Rotten fruit
I’ve posted this blog in May 2009 and I was talking about the gays in the Catholic hierarchy, in particular, Archbishop Rembert Weakland who came out and announced that he was gay. Weakland was the former head of the archdiocese of Milwaukee. I admit the article was a not so subtle jab at my admirer “Alias Losav” because firstly it was posted on a blog he once own which he abandoned. The blog was available to anybody for about two days until I grabbed it. The article was also about Catholics who are gay but have a hard time admitting they lost the battle and are still fighting it. Catholics like them are vehemently anti-gay but when they think no one else is looking they practice what they profess to be a sinful act. Thus the label closet-queen. That’s how I came up with the title of the blog drawing the similary of Archbishop Weakland and losav.
Anyway, in an article with the same title on his anonymous blog losav, or Er in real life stated attacking the Iglesia again. He’s apparently a fan of a certain Cenon Bibi of the blog Tumbukin Natin, claiming that Bibe “exellently dealt” with issues brought against the RCC. I beg to differ. So far, I haven’t gotten any rebuttal of my articles from Mr Bibe, the priest Abe Arganiosa or anyone else. I guess, Er is dreaming again. Among others, he claims the the INC couldn’t disprove that supposedly Christ is God. He even says there is no verse in the bible that says “Jesus INS’T God”. I guess he wanted it written as such and the following verses won’t suffice:
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God
for I am God and not man, the Holy One
That’s like saying one is not gay because he said he’s not, even if he practices gay acts. I digress.
He then went on accusing INC members of spamming Mr Bibe’s blog. My response to that is one, no one is even sure those spammers are INC. For all we know losav himself is spamming as he does in forums. Two, it is the blog owners responsibility to control what goes on with his blog. If he allows spam that’s his choice and he may use whatever the spam is to blame another group and accuse them of whatever to advance his plan. He then continued and went on and on about some nonsense that he himself didn’t understand. The thing with losav now Catholic Defender is that he doesn’t do any research. He just babbles on. For instance: he claims that the INC teaches that Christ is ONLY a man. Christ is man because Christ said so himself. But he is not ONLY, MERELY, JUST a man. Let’s make that clear.
One other funny thing is that Er thinks I am a minister of the INC and I know why they think so. None of them whether Mr Bibe, the priest Arganiosa or Er himself can refute my articles and my arguments. In fact, they’ve completely denied I had those articles that even a direct challenge couldn’t budge them from their hiding place.
By the way, Er is Ernesto Serna Vasol, AKA Catholic Defender, a Filipino national working in Doha, Qatar and a wanna-be Catholic Apologist.
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Abe Arganiosa
The Roman Catholic priest Abe Arganiosa is a big disappointment. One would expect so much more from a supposedly “learned”, “schooled”, “educated” person. And yet, judging from his blog entries, Mr Arganiosa is all show and no substance. For a view of this amazing let down, read on:
Misinterpretation of Scriptures
He was talking about bible interpretation and claimed the the church, his church the Roman Catholic church is the official interpreter of the bible. Yeah right! To be honest and blunt, there’s not a single Roman Catholic doctrine that is based on the teachings of the bible, let alone the Lord Jesus Christ. And not only are the doctrines of the Roman Catholic church NOT biblical, they go against teachings written in the bible. I’ve already enumerated a few in this blog which have not been refuted by any catholic defender. Let’s name a few:
- Bowing and worshiping idols
- Forbidding to marry
- Commanding to abstain from eating meat
And who can forget the biggest snow job in the history of mankind, the doctrine of the trinity! Their own websites admit and confirm that the trinity doctrine is not biblical, therefore it is an addition and replacement to the teachings of the Apostles.
