After taking on the holiest of the living figures – Pope Francis; the president of the world’s superpower – U.S. President Barack Obama; and the Secretary General of the United Nations – Ban Ki Moon, he had ran out of adversaries.
The leader voted by “the National Aeronautic and Space Administration as the best president in the solar system”- a title Duterte fanatics applauded and shared in social media, went beyond earthly realm and questioned the existence of God.
This happened last Monday in Malacañang during the induction of the Malacañang Press Corps, Malacañang Cameramen Association, and Presidential Photojournalists Association. As usual, he talked about the flak that he was getting because of his war against illegal drugs.
He complained that Filipino do not seem to fear the law. That’s why, he said, he wants the death penalty restored.
Death penalty was abolished under the 1987 Philippine Constitution written after the ouster of strongman Ferdinand Marcos. It was restored during the administration of Fidel V. Ramos, a former military officer.
The first and only execution under the restored law was under the administration of Joseph Estrada, a former movie actor who played toughie roles on screen.
Executed was a house painter, Leo Echegaray, convicted for raping and killing his 10-year old stepdaughter.
Death penalty was suspended by President Gloria Arroyo in 2006.
Duterte said death penalty was not effective as a deterrent to crime because it was not imposed. “Every president along the way would just say: one, because of the Catholic Church; second, the bleeding hearts, because only God can kill.”
He said he has a problem with that argument: “ Ang problema niyan, I ask you, what if there is no God? So you allow the criminals, and yet because there is a God in all… karamihan sa atin dito, eh ngayon kung walang Diyos and we are here in this Earth, in this planet supposedly made by God? So where is now God? “
He cited the case of an 18- month- old baby “taken from the mother’s arm, brought under a jeep and raped and killed.”
“So, where is God?” he asked.
He didn’t say where the incident happened. He cited the atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“So, where is God? My God, where are you? I believe in God, but that is my perpetual question to him. Where were you when we needed you?” Duterte lamented.
He further said, “It’s not enough to say, at the end of the day, at the end of the world, He shall come to judge the living and the dead. What will be the purpose of all of that, if the heartache, sorrows and agony have already been inflicted upon the human beings in this world?
He remarked about the general attitude of Filipinos that, “Ganoon ang buhay – that everything begins and ends with God. So therefore God knew at that time when he created this planet that these things will happen. “
Like many Christians, my faith in God includes not being able to fathom his design for this world. Like why did you give us President Rodrigo Duterte?
Just like Asia and Europe had Atilla the Hun at one time, Filipinos have to endure Duterte for the next 6 years. However as the old Filipino saying in Spanish goes: “No hay mal que por bien no venga”, something good might come out of a desperate situation.
“He complained that Filipino do not seem to fear the law. That’s why, he said, he wants the death penalty restored”.
Simpleng ordinansa nga hindi kayang sundin, batas pa kaya.
Ganito utak ng criminal: gusto ko ng sarap ngayon. At dahil wala naman sasama sa akin sa sarap, mang-gahasa na lang ako. At para di ako makulong patayin ko yung ma rape ko. Makulong man ako dahil may testigo, hindi naman ako bibitayin. Ganyan din ang utak ng mga magnanakaw. Dahil may pera at kapangyarihan hahanap ng lusot iyan. Tingnan niyo si Gloria. Matapos lumaya wala ng neck brace. Magiging DFA secretary pa.
Where is GOD daw? He can be every where. Even in Hell. Hindi nga lang siya pumupunta dun dahil lalong maghihirap ang mga condemned doon. The fires of hell proclaims the Glory and Holiness of GOD.
Yung 18th old month baby. Where is God daw? Hindi ba’t binigyan siya ng magulang? Nasaan yung magulang? Naalala ko ito eh. Sa bangketa na nga natutulog, hindi pa naging alisto.
Where is GOD daw? Matapos gumawa ng kabulastugan at samu’t saring kalokohan at kagaguhan, nagtatanong kung nasaan ang Diyos.
