here's the second part of my point on RH Bill.
d. controlling the population is controlling the economy. i am not here to discuss the implications of controlling the population but my stand here is simple - controlling the population will not solve the issue on poverty. in fact, of all arguments made by pro-RH peeps, this is where (i think) i appreciate much. population is really growing and so as the poverty level. but, what we need is political will from our beloved politicians. we need someone who can turn the tides. please allow me to quote on this from former manila mayor lito atienza -
"Population control and the size of the family are not the problems. Good governance is the challenge. Spending so much time and effort to cause a reduction, and to intrude in the life of families will merely destroy the values - primary of which is the valuing of life - which will merly serve as a band-aid solution.".
lito atienza may not be the best person to discuss about good governance but i think he pretty hit my mind. also, i quote again -
"Population control damages people's thinking by permanently accepting the distorted notion that pregnancy is a problem to be avoided. Materialism has overtaken values in today's world. The young are taught that they can engage in sex as long as they do not get pregnant. This is exactly the unwritten message, the signal if you will, of the RH bill you are supporting."
i love kuya kim but not his father. lol. but i think his statement gave me a pretty good impression that he has his values in tight. it is true that materialism has overtaken values in today's world. for me, it's like you don't want to bring another baby a chance to live simply because you wanted to buy your growing kid - iPad, iPod, hi tech television, etc. these modern day technology is just to remind everyone that our world is a lot better now than 50 years ago and not to engage ourselves to such. i can give a lot of examples but it won't fit here. =) . you can read the open letter of former mayor lito atienza here.
e. talking about sex. just like any other filipino families, i grew up basically in a family where talking about sex is a big "NO-NO". actually, it is my environment who taught me about it. it's the older people - not my parents. this practically lead to a great disaster - misconception about sex. my environment showed me that sex is synonymous to acceptance. you need to have sex so you are in. this misconception made a monster inside me - until now, i am still in war against this monster.
a few weeks ago, a friend is asking if having pre-marital sex is unacceptable and immoral? and who's fault is it if someone got involved into it? it's good that the question wasn't directed to me. =) . reality sucks but it should unfold naturally. having pre-marital sex is immoral and unacceptable to catholic church because it should be done within the boundary of marriage. one man loving a woman. who's fault is it if someone was put in that situation? no ones fault is it. it is still a choice if you wanted to have sex. you should not be condemned. but one should think that virginity is the best gift that you could ever give to the person you love. will i hate my girl if she's no longer a virgin? no. virginity is the best gift but there are a lot of other things that you could offer. are you immoral if you had sex with someone with your boyfriend/girlfriend even if you love each other so much? yes, you are. but important thing here is, Jesus is willing to forgive you from all of your sin because He loves you so much.
a few weeks ago, a friend is asking if having pre-marital sex is unacceptable and immoral? and who's fault is it if someone got involved into it? it's good that the question wasn't directed to me. =) . reality sucks but it should unfold naturally. having pre-marital sex is immoral and unacceptable to catholic church because it should be done within the boundary of marriage. one man loving a woman. who's fault is it if someone was put in that situation? no ones fault is it. it is still a choice if you wanted to have sex. you should not be condemned. but one should think that virginity is the best gift that you could ever give to the person you love. will i hate my girl if she's no longer a virgin? no. virginity is the best gift but there are a lot of other things that you could offer. are you immoral if you had sex with someone with your boyfriend/girlfriend even if you love each other so much? yes, you are. but important thing here is, Jesus is willing to forgive you from all of your sin because He loves you so much.
f. responsible parenthood is the answer. last state of the nation address, pnoy mentioned something about responsible parenthood. yes i agree with it. but people say that this pnoy's way of being a responsible parent is educating people that they have access to family planning - throught IUD, condoms and etc.
one thing that pnoy and i had in common is that we do not have family of our own. we're both single men oozing with ideas to make this country a better place to live. but we have different perspective of what responsible parenthood is. and it will be summarized in this post >>
every year, we have convivence in neo-catechumenal way. and last year, we talked about sex, chastity and parent's responsibility over it. allow me to quote a part of the manuscript >>
six points. i hope that i can convince you that RH Bill will really kill people. let's fight against RH Bill.
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one thing that pnoy and i had in common is that we do not have family of our own. we're both single men oozing with ideas to make this country a better place to live. but we have different perspective of what responsible parenthood is. and it will be summarized in this post >>
picture is from here.
every year, we have convivence in neo-catechumenal way. and last year, we talked about sex, chastity and parent's responsibility over it. allow me to quote a part of the manuscript >>
...i already presented a document of the pontifical council for the family on sexual education. it is said in the introduction to this book as help to the parents that...
among the several difficulties that the parents have today is certainly that of offering the children an adequate preparations to the adult life, in particular for what concerns the education to the true significance of sexuality.
in the past, the family would not be able to provide an explicit sexual education, because the general culture was helping and was objectively helpful in protecting to keep chastity, etc.
the school, then, often replacing the family, gives more information then formation. sometimes it is given a deformation rather than formation.
it is very urgent that the parents have the right-duty of transmitting them a healthy sexual education.thus, responsible parenthood is the key to population growth. but, do parents really know that they have these responsibilities? i don't think so. how many of us have parents who taught us about sex? i can only count a few people - not even 10.
six points. i hope that i can convince you that RH Bill will really kill people. let's fight against RH Bill.
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