In Scripture there is as yet no single term by which the Three Divine Persons are denoted together. The word trias (of which the Latin trinitas is a translation) is first found in Theophilus of Antioch about A.D. 180. He speaks of “the Trinity of God [the Father], His Word and His Wisdom (To Autolycus II.15). The term may, of course, have been in use before his time. Afterwards it appears in its Latin form of trinitas in Tertullian (On Pudicity 21). In the next century the word is in general use. It is found in many passages of Origen (”In Ps. xvii”, 15). The first creed in which it appears is that of Origen’s pupil, Gregory Thaumaturgus. In his Ekthesis tes pisteos composed between 260 and 270
newadvent.org
Why the need for saints?
Canonization Ceremony
First, let’s define who saints are and what makes them saints. In particular, catholic “saints”. Catholic saints are another form of a money making scheme developed by the Roman Catholic saints. It one would look into how someone becomes a saint it would be evident that it involves money. A lot of money and this money goes to the Vatican. So basically if you’re foreign to the Vatican Hierarchy, you need to have a lot of money and are willing to spent it if you wanted to be “sainted”. Miguel Arroyo, the Philippine presidents husband is now in the process of making one of his aunts a saint. Let’s hope it doesn’t involve government money intended for the poverty stricken flood victims. I digress.
Mr Arganiosa mentioned a few names whom he said were saints and said these are not to be set aside. Curious thing is that he did not provide any basis as to why these names are saints and that their role is in the worship of God. Again let’s consult newadvent.org, a catholic website. It says:
Patron Saints – A patron is one who has been assigned by a venerable tradition, or chosen by election, as a special intercessor with God
You read it right! Catholic saints are supposedly “special intercessor” with God, or another “mediator”! A special one at that! Does this agree with the bible? Absolutely not! Here:
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
As you can read, there is only ONE mediator between God and men, and it is the Lord Jesus Christ. Can anyone be more special than the Saviour? Ask Abe that.
God created Himself?
This has to be the most absurd statement ever made. Mr Arganiosa claims God made himself into a man. This is so wrong in so many points so let’s point out a few of them for Mr Arganiosa’s benefit.
- God will not be man because He said so Himself.
- Jesus Christ, whom catholic claim is also God said there is ONLY ONE God the Father in Heaven. So to even think that God became Jesus is absurd.
- Jesus Christ died on the cross. God is immortal
Here you go. A few things to answer Abe Arganiosa’s preposterous claims. I sure hope he learns something.
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Sumerian Trinity, Ishtar, Namakh, Marduk
The Trinity doctrine is the single greatest snow job ever conceived. Even if it cannot be explained even by the leader its greatest proponent, the Roman Catholic Church, this elaborate misrepresentation of God is believed and adhered to by over a billion people. It is not limited to Roman Catholics as it is the central doctrine of many denominations today.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has this to say about the trinity doctrine:
245 The apostolic faith concerning the Spirit was confessed by the second ecumenical council at Constantinople (381): “The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is God, one and equal with the Father and the Son“
Is this biblical? Certainly not! For in the Old Testament this is clearly stated:
“To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.
Clear as day. God the Father Himself said He has no equal. So for a mere men to say that God has an equal is the highest form of blasphemy!. Supporters of the trinity doctrine will surely and quickly point out this verse:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God
Saying that this particular verse clearly states Jesus is equal to God. Well, take your pick. We have two verses that seems to contradict each other. Which verse holds true and which one becomes a case of wrong interpretation, erroneous translation, careless paraphrasing or all three. This verse puts this argument to rest:
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.
Swedish tapestry depicting Odin, Thor and Freyr
Is it not a big deal to say let alone teach something that is totally opposite what God said? In the first book of the Bible, Genesis is recorded another instance where some entity deceived man by saying something totally opposite what God had said. God said:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
A very simple instruction. And what did God’s adversary said that is totally opposite? And who is this adversary?
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
So be careful friends. Question your own understanding of what is being taught by your religious organization.
Is this teaching of a triune God, promulgated by so called “church fathers” at the council at Constantinople in 381 AD agreed to by the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles? Far from it. Here’s the teachings of the Apostles:
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God
Here’s another. The “God the Father” and “God the Son” of the Roman Catholics being co-equal gods clearly contradicts this verse:
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.
