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Limang Dahilan Bakit Mahirap Maging Consistent ang Isang Tao sa kanyang Prinsipyo
Ang ating mga prinsipyo ay pinagmumulan ng aksyon at gawa. Kahit na ang ating mga prinsipyo ay sentro o basehan ng ating mga desisyon at pagkilos, mahirap maging consistent isapamuhay ang mga ito.Ang ating mga prinsipyo mula sa purely abstract form ay hindi madali ilalapat sa real-world experience o sa mga practices sa iba’t ibang larangan ng buhay tulad political expression, relationship,…
Using Jesus as a Mascot: From the White Jesus to the Woke Jesus
Religion can be an effective way to manipulate people by using Jesus to represent an agenda. The depiction of Jesus can be a cultural or political device by converting it to signify the sentiments of some social groups.We can observe the transition of Jesus from being a prominent racial mascot (the widespread portrayal of the white Savior type of Jesus) to an ideological mascot (the woke Jesus is…
Political and Religious Idolatry
Political and religious idolatry involves disregarding what can be truthfully validated for the sake of maintaining the peace of mind that rests on the reputation of the religious or political idol.Instead of exploring or navigating all the accessible information for an informed decision, the defensive mechanism kicks in with an unreasonable bias.It is natural for a person to defend one’s point…
Preferred Contextual Unearthing Over Assimilation of Foreign Thoughts
It is important to be well-read about certain philosophies and theories or at least encounter them when it comes to diagnosing social conditions. A well-rounded education offers that, and a dedicated student pursues such learning. HOWEVER, when it comes to dealing with one’s native context, especially when people talk about liberation, it becomes pretentious when people root for an ideologically…
Healing and Salvation
Healing is for the hurting.Countless people are going about their daily lives with all the hurts inside of them because they remain unhealed. Either no healer has approached them yet, or the method of healing is insufficient or misapplied.If the hurt is occurring inside, then the form of healing must be internal.Temporary distractions to look away from the pain or exorcism of emotion do not help…
Ultra skilled “experts” who excel in their field have so much to learn from fellow masters of the same craft. They may differ in technique, style, emphasis, taste, or groove. To illustrate this point, we can refer Drumeo’s video of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater’s drummer) in trying to crack and play the drum parts performed by Danny Carey (drummer of Tool). Mike considers Danny’s drum beats as a…
Leadership and Identity Based On Subjective Solidarity
We cannot separate ourselves from our own subjectivity. As such, we know ourselves through the subjective lens that we inherently have, and with the same lens assign how we want to be known. However, despite the claim that we alone can determine who we are, we cannot have an impact without associating ourselves with people who are like us. (Photo Credit: pixabay.com) Associating with people who…
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The Shift From Anti-Capitalist Greed to Becoming Defenders of Capitalist Establishments
(Photo Credit: pixabay.com) To my view, a lot of people who may have been previously against the capitalist system have become extensions that take part in expanding the capitalistic base. They are either unconscious or resentful in siding with profiteering companies if they feel that they have no choice but to support their products/services. How do people take part in expanding the capitalistic…
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Decolonized Faith Towards an Anti-Imperialistic Structure
The structure that originates from a position of power tries to maintain its colonial influence, even when those who are in power themselves seem to appease the marginalized by pandering to them. (Photo Credit: pixabay.com) As long as power flows in a one-way direction, foreign issues (from the location of alleged superiority) will be imported into the local setting (location of alleged…
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Stuck and Stagnant, and the All Knowing God
(Photo Credit: pixabay.com) When you feel stuck/stagnant in life, how do you know that it’s a part of God’s plan? I think part of our general motivation for this earthly life is to make the most of our existence. As we go along fulfilling our endeavors, we become aware that many things in life are not within our control and even the MOST CAREFULLY PREPARED plans that we have MADE CAN get out of…
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Infiltrating the Mind of the Powerless
Previously, the themes of liberation, truth to power, and anti-capitalist abuse propelled people to check political authorities and establishments by being skeptical of their motivations. The mantra was “question everything” to expose any hidden agenda. (Photo Credit: pixabay.com) But the strategists behind the establishment and political maneuvering are smart and somewhat ten steps ahead of the…
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Listening, Echo-Chambers, and the Comfort Zone of Personal Bias
Listening is a skill and it is one of the elements that help us get out of our echo-chambers. However, we can only listen to other viewpoints when there is a mechanism that allows a free exchange of thoughts. We tend to open our ears to those who reinforce our sense of affirmation but close the same ears to those who trigger our conviction into a defensive mode. This way of listening is…
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Innovative Greed: Power-Hungry and Profit-Oriented Allies of the Cultural Minority
(Photo Credit: pixabay.com) Despite the enticing call to construct a more inclusive society, the directives for such a call, IF they originate from institutionalized establishments and profit-oriented corporations, will always be a reflection of how the privileged and the exclusive people of power (whose social location stands distantly above the rest of the people) would like to shape our social…
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The Freedom to Speak
(Photo Credit: pixabay.com) If the aim is to identify truth, the freedom to speak must be secured. But if the aim is power, controlling people’s expression of ideas is necessary. People who are against free speech claim that ensuring the freedom for people to express their viewpoint guarantees a mechanism for hateful speech to flourish which negatively effects and hurt others. However, if…
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SOCIAL HOLINESS: Is the Church Edified/Sanctified Enough to Embody It?
John Wesley expounds the social nature of Christianity by referring to it as a social religion, particularly in his sermon “Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 4” and “The Preface to Hymns and Sacred Poems.” The former sermon talks about Christianity’s social character because believers are the salt and light of the world. The latter describes the need for believers to practice the…
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Sanctification through the Reversal of Disunity: Can We Attain Unity Without Being Sanctified?
GRACE IS GIVEN TO ALL BUT BEING GRACIOUS TO PEOPLE CAN BE SELECTIVE AND MISAPPLIED Grace is not selective. What does this character of grace mean in our situation, concerning human sexuality and church division? Both sexual conformity that is incompatible with Christian teaching and dividing occurrences in the church by severing spiritual relations can be ALLEGED by opposed groups as forms of sin…
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Habitation of the Idolatrous Spirit: Idolizing Political Leaders and their Parties
(Image from Pixabay.com) A lot of people will endure hardship and harsh social conditions under the failures of a leader whose politics aligns with theirs. They will refuse to be critical and find excuses to justify the leader’s mistakes and questionable views because they politically stand in solidarity with that leader as the representation of what they believe. Fanatics are not bothered by the…
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