a friend asks
"WTF? We're ranked 3rd (most religious country in the world) and we still got hit this hard (referring to Typhoon Ondoy of 2009)? Please someone explain this to me like I'm a 3 year old. http://www.diaryofatraveler.com/review/info/top-10-most-religious-countries-in-the-world/"
ronjie's reply:
here's what i would tell a 3-year old: "when you GROW UP, you'll understand." ehehe (peace to my friend who asked this.)
two things: first, our country is in a highly typhoon-prone area therefore typhoons and flooding should be expected here (duh). this is PHYSICS. this is NATURE.
BUT we built our cities in these flood-prone areas. not GOD. "successful people take responsibility. unsuccessful people always have someone to blame." some people blame PAGASA (the local weather bureau). some people tend to blame God.
second: this event just goes to remind us who is God and what kind of power he has. if we think we can be God and control what God actually wills to happen by what we "ask for" in our prayers, guess again.
that blog post says only 68% here are church-goers. i can tell you that of those 68%, only a very few actually understand their religion well enough to not question it or even other religions. of those few who actually understand, only a handful are willing to teach and to become really religious and become priests or nuns. we actually need more religious people and more priests and nuns. i hate people who can't lead but criticize leaders. i don't like to criticize the (real) religious people (like priests and nuns) because i can't be one. so be one first, then let's see what you have to say.
one more point: by the way, kawawa naman ang PAGASA actually. (poor PAGASA.) people think they're God. then of course PAGASA falls short of the people's expectations so the people are always angry at PAGASA. NO ONE CAN PREDICT WEATHER!