So here, the Lord Jesus states that he has a God and it’s the same God as those he was speaking to. How then can a god have a co-equal god?! Preposterous!
Here’s another. Roman Catholics claim they have one god which has three persons, but all three are gods. This is another absurd claim because if that was true then following verse has the two persons next to each other! How can two next to each other be one?!
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God
Figuratively and literally, no two entities who are NEXT to each other can be the same.
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A catholic poster in a forum went into a tirade today and said “their Satanic doctrine that the Lord Jesus Christ is only a human being…”. You heard it right. He’s saying the the teaching that the Lord Jesus Christ is man in nature is, as he said, satanic! Is it? Who else was teaching that Jesus is man?
Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God
Will you look at that! It was the Lord Jesus Christ himself who said that he is man. If we follow the catholic’s argument, he is committing blasphemy againts the Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaking of satanic teachings, what church today espouse and practice doctrines which the bible call “doctrines of devils”? Here’s how to find out:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,
What major religion today forbid so if not all members to marry? What major religion today command people to abstain from meat? You know the answer. So in this case, the Catholic church is mentioned in the bible, for it is the catholic church with follow these doctrines.
Isaiah 46: Babylon’s False Gods
What else is mentioned in the bible concerning the Catholic church? The book of Isaiah, chapter 46 describe them in amazing detail!
Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it.
Then they bow down and worship it!
They carry it around on their shoulders,
and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move!
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The current pope
A Catholic forum poster constantly claim the INC is a business but of course it’s an empty claim because he could not provide a single evidence of such claim. So I went out casually to set the record straight and prove that between the INC and and RCC, it is the Catholic church which is a business. Here’s what I found out in two hours.
What is a business?
What is a business anyway? Specifically, what does business mean. By definition, business means purposeful activity. In that sense the INC, and all religions including the RCC can be considered businesses because quite simply they’re in the business of religion. But that is not what the Catholic poster is saying. It’s not hard to figure out that he’s implying the INC is in the money making business. Of course we have yet to see a single evidence of such accusation. What about the RCC? Is it in the business of making money? Let’s list the ways in which the RCC is making money. And away we go …
Investments
Porn Corrupts! Say no to porn.
Investing in the production of porn. “The Christian Brothers are one of the largest investors of Catholic institutional money in the world. They invest billions of dollars for over 1,000 Catholic “dioceses, religious institutes, educational institutions and health care organizations.”
“the seamiest and steamiest hardcore porn films are brought into our living rooms and hotel rooms everyday through the investments of a veritable who’s who of Catholic religious groups.”
Of all the ways the RCC can make money, they chose porn as one.
Of course it’s not all porn. While other Christian based investment instruments exclude gambling, casinos and alcohol, the RCC variety does not! “the Christian Values ETF weeds out any investments related to abortion, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, violent media, pornography, and fetal stem-cell applications. The denominational ETFs are similarly focused but slightly alter their investing philosophies according to the groups they set out to represent. For example,the Catholic Values ETF doesn’t exclude alcohol or gambling stocks”
What else?
Tourism revenue
Queue at the Vatican Museum.
“Tourism is one of the principal sources of revenue in the economy of the Vatican City. It is a popular destination for tourists, especially Christians, wishing to see the Pope“.
“Tourism in Vatican City also plays a key role in the state’s economy. Some important tourist attractions in Vatican City include Basilica of St. Peter’s, Sistine Chapel, Vatican museums, and Vatican libraries. Travelers to Vatican City adds to its economy by purchasing souvenirs, postage stamps, church publications, and coins. Tourists also contribute money to Vatican City’s economy by paying admission charges for visiting museums. Vatican museums can accommodate more than 20,000 visitors on a daily basis.”
The cost of admission to the Vatican Museum is 18 euros which come at least 360,000 euros daily. That’s a lot of money!
Fees from service and ceremonies
The “largest overall source of income however is from Peter’s Pence (donations made by members of the church to support the Holy See), which in 2007 totaled $79,837,843“. “The Vatican said annual donations from churches worldwide, the so-called Peter’s Pence, were down to almost $75.8 million from $79.8 million in 2007“.
