The following is the personal view of the author of this blog and not of Bro. Mike Z. Velarde, Servant Leader of El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI
The Catholic Church have been bombarded with attacks and criticisms because of its stand against the Reproductive Health Bill or RH Bill. They said the Church has no right to interfere with the affairs of the State and President PNoy himself had said that ensuring the well-being of the Filipino people is above faith. That it is the State's duty to take care of its citizens. Yes, indeed, it is! But, it is also the obligation of the Church to take care of its flock. To teach it what is moral and what is not. What is right in the eyes of God and what is not. The Church does not interfere with politics. It is merely reminding its flock what is righteous. If taking care of the people is above faith, does that mean that people should come first before God? That God should be set aside while we talk about abortion? Tayo na sa matuwid na daan.(Let's walk on the righteous path.) This is President PNoy's campaign slogan. Matuwid ba ang suwayin ang Diyos?(Is it righteous then to defy God?) If that's how the President of the Republic defines righteousness, then God help us.
The Church is there to remind the people that God is still there, and will always be there. We cannot forget or set aside God when we do our affairs. Be it politics or personal. It doesn't matter if these RH Bill proponents do not believe in God. That will not make God a lesser God. That will not make God cease to exist. That will not lessen God's power. That does not give us the reason to support something that is immoral.
In a world full of wickedness, the Church is there to give us hope. To give light when there is darkness. To show us the right path to tread lest we should fall. It is not meddling with the affairs of the State. It is merely doing its obligation to its flock. To remind us that authority is not given to anyone to decide whether a person should live or die. That this authority belongs only to God.
Do this people who support the RH Bill, especially those who love to go to the streets, do they really know what they are doing? Have they read the entire bill? Do they really understand the whole thing? Do they really know everything about this very controversial matter? Do this individuals really understand the implications if this bill is passed into law? Or are they just acting out of total ignorance? I believe a lot of them belongs to a certain religious group. Are they not taught by their pastors, ministers or whatever, that killing is against God's law? Or maybe these people believe that God is just a fantasy. A fiction. A figment of someone's imagination. Whatever you or they believe, look inside you. Is killing the unborn a right thing to do?
Contraceptives have always been available to the public even before this RH Bill. Why is there a need now to enact a law about it? Is it because of the P3 billion a year fund? Are they really going to use all of that money to buy contraceptives? Or is it just going to end up in someone else's pockets? Why not use that money instead to develop livelihood programs?
The problem is not what they call overpopulation. The problem lies in the mismanagement of our resources. And there is no such thing as overpopulation. The Philippines is not filled up to the brim with people. Yes, we are already 90 million. That's a lot but that's not over the limit. Human resource is a country's wealth. If it is only managed well.
Look at the whole picture. When you see that a particular place is overpopulated, there is also a certain area where there are almost no inhabitants. Why? Because the people from these places look for greener pastures and they only see the cities as the right places to go to. If this is how these people think, then its no wonder why the cities and these urban areas are filled with people dreaming of a better life. But what happens instead? They end up as squatters, living in poverty, because the place they thought would give them a better life is just a fantasy after all. If the government had done better governance, then they would not have left their towns and barrios to look for a better life because the opportunities are already there. Then, we would not have cities filled up with unemployed individuals from far flung barrios and towns and thereby avoid the belief of having an overpopulated country.
Just recently, someone disrupted an ecumenical service at a Church just to demonstrate his ignorance and his total disrespect to the Almighty. And this outrageous joker was sent to jail. A congressman criticized the Catholic Church for violating the person's freedom of expression. If I should trespass on this congressman's property and do something outrageous will he not put me to jail because I have a freedom of expression? And what about the RH Bill? In one of its provisions, it states that if an individual speaks against it, he/she will be penalized. Now, isn't that a clear violation of the freedom of expression? Thanks for crying out loud your honor. If this is the kind of person we put in Congress to enact laws, I am no longer surprised why we have the RH Bill.
Before I end, I implore everyone who still have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, whatever denomination you belong to, to be united in praying for the enlightenment of all, that resorting to immorality is not a solution to a problem but will only cause much bigger troubles, that only in hearing and obeying God's words will all these problems be solved.
May God bless us all and keep us safe from anything that might cause us harm. Amen.
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