WHY NOYNOY and MAR??? Can you please elaborate why should we vote for them in 2010?
romaregi@yahoo.com wrote:
Here is another brewing dilemma, Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, categorically declared that he Catholic Church must not support candidates who are in favor of enacting the pending House Bill 5043, The Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008".
In a country where there are about 76,140,000 professing Roman Catholics, this stand of the Roman Catholic Church against the passage of the bill will put the faithful in quandary, since most of the leading candidates for president are for the passage of the Bill.(Teodoro, Aquino,Villar)
The stand of the Cardinal is in strict compliance with the teaching of the RC church as contained in Humanae Vitae (1968), which teaches that married couples who want to control and space births should “take advantage of the natural cycles immanent in the reproductive system and engage in marital intercourse only during those times that are infertile” (no. 16).
The proponents of the RH bill 5043 sees it as their duty to regulate the growth of the population by educating couples in the options of family planning either natural as the church advocate or artificial by the use of Hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine devices, injectables and other allied reproductive health products and supplies.
Both parties allow for control and spacing of birth of children. The RC church though is firm in it’s objection of any artificial intervention, since the church foresee that this will diminish the burden of the married couples Christian responsibility in controlling their urges and passion and may promote sexual promiscuity, even outside the realm of the family institution. The other corollary reason is the objection of the RC to allow the use of Contraceptives (some with abortifacient effects), which results to technical Abortion, that is sanctioned by the RH bill.
I see no middle ground in this argument nor a chance of any compromise, because this is a question of church doctrine versus the expediency of civilian government.
It will be very interesting to observe how 76,140,000 professing Roman Catholics will finally stand in this issue.
Come to think of it friend, i find the fact that both government and the catholic church cannot find a common ground reassuring. The catholic church would not be doing its job kung papayag sila sa RH bill and the government would not be doing its job if they will not push for the RH bill considering na they are not only looking after the welfare of the catholics but the entire 97 million filipinos of different religions, beliefs and persuasions.
Since come "end of days" both the government and the church will not be there to represent you pag kausap mo na si San Pedro and tanungin ka bakit gusto mo pumasok sa langit para mapanood yung concert ni 2pac and Francis M then i think we should just leave both the government and church outside the polling precinct.
Come election day, let this exercise be just between us, our conscience and our GOD.
PS. Basta Noynoy and Mar po for 2010