Kung minsan na SIYANG umapela sa atin para makapasok sa isip at puso, binuksan ba ang sarili at inimbitahan SIYA? Sigurado hindi. Lumabas pa nga yung katagang “The voice of the people is the voice of GOD.” Ang tingin ng tao sa sarili niya banal. At dahil banal ang LUMIKHA ng lahat, ang isip ng tao ay isip din ng DIYOS. What the heck!!!
Where were you when we needed you daw?
Tuwing kailang lang ba tumatawag sa KANYA? Kung may problema lang o may sakit? Kumbaga sa isang matandang ugali ng mga tao, mabait lang iyan sa iyo kung may kailangan sa iyo. Iniisip ba SIYA may problema o wala? Iniisip ba siya may sakit o wala?
Sabi nga ni Batang Pasig, “just like Asia ang Europe had Atilla the Hun”.
Iyan na yun, SCOURGE OF GOD.
Kung ang mga tao ay wala pa rin Makita at maintindihan, siguro yung 3rd World War may makikita at maiintindihan na tayo.
A true Christian believer would not say the words Duterte said about God last Monday. Duterte could be an agnostic, at the least. Change has come, indeed.
May isa pang headline. Alternative naman ito.
Inimbitahan at naghapunan ang mga mass murderers sa palasyo, kasama yung mag asawang Tiamson.
Tapos tinatanong niya, Where is God?
Kanina lang, si Peter Co at Tony Co patay sa saksakan sa loob ng bilibid. Si Jaybee Sebastian stable na daw ang condition.
Pag hindi na niya Makita na mayroon talagang Diyos, sa susunod na saksak nito malamang sa mukha na o mula sa thorax paakyat sa utak.
I watched that awarding ceremony on TV. Kinilabutan ako nung marinig ko. Unang pumasok sa isip ko – sintomas ng komunismo, godless ideology. Mas lalong na-reinforce nung sabihin niyang may dinnar siya kasama ang mag-asawang Benito at Wilma Tiamzon nf CPP-NPA later that evening. Nagtanong pa nga siya, “Meron ba tayo diyang lason?”.
Dun sa susunod na speech niya nung ding araw na yun, inulit niya pa rin sa awarding ceremonies ng Most Child-Friendly Municipalities and Cities yung kabastusan niya. Child-friendly daw e tatlong magkakasunod na sentences kung saan magkasama sa bawat isang sentence ang mga katagang “putang ina” at “hindot” ang binitiwan niya bukod pa sa naunang sinabi niyang “fucking” habang iminuwestra sa kanyang mga daliri ang sinasabi niyang ginawa ni De Lima sa isang video. Kasabay yun ng naputol na privilege speech ni Trillanes kaya halos nagsisimula pa lang si Trillanes nung pumasok yung live feed ng Malacañang sa ANC. Nanliit ako. Hindi ako makapaniwala kaya niyang gawin yun.
Buti na lang may nag-post ng kumpletong video ng speech ni Trillanes sa Facebook.
Napadasal ako bigla sa tanong ni D’tard na yan. Papunta na ang Pinas sa pagiging Komunismo.
I just hold onto the saying:
“All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” – Charles A. Beard
#7 “Child-friendly daw e tatlong magkakasunod na sentences kung saan magkasama sa bawat isang sentence ang mga katagang “putang ina” at “hindot” ang binitiwan niya bukod pa sa naunang sinabi niyang “fucking” habang iminuwestra sa kanyang mga daliri ang sinasabi niyang ginawa ni De Lima sa isang video.”
Yan din ang naisip ko Tonque while watching the video.
madami palabas administrasyon ngayon i dont trust them..
May nabasa akong balita sa social media, “a Chengdu J-17 fighter aircraft of PAF crashed because of power malfunction while on a routine patrol on the Arabian Sea. The pilot managed to eject and is now the subject of SAR of PAF and Pakistan Navy.”
