Today is Independence Day. From what are we supposed to be independent from, I don’t exactly know. Is it from foreign masters or local slave-drivers? AS I survey the Pinoy landscape, I don’t know if I should feel happy or feel weak with weeping because there is at least one thing we should all be free from: organized superstition. The majority of Pinoy mind is yet to be set free from institutionalized religious dogmatism of the churches and preachers who are just as ignorant as anybody else in the flock. On Sunday, Catholic churches around the world like the one in Yotsuya in Tokyo will fill again, sometimes to the brim, with Filipinos praying for their daily bread and deliverance from evil. They will keep to heart with unquestioning faith the absolute truths as set forth by the religious hacks. What a sad affair it is. If there is only One Truth and if it is supposed to be absolute, then you don’t need your Church to tell you that because the priests don’t know any better. Read your bible or qur’an with open mind and see the truth for yourself. I hope one day more Pinoys realize the value of a truly independent mind.
