I read the news today, and my attention was drawn to how the CBCP (Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines) is planning on "luring back prodigal children".
It wrote how Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said that it’s possible that we failed somewhere in the sense that people are transferring to another sector because they are not happy.
The first thing that came to mind is, "WTF!"
So, they merely consider this a possibility? Don't these pious ones really know why many have defected or simply stopped going to church on Sundays? Are they lacking up in there or just playing deaf and blind?
At least, though, they finally got it right. The people are not happy. Not because they have God in their lives but because they have leaders that seem to act as if they may not be able to spell the word L-E-A-D.
For almost 500 years now, the Filipino people have grown tired of their arrogance in asserting that only they know the truth and no one else. History has slapped them many times over with embarrassing moments of how many of their beliefs had been wrong all along. The people have been very understanding. I have been very understanding, knowing that they are also just human beings who are not exempt from making mistakes every now and then. However, there is a limit to that, especially, when they deign to care very little about history repeating itself. There they are, still, at the helm of every idiotic movement, imposing on people, and proselytizing them for a cause that is as clear as morning to somebody who has just gotten up with a hangover. It is tiring, indeed, to hear another priest's sermon on how this and that bill should be opposed or how this and that should not be allowed because the Bible literally says so. Sometimes, I wonder, do they think that God created his image without brains to think with?
Yes, they can guide people to be in the right. They can show the way, but should they have to push people to whatever way they think is the right path?
They are right, I am not happy. I am not happy because they are not letting me to be. To me, they are no different from a nagging wife who does nothing each day but point out all the wrongs by virtue of how she believes them to be wrong.
To CBCP, the people have not lost faith. I have not lost faith. I still believe in God. I still believe that everything has a beginning, a purpose and an end. Sadly, though, I have lost faith in your ability to lead my spirituality. You just plainly do not cut it anymore. I believe 500 years is such a long time for you to prove you're worthy to be the Catholics' leaders in this country.
