Philippine Atheists

The Philippines is Jesus Christ country. Roughly 90% of Filipinos identify themselves to be Christians. That is, if we include those who are so young and innocent to truly be aware of what religion is all about, but who will grow and almost as sure as the sun will rise from the east each day, will take up the religion they were born into: the religion of their parents. Many Pinoys are quite proud of the fact that the Philippines is the only Christian nation in Asia (not true anymore, e.g.). You hear this repeated ad nauseum that it’s now to be considered a national self-therapy pastime for those who cannot find any other good thing to say about his country so that he can make himself feel a little nationalistic pride. It shows just how much our people is so desperately in need of consolation that something that at the very least should be a non-issue is turned into an object of pride, like a placebo. It’s like hearing the Japanese say they are proud of the fact that they are the only Kitty-chan nation in Asia. So what? Is that something to be really proud about? Our confused brethren think so. They are proud of something that is on close inspection was just an all too effective instrument used by the Spanish conquistadores to subjugate our ancestors - the uncivilized Indios - for more than three hundred years. Yes, three hundred freaking years! They say, Christianity is a precious gift from our colonizers. That’s how deceived our people are. Our European colonizers used the Catholic religion so effectively side by side with the mighty sword to keep the Pinoys ignorantly in line. So effective is this method that today, more than a century later, our nation is still predominantly Catholic like Spain and remain intellectually subjugated by faith and by the opportunistic bishops and priests and pastors. I long for the day when the Pinoy will finally be free from the shackles of the dogma of religion, of ignorance and superstition. That day will truly be a day of pride.

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