PRO-LIFE Philippines' Letter of Desperation

PRO-LIFE Philippines Foundation, Inc. released a letter essentially praising the 79 members of the Philippine House of Representatives who voted against the enactment into law of RH 10354 otherwise known as "The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012."

It began with the emotionally tearjerker "It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." Such anachronism smacks of the long and powerful position in Philippine society that the Catholic Church has always enjoyed but is increasingly being challenged by a more rational, practical, nationalist and patriotic Philippines, a nation no longer swayed by machinations, schemes and manipulations of a hierarchy more concerned with the implementation of a dogma rather than the practical needs and conditions of a nation.

PRO-LIFE Philippines is appealing to the emotional nature of Filipinos, now at a stage in what Elizabeth Kubler-Ross would call acceptance. It knows that the Filipino is slowly coming of age, is starting to think, and to think rationally about his place in the world. Actually, the Filipino is tired and exasperated by the reticence, arrogance and single-mindedness of a church seemingly disconnected with the real versus the theoretical-dogmatic needs of the Filipino. The Catholic Church, as reflected by the pathetic letter defecated by PRO-LIFE Philippines Foundation, is convulsing at its slow, steady and guaranteed slide into irrelevance. A mere relic of its once overarching tyranny in the life of the Filipino.

PRO-LIFE Philippines was THANKING, PRAISING and EXTOLLING the 79 house members who actually sided with the dogmatic and irrational demands of the Catholic Church against the needs and demands of the Filipino people who elected them. These 79 congresspeople were serving the narrow and vested interests of a church bent on holding on to whatever power, influence and sway it still has, and it sure has a lot of power as represented by these 79 members of congress who not only gave as their reason the opposition of the Catholic Church to RA 10354 as their raison d'etre why they opposed the bill in the first place.

PRO-LIFE Philippines further praised these congressmen by saying "they stood for the truth, for principles and values foreign to others...." Truth? Are you freaking kidding me! These so-called truths the Church so fanatically advanced were mere hogwash, do you call "truth" the Church's stance that contraceptives for example actually spread HIV-AIDS? What scientific research even support such feckless, immoral and fraudulent claim?

Does PRO-LIFE Philippines call "truth" the assertion by the Church and its minions in congress as personified by the 79 congresspeople that RA 10354 would promote murder, increase promiscuity, destroy the family, tear the value-fabric of Filipino society? Where have we found scientific and verifiably credible sources of data that supports such assertions?

The so-called truths PRO-LIFE Philippines is so adamant about is nothing more than the dogmatic and baseless assertions of the Catholic Church. "Truth" fro PRO-LIFE Philippines is nothing more than obeying blindly the demands of the Catholic Church. That is the truth that they so fanatically push into our faces!

PRO-LIFE Philippines does not even have the decency to admit that what they have written was nothing more than the whims and caprices of the church, indeed, I suspect that the Church even ordered the letter be written, indirectly or otherwiese, to give these re-electionist congressmen a "mandate." A so-called "moral high-ground."

And speaking of moral high-ground, the Catholic Church has lost whatever it has. The recent spate of pedophilia cases involving priests and children is a testament to the hypocrisy and schizophrenic tendency of its clergy. Clean your house first before you make demands on a nation struggling with the reins of chronic poverty and economic and social abuse! In addition, the gargantuan, really unholy wealth that the Catholic Church in the Philippines and its various religious orders and affiliates holds is another glaring proof that like any human institution, it is corrupt, abusive and prone to misrepresentation.

PRO-LIFE Philippines continues on in their extollation of the 79 congressmen by saying "you...gave more than due honor not only to your title as our people's representative but above all to our Christian and patriotic heritage..." In fact, by largely opposing RA 10354 based on the Church's stance and some bogus scientific "data," these lawmakers brought only shame, betrayal and tragedy! The Philippines does not only have a Christian heritage, it has a Muslim, animist and secular heritage too, we should not just honor what the majority has, we have to take into consideration what is good for all, after all, the Philippines is a secular, democratic republic - open to all, respectful of all but certainly not only for the Catholic Church. By pointing out these fanatical statements, PRO-LIFE Philippines does not even deserve a modicum of respect for calling itself PRO-LIFE, it should call itself PRO-CATHOLIC CHURCH. It's blind, uncritical and imbecile approach to reality is worthy of a medieval mindset out of place, out of touch, out of relevance in a modern, complex, liberal democracy our country is trying out to be.

Not content, PRO-LIFE Philippines rants further by saying to these unholy congressmen "You showed our country and the world that despite all the seemingly insurmountable problems we face, there is still hope for the future after all. By your unwavering stand against the RH bill, you showed our people that we still have men and women in our midst who can  make this country what it deserves to be...." If there is one thing these congressmen CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY SHOWED, it is that there are actually men in the halls of congress who stoop to an outdated, baseless, irrational, immoral mindset as espoused by the rigid, uncompromising and fossilized beliefs of a church increasingly reactionary, defensive and ever-more rendered useless!

PRO-LIFE Philippines increasingly shows itself to be nothing more than a mere vessel of propaganda at the throat and ass of the Catholic Church raucously pretentious of its self-deluding, self-appointing mission of promoting respect for life when in reality it is only really fighting for the enforcement of an anachronistic vestige of medieval thought.