“It is the 3rd reported crash of the said fighter aircraft in a span of 4 days.”
Kailangan natin ng bagong Presidential Aircraft mula sa China.
#11. Hahahaha!
Bibilhin niya lahat ng warfare sa China para gamitin ng ating militar pero nunca na sasakay siya sa anumang made in China. He knows so well mamamatay siya.
I’m sharing here some of the letters I got related to his column. One if from F.X. Ernest Loignon who attached an article which I’m also sharing here.
Ernest said:
Further to your last column, if I may.
This young author, Etienne de la Boetie, friend of Montaigne, five hundred years ago, asked the same question and wrote at 18 years old “
I should like to understand how it is that so many men, so many villages, so many cities,
so many young nations, sometimes suffer under a single tyrant who has no other power than the power
that they give him, who has the power to harm them only to the extent to which they give him the
willingness to bear with him, who could do them absolutely no injury unless they are prepared to put up with him
rather than contradict him…
It is a brief but dense read, one of the first major political work as important as The Prince of Machiavel.
Have a good day
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From Gary Ungria
I think God has ‘malready spoken why we had a Duterte as President. He was clearly voted overwhelmingly by the Filipino people.
So if we have to question God on why we have Duterte as our president, I say “Vox populi, Vox Dei”.
Let him do his job and let God judge him for whatever sins he may commit in dispensing his duties and resposibilities to the Filipino people.
P.s. By the way I am not a Duterte supporter. But I begun to like him because I saw the goodness in this man more than the evils that his critics are mouthing about. He is a man of his word. He is doing what he promised. I dont mind if he speaks dirty for as long as he does what he has to do to serve the people.
God bless us all.
From Pepito Tayag:
Gusto ko sanang hilingin sa inyo na maging fair naman kayo kay pangulong Duterte sa pagpuna sa kanya. Tama na may mga mali siya lalo na sa mga pahayag nya sa media at ang mga pagmumura nya inaamin naman nya ang mga ito.
Almost all his media meeting nasusubaybayan ko at nitong huli ay ang pagbanggit nya tungkol sa Diyos.
Tama ka na sinabi nya na what if wala ngang Diyos pero di mo naman sinabi sa column mo na sinabi rin niya na he believe there is sa huli. Sana naman hindi puro mali lang niya ang nakikita ninyo dahil alam ng maraming masang filipino na ngayon lang tayo nagkaroon ng presidenteng maka-tao at maawain sya sa less fortunate people.
Sa mga nakaraang mga leader walang nakagawa ng mga ginagawa nya ngayon. Malaki ang ibinaba ng kaso ng kriminalidad at droga, hindi na makapagnakaw ang mga dating nagsasamantala sa kaban ng bayan, takot na rin ang mga bayarang huwes ng mga nakaraang administrasyon, hinahangaan sya sa buong mundo ngayon sa pagpapairal nya ng pantay pantay na batas sa gobyerno nya lalo na pag nag-succeed sya sa peace negotiation nya sa maka-kaliwa at mga rebeldeng muslim sa mindanao.
Tama lang ang pakikipag-alyansya nya sa Russia at China basta nasa ayos lang ang lahat at hindi ako naniniwalang bibitaw ang U.S. sa atin dahil lang sa simpleng pagmumura nya. Mas malaki ang mawawala sa Amerikano kaysa sa atin kapag bumitaw sila sa Pilipinas mawawalan na sila ng chance na masakop nila ang China. Iyon lang
My answer :http://emijares.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-face-of-god-god-man-crying-why-god.html
This is one of the most ill-conceived questions I have seen so far.
As Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict) wrote, God gave us not just consciousness (life) but creative freedom, the kind that opens the door to/produces other freedoms. Think being free to love, to make personal choices, to expand your world; the freedom to seek that which makes you a happier and more fulfilled being. That freedom is the characteristic mark of the Christian belief in God. You are free. God does not bar you from choosing- He gave you FREE WILL!