“The fee for weddings at the Basilica (of Baltimore, MD) is $1,500. A non-refundable deposit of $250, due at scheduling, is required to reserve the church. The balance should be paid at least one month prior to the wedding date. The $1,500 fee does not include fees for the organist, vocalist, other musicians, flowers, or your offering to the priest or deacon.”
And that’s the result of my quick and dirty research on how the RCC is in the business of making money. I hope you enjoyed it.
sources:
www.newoxfordreview.org
www.bbc.co.uk
www.fool.com
www.eturbonews
vatican.va
cnn.com
huffingtonpost.com
baltimorebasilica.org
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Empty pews: Catholics are fleeing the Church in record numbers - particularly Irish American Catholics
Steady Decline
Parishioners ‘hurting’ over transition to one church
By David Robinson
The Evening Telegram
New! Mon Jan 04, 2010, 10:09 AM ESTSt. Johnsville, N.Y. -
St. Patrick’s Church in St. Johnsville and St. Peter’s and Paul’s Church in Canajoharie will both close Feb. 14 and their congregations are being asked to begin worshiping at St. James Church in Fort Plain.
But at least one parishioner said she does not intend to follow the plan, which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany closure over the last year of 17 percent, or 33 of 109, of its churches.
Grace Archambault, 80, of St. Johnsville, said she is planning to begin attending services at Holy Family Parish in Little Falls. And when she can not make it there, Archambault said she is considering worshipping at St. Paul Lutheran Church in St. Johnsville.
Archambault explained her intentions in a letter to the diocese, citing a mishandling of the closure as part of the motivation for her choice.
“I didn’t desert my church, my church deserted me,” she said in a telephone interview.
The three parishes in October merged financially, forming a single parish named Our Lady of Hope, and began the process of deciding which church would remain open. A pastoral council, consisting of representatives from the three congregations, met to discuss the closures.
But Archambault said the process was insensitive, especially to long-time members of the churches.
“People have spent their whole lives in their churches,” she said, referencing many having been baptized and married under the same roof. “This is like their second home.”
Margaret DiGiacomo, 64, said she has been with St. Patrick’s for all 64 years of life, and the closures have impacted a lot of her friends, family and fellow parishioners. “The people here are really upset over the way this was handled,” she said, “it’s been very discouraging.”
Laity-led church
Tuesday December 29 2009
The slow drip of clerical scandals and its final conclusion with the Murphy report has led me to the inevitable conclusion that the Catholic Church, as we know it, is dead.
This, I feel, is a very good and necessary development.
If Christ the man were to come back today and walk into the Vatican he would immediately turn around and walk the other way. He would have been confronted with big, gaudy buildings with all the pagan trappings of gold and wealth.
He would have sensed power, pomp, inequality and secrecy.
He would have seen his church controlled by an exclusive, elderly gentleman’s club with an 82-year-old as its leader and the total exclusion of half of its members — females.source:independent.ie
Irish Catholic Cardinal Daly brought Pope to Ireland but utterly failed on pedophiles
By
PATRICK ROBERTS
IrishCentral.com Staff WriterPublished Saturday, January 2, 2010, 9:26 AM
Updated Saturday, January 2, 2010, 8:28Cardinal Cahal Daly, who has died aged 92, will also be remembered as the man who oversaw the most rapid decline in the history of the Catholic Church in Ireland because of the pedophile crisis.
Posted 11/7/2004 10:49 PM Updated 11/8/2004 5:28 PM
Church struggles with change
By Cathy Lynn Grossman and Anthony DeBarros, USA TODAYToday there are fewer parishes and fewer priests than in 1990 and fewer of the nation’s 65 million Catholics in those pews. And there’s no sign of return.”
