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| Thread ID: 135502 | 2013-11-11 05:29:00 | The Catholic Church in the Philippines | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1359433 | 2013-11-11 19:34:00 | Excessive, but this is only a guess based on traditional church (most of 'em) attitudes to poorer parishioners. Sounds like the PIs here in NZ giving large amounts of their income to the PI churches.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1359434 | 2013-11-11 21:22:00 | Really dude? You're going to blame a single religous church for not helping? As mentioned 10,000 people are dead and the storm hasn't finished yet... Instead of religon bashing why don't *you* do something.... Questions should be "What are you doing about it!?" On a brighter note... see link below. www.beehive.govt.nz Filipinos are almost all Catholics. They believe that 'GOD' will protect and help them if they pray and donate to the C Church. Like having a defective insurance policy! I still have not seen any sign of assistance from the Catholic Church. They have more money and property than the Italian Government, all over the world. Any assistance from outside would be welcome, but they are entitled to help from the Catholic Church. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1359435 | 2013-11-11 21:50:00 | Filipinos are almost all Catholics. They believe that 'GOD' will protect and help them if they pray and donate to the C Church. Like having a defective insurance policy! I still have not seen any sign of assistance from the Catholic Church. They have more money and property than the Italian Government, all over the world. Any assistance from outside would be welcome, but they are entitled to help from the Catholic Church. And come time of the rebuild I'm sure they will help, like anyone with half a heart would. But just because you *choose* to believe in something and give your money away doesn't mean your entitled to help. And it's nothing like an insurance policy. You pay insurance for that reason to protect life/belongings incase of a disaster - you give money to the Church because of beliefs and faith. They don't "promise to give you money during a natural disaster". You just sound like a p*ssed off athiest wanting to start a sh*t storm. Any excuse to attack the Church or God. |
lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 1359436 | 2013-11-11 23:50:00 | ....................You just sound like a p*ssed off athiest wanting to start a sh*t storm. Any excuse to attack the Church or God. Or a realist who had had a gutsful of all the religious PC that is constantly thrown in our faces.............. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1359437 | 2013-11-12 00:32:00 | Or someone who didn't think that maybe the Philipines churches are having trouble themselves? | the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 1359438 | 2013-11-12 01:06:00 | you give money to the Church because of beliefs and faith . They don't "promise to give you money during a natural disaster" . I've not been to the Phillipines, so I can't speak for how anything is handled there . However, on more generic scale, many give money to the <insert religion> because they've been immersed in the idea that to not support it is to offend <insert deity> and bring said deity's wrath down upon you, and spend an eternity repenting for your sins, or whatever thinly-veiled threats said religion chooses . Religion and beliefs are fine, but when they're essentially enforced through fear, as some are, it becomes a different story . |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1359439 | 2013-11-12 02:05:00 | Saw this on facebook, so it must be true :-) We have just received an email from one of our brethren in the Philippines regarding some of our members in the Tacloban area. They refused to go to an evacuation center, which turned out to be the right decision. The evacuation center that they would have been assigned to suffered much damage and apparently all who we...re in it died in the flooding due to the huge storm surge. The family of 15 had prepared enough food, water and other supplies in advance of the storm to get them through a week, and went up to the second floor of their home as the storm approached. They also took in 7 of their neighbors who needed shelter. As the typhoon approached, they prayed fervently for God's protection. As the storm came through they continued to pray and sing songs of praise and worship to God. After the typhoon had passed they went outside and saw that their two story home was the only house still standing in their neighborhood. As a further testimony to God's protection, they realized that not only was their home still standing, but only one small section of their roof was damaged in spite of the ferocious winds that were blowing through the storm. They all gave thanks to God for His protection in their time of need. |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 1359440 | 2013-11-12 02:09:00 | Then it must be right :( :( | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1359441 | 2013-11-12 02:22:00 | Then it must be right :( :( Obviously they must have prayed their city Welcome sign be spared as well 5297 |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1359442 | 2013-11-12 02:29:00 | Tacloban - The English translation is Taken a Clobbering | the_bogan (9949) | ||
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