Extending that freedom to Duterte, it’s clear that the FILIPINO PEOPLE FAILED THEIR OWN SELVES BY CHOOSING DUTERTE. Don’t blame God for the choice that you guys made. God gave you the freedom to choose between good and evil- and the Filipino people chose the evil one, who masqueraded as otherwise.
Why you chose Duterte is really the question you should be asking. Because God did not give you Duterte but rather you picked him, the question now requires internal reflection – what is it about the Filipino psyche, the Filipino spirit that more often leads them the same path over and over again? Think back to the many politicians who have abused their trust or even those who are currently stepping over their boundaries and contributing to the environment of pain and suffering in the Philippines. Did those people get to sit where they are now purely on their own steam? No. The Filipino people put them where they are, and gave them the power they are now wielding to choke down the people.
It may be that the Filipino people have lost their way. Perhaps it’s time to make a conscious rendering of where you are as Christians. Perhaps the Filipino people are no longer ‘living their faith’, noting that being Christians is not just about prayers but faith in action.
FREE WILL. Remember that next time you make the wrong choice and want to blame God for it. God only gives what is good- anything evil is not of His making. It’s your own making, your failure to live up to what you were created to be. Even then, let’s not forget that God never closes the door on anyone. He is there, especially in your failures. So seek Him and work to re-direct your path to what is right sand pleasing to Him, and you will find your ‘compass’ back.
Duterte as ‘best president in the solar system’ and people believed it, applauded it? I’m sure that was meant as a joke, even a derision, a ridicule. Goodness! This is clearly one of the reasons Duterte won- the ignorance and lack of understanding overwhelming the Filipino society.
Oh, in case Pinoys don’t understand..a true and effective leader “CREATES AN INSPIRING VISION OF THE FUTURE, AND MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO ENGAGE THAT VISION”. Does that sound like Duterte? I didn’t think so. He uses fear to DISENGAGE the Filipino people and give him room to manipulate the country according to his own warped ideas.
Duterte “admitted complicity” in the DDS mass murders says Kirstie Kenny in one of the cables leaked by Wikileaks in her report to their Secretary of State. She also said one of Duterte’s sons was an addict. The US has been watching him and he knows it. Thus the hatred.
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09MANILA1002_a.html
sayang, hindi nanalo si mar roxas. kung siya sana ang pinili ng mga tao ay walang malagim na balita tungkol sa mga krimeng may kinalaman sa bawal na droga; wala sanang naging riot sa bilibid; hindi sana nagtutungayaw ngayon ang CHR at simbahan sa pagbatikos sa EJK, at walang babatikos sakaling magsalita ng PUTANG INA si mar roxas bagkus papalakpakan pa.
sayang.
tsk. tsk. tsk. tsk.
tahimik sana ngayon ang US tungkol sa EJK kung si roxas ang nanalong presidente; ang UN ay hindi papalag at walang masasabi pati ang EU.
kahit noon ngang panahon ni goyang na ilang mamamahayag ang pinaslang ng mga ampatuan sa maguindanao ay anantiling tahimik ang UN, ang US at ang CHR.
ano nga naman ang mapapala ng CHR sakaling ipagtanggol at ipaglaban nila ang karapatan ng mga inosente samantalang kung mga kriminal tulad ng mga sugapang adik, pusher, drug lords, magnanakaw, rapists at mga rebelde ay mabigat ang impact ng kanilang pagbatikos, di ba? buong mundo ay tangay nila sapagkat mas matimbang ang kapakanan ng mga pusakal kaysa buhay ng mga inensteng biktima ng karahasan.
sayang talaga!
“…….inosenteng biktima ng karahasan.”
Please enlighten me on the good he has done.
Selfie pics here. Brothers-in-Arm?
https://i.onthe.io/0fgjhs3j1fk4djb6o.b8ad7122.jpg