Nine-Year-Old’s Abortion Outrages Brazil’s Catholic Church
By Andrew Downie / São Paulo Friday, Mar. 06, 2009Time/CNN
Brazilian devotion to the Catholic Church has declined over the past several years. Whereas Brazil was once an almost entirely Catholic nation, only 74% of Brazilians today admit allegiance to Rome, with large numbers, especially the urban poor, having defected to Protestant Evangelical sects. Many more water down their Catholicism with dashes of African religions such as Candomble or spiritist beliefs such as Kardecism.
December 24, 2009
This Christmas, 78% of Americans Identify as Christian
Over time, fewer Americans identify as Christian; more have no religious identity
by Frank Newport
Gallup.comThe trend results are based on annual averages of Gallup’s religious identity data in America that stretch back over 60 years. One of the most significant trends documented during this period is the substantial increase in the percentage of American adults who don’t identify with any specific religion. In 1948, only 2% of Americans did not identify with a religion. That percentage began to rise in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Eleven years ago, in 1998, 6% of Americans did not identify with a religion, a number that rose to 10% by 2002. This year’s average of 13% of Americans who claim no religious identity is the highest in Gallup records.
The percentage of Americans who identify as Catholic, Protestant, or some other non-Catholic Christian faith has been concomitantly decreasing over the years. This suggests that one of the major patterns of religious transition in America in recent decades has been the shift from identification as Christian to the status of having no specific religious identification.
In 1948, 91% of Americans identified with a Christian faith. Twenty years ago, in 1989, 82% of Americans identified as Christian. Ten years ago, it was 84%. This year, as noted, 78% of all American adults identify with a Christian faith.
There has also been a slight increase in the percentage of Americans who identify with a religion that is not specifically classified as Christian. Sixty years ago, for example, 4% of Americans identified with a non-Christian religion. By 1989, 9% of Americans were in this non-Christian religion category, the same percentage as today.
And there you go. News items in the last 5 years indicating the Catholic Church’s steady decline which by projection will result in the eventual and complete disappearance of the once mighty Roman Church, the same way it’s previous incarnation, the Roman Empire.
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It was a hectic week. Cleaning up and doing all sorts of household chores getting the house ready for the coming year. There’s also the food that was to be shared by family and friends. A lot of going back and forth from one relative to the next.
There was also a group get together! We brought food and our willingness to sing karaoke 
I ate a lot because one brother brought his tasty adobong kambing, sisig kambing and of course papait! Yup, hot rice and those three and to me the other foods just didn’t exist. Lot’s of kakanin too! Puto bungbong and palitaw.
Of course it was a thursday so the usual pagsamba and tupad for me. And this year, the year end prayer was held a little early. All in all a great beginning for the year.
But I felt I was missing something. Somehow this year seems weird like something was missing. I couldn’t put a finger to it. All week I was feeling that way. And then at the pagsamba it dawn on me! Tatay, Sir our beloved Ka Erdy is no longer with us. For me and my generation he was the only Tagapamahala I ever knew. The timely lessons he outlined, the advises and the reminders. I’m still grieving, still sad and still lonely because he’s no longer with us. But time heals for I know he is just sleeping. I wait for the day I shall see him again. He left me, and my brothers and sisters in good hands. Ka Eduardo is now at the helms. Everything is right in the house of the Lord.
So happy new year to all. May it brings us peace, but more importantly may this be the year our loved ones and friends joins us in the only true worship of God and Christ inside the Iglesia Ni Cristo.
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Mr Abe Arganiosa
Mr Abe Arganiosa, a Catholic priest and blogger recently published a blog entitled “Katanungan tungkol sa pananalapi ng Vatican (Question about the finances of the Vatican)”. He was supposed to be responding to a comment by an anonymous poster but curiously, instead of answering the questions with facts Mr Arganiosa started attacking the Iglesia Ni Cristo. This really doesn’t surprise me as Mr Arganiosa is one of many Catholic bloggers on a smear campaign against the Iglesia. Sadly though that’s all they’re capable of and none of these so called Catholic defenders will ever face an Iglesia Ni Cristo minister in a face to face debate. I can’t blame them since they can’t even defend their doctrines in forum debates.
