endless hope that one day before I leave this world, it will be a saner, cleaner, and a peaceful world. Poch Suzara

Conservatism

To add on to your sense of defeatism - none of the higher mental faculties are required for conservatism. The exact opposite of liberalism. As for me, in order to keep on generating the values of liberalism, I'd rather stimulate in myself and in others - the power and the beauty of intellectualism. Poch Suzara

God does not Exist

I have been asked: since I do not believe in the existence of God, why am I angry
at God? Well, I am angry precisely because there is no God to fix the problems and troubles of our world. But then again, in the ultimate analysis, if God exists, I should be grateful to God for having created me as an atheist. Poch Suzara

Health In What

We are told that health is the greatest of wealth. Perhaps, only in space, but not in time. After all, Life is so brief, short, and fleeting. In fact, the day we are born is the day we begin to live in a dying body. In this connection, it has got to be some sort of a silly joke when we are also told that God created dying man in his own dying image and dying likeness. Poch Suzara

Bertrand Russell On China

"I have come to realize that the white race isn't as important as I used to think it was. If Europe and America kill themselves off in war it will not necessarily mean the destruction of the human species or even an end to civilization. There would still be a considerable number of Chinese left; and in many ways China is the greatest country I have ever seen. It is not only the greatest numerically and the greatest culturally, but it seems t be the greatest intellectually. I know of no other civilization where there is such open-mindedness, such realism, such willingness to face the facts as they are, instead of trying to distort them into a particular pattern." Bertrand Russell wrote the above in 1921, Today in this 21st century already over taking America, we can all see China as a world power on the rise not because of militarization, but precisely due to the power of science and technology, and indeed, the power of hard work otherwise more known as industrialization. Poch Suzara

Good Example versus Good Advice

"A good example has more value than good advice." Published today in the
Phil Star 1/11/2011.

Indeed, I entirely agree. However, why should God tell us how to raise our children when, by example, God himself, drowned His?

In the bible, we are told that God created the world in six days; and on the seventh day, God rested.

I think mankind would have enjoyed a more peaceful and delightful world if God had not rested, but instead, on the 7th day, God had compassion for what He had created? After all, compassion put into action is love and love has only to do with priorities; it has nothing to do with options. Poch Suzara

Thinkers Verses Believers

To be a thinker is hard. To be a believer is easy. To be a liar is even easier. That is why our world has always been ruled not by intelligent thinkers; but by the stupid believers always in cahoots with the stupid liars. Poch Suzara

The Sick Children of Asia

We Filipinos are, indeed, the Sick Children of Asia. Every day we pray to God to give us this day our daily bread and to lead us not into temptation. Poor as we are as a people even to fight strongly against temptation, we have no other recourse but to also pray to "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen." I said it before, I say it again: we are not the Sick Man; we are the Sick Children of Asia! Poch Suzara

The Death of Jose Rizal

The death of someone diminishes us all; especially the death of a great man like our Jose Rizal. He had proved himself most deserving to live the good life - one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Poch Suzara