Anyway, Mr Arganiosa started out his blog with a photo of what he wrote was the Vatican Museum. It was really impressive, very neon like and honestly looked like something you see in Las Vegas. Curious also the caption “Meron ba ang mga (derogatory remark) nyan? Ha, ha, ha…Mamatay sila sa inggit!”. Roughly in English this translate to “Do the (derogatory remark)? Ha, ha, ha…Let them die of jealousy!”. Shocked? Surprised? I was. You wouldn’t expect this kind of speech from a so-called “man of the cloth“. But Mr Arganiosa is not you regular “spiritual leader“. Nope. He’s of the Eli Soriano kind that is, they don’t guard their mouth. The same mouth they used to supposedly speak the words of God is the same mouth they use to slander, malign and derogate whom they perceive as their enemy. So much for loving you enemy. Anyway, as we try to ignore his abusive behaviour let’s see what Mr Abe has to say about the Catholic finances.
Vatican wealth? Investments
He said the Vatican is not the wealthiest of countries. While this may be true the Vatican is not poor either. And unlike purely religious organization such as the Iglesia Ni Cristo, the Catholic church is an investment machine! Very true. The Catholic church invest just like any corporation. In 1965, Time published the following:
Bankers’ best guesses about the Vatican’s wealth put it at $10 billion to $15 billion. Of this wealth, Italian stockholdings alone run to $1.6 billion, 15% of the value of listed shares on the Italian market. The Vatican has big investments in banking, insurance, chemicals, steel, construction, real estate. Dividends help pay for Vatican expenses and charities such as assisting 1,500,000 children and providing some measure of food and clothing to 7,000,000 needy Italians. Unlike ordinary stockholders, the Vatican pays no taxes on this income, which led the leftist Rome weekly L’Espresso last week to call it “the biggest tax evader in Italy.”
Vatican Museum
Impressive! And that is in 1965. For a country with a population of less than a thousand that’s a lot of money! Aside from the investments the Vatican also makes money by charging admission to that museum Mr Arganiosa talked about not to mention tourist dollars and sale of postage stamps and mementos. One could say it has self generating income much like any other tourist destination. Admission to the Vatican Museum is € 14,00 about the same as the Hollywood Wax Museum.
One would think that with all these wealth the Catholic church would be able to help it’s needy members for something as essential in the practice of religion as a chapel. After all, Diocese do indeed send money to the Vatican however small that money is it still adds up over the years. But does the Vatican help out small Catholic congregations for such essential need as financing the building of a chapel where the faithful can practice their faith?
Drug money funds chapel renovation
Drug addiction ruins lives
In October 1995 a series of news articles rock the religious world when a Mexican bishop of the Catholic Church admitted to receiving money from drug traffickers. And he wasn’t shy admitting to it but was actually proud. He argued that the money is “purified” once it passes through the parish doors! Catholics can rationalize anything and had done it all throughout history. From burning innocents during the Inquisition to in action in World War II and now by accepting money tainted by the blood and wasted lives of souls who fell victim to drugs sold to them by the very benefactor of the Catholic church. The newspaper account goes like this
Tainted Church cash rocks Mexico
AP, MEXICO CITY
Thursday, Oct 06, 2005, Page 7When a Mexican bishop told reporters recently that drug traffickers often donate to the Catholic Church, shock waves ran through this predominantly Catholic nation, not because the news was a surprise, but because admitting it was tantamount to confessing that nothing is sacred — not even God — when it comes to organized crime in Mexico.
Provoking the uproar were declarations by Bishop Ramon Godinez of the central state of Aguascalientes, who remarked earlier this month that donations from drug traffickers are not unusual, but that it was not the Church’s responsibility to investigate. He argued that the money is “purified” once it passes through the parish doors.
“Just because the origin of the money is bad doesn’t mean you have to burn it,” Godinez said. “Instead, you have to transform it … We live on this, on the offerings of the faithful.”
Then again in 1997, another report came out concerning the same issue that is the Catholic church taking money from drug traffickers.
October 21, 1997
DRUG LORDS BUY WAY INTO CHURCH’S HEART
MEXICO: PRIEST’S PRAISE FOR TRAFFICKERS BRINGS ‘NARCO-CHARITY’ INTO OPEN. BISHOPS DENY TAKING FUNDS BUT SAY THEY WON’T POLICE COLLECTION PLATE.MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BAMOPA, MexicoAbelino Ortiz needed a miracle. The farmer, a devout Catholic, had rallied the peasants in this mountain village to build a chapel, but the project was short of cash–until the local drug lord happened by, briefcase in hand.
“He threw out 100,000 pesos,” then about $ 3,500, recalled Ortiz, sitting on his porch overlooking the tiny red-brick church he built 15 years ago. Because of Rafael Caro Quintero, a local boy who had become Mexico’s marijuana king, the people of Bamopa could now praise God.
Caro Quintero is now in a Mexican prison, convicted of drug trafficking and the murder of Enrique Camarena, a U.S. drug agent. But in Bamopa, he enjoys a saintly status. “The good memories he left will not be erased,” Ortiz said.
And there you go. I’m sure Mr Arganiosa would be able to come up with a rationalization of this shameful acts. He might even disown his Catholic brethren and of course he would again aim his diatribe at the Iglesia Ni Cristo complete with slander about the Iglesia’s leaders. Nothing new as he has always done the same in the past. But one thing is also sure: The Vatican where the Catholic hierarchy lives has enought money to fund a small chapel in Mexico but elected not to, forcing a poor constituent to take money from a criminal. So much for a shepherd taking care of its flock.
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The parol bears a striking resemblance to the Pentacle, a pagan symbol
San Fernando Giant Lantern Festival/Fiesta ng Parol – celebrated the whole month of December in San Fernando, Pampanga. The festival culminates in a judging contest of the best, biggest and most beautiful Christmas lantern made by the local craftsmen in San Fernando.
There is always a fiesta (festival) going on somewhere in the Philippines as every city and barrio holds at least one each year. The fiesta is usually to honor the local Roman Catholic patron saint and pay homage to the barrio’s namesake for good harvest and health. It is a mixture of both pagan and Catholic beliefs. These fiestas are marked by feasting and celebration of holy mass, music, dance and song.
Christmas is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the Philippines. Filipinos take pride in having the longest Christmas celebration in the world … as soon as the month ending with “ber” rolls around, preparations for Christmas begins. September signals the start of the Christmas season and you begin to hear Christmas carols everywhere and Christmas lanterns of all shapes and sizes light up the streets of Metro Manila. Filipinos buy star-shaped lanterns called “parol” (pronounced pah-role) to hang outside their homes. The “parol” represents the Star of Bethlehem that led the three Wise Men to the infant Jesus more than two thousand years ago.
The PENTACLE
Other names:
Five-pointed star. Star of the Microcosm. Witch’s Foot. The Morning Star. The Evening Star. Endless knot.
History:
Pentacle - a pagan symbol
The five-pointed star is the result of astrological research done over 6,000 years ago resulting in no connection whatsoever to Satanism or Christianity. Pythagoras utilized the Pentacle to represent the human being with the points of the star representing the head, arms and legs, adding the circle unifies and creates Spirit. On a side note, the Pentacle or Pentagram represents phi: 1.618, the perfect number. This number symbolizes perfection in all things that exist on this plane, for one instance, the human face, broken down in shape has the basic core and structure of a Pentagram. How’s that for perfection?
The Elements:
The Pentacle represents the five elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit.
Magical Uses:
As a protective device: Wear a pentacle around your neck to protect yourself.
Ritual Use:
A Pentacle is synonymous with Wiccan Rituals. It represents Spirit and Protection. A Pentacle is one of the most important devices in your Ritual Circle and can be simply represented by drawing a Pentacle in the air above your working space, in the dirt if working outside, or on a piece of paper to be discarded later.
sources:
www.goldentreewands.com – Wiccan Symbols
www.vtaide.com – Philippine Celebrations.
www.philsite.net – Philippine Fiesta
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