Religion's Views on Homosexuality

    

     Christians believe that homosexual's attraction toward the same sex will disapper once they repent on their lifetime of sin and have faith in God. Several recipients of God's letter to Corinth were homosexuals but were renewed to heterosexuality after being saved.

     Marriage was created by God only for men and women and that any sexual behaviors outside marriage are not allowed. Thus, religious conservatives think that same-sex marriage is a sin. Also, they do not recognize same-sex marriages in countries that allow it as "true" marriages.

     The Church believes that homosexual acts, like having sex with the same sex are naturally disordered. It means that there are no ways of looking at it as okay simply because reproduction of a child is not possible. The Church only condemns the homosexual acts, not the gays and lesbians directly. They think that homosexuals, like nuns and priests, should be celibate because they think that that is the "right" path.

Sources: 

·         http://books.google.com.ph/booksid=N6nYCeP_w8YC&pg=PA60&dq=religion+and+homosexuality+in+the+philippines&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7YAmT9_RMYWZiAe4vfH2BA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=religion%20and%20homosexuality%20in%20the%20philippines&f=false

·         http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_fixe.htm

·         http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/current-affairs-programs/03/14/11/patrol-ng-pilipino-gay-church

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Life is like Tetris Battle

          Life is like Tetris. When you haven’t started playing it, you think it’s something uninteresting. But, the moment you first played, your mind changes. At first, you feel very happy. You do not think about its consequences. As long as you’re enjoying, you do not care about how the world turns. Until such time that you’re already addicted to it. While in bed, you think of how to position the different tetriminos. You feel happy when you think that after pressing the space bar, a bomb will explode and lines are being cleared.

The tetriminos are like the people we love. Each tetrimino has a different color, just like the different personalities of people dear to us, which makes our life become vivid. They help us carry out our plans. Sometimes, we lose focus that’s why we drop them in the wrong place. And that makes the opponent happy, very happy. In each mistake we do, we have to continue fighting because our life does not end in a single mistake. It continues until the end. Until the time we stop breathing.

Tetris has limited energy, and so we are. All of us do not have all the energy in this world. We get tired. We get fed-up. I believe that all of us come to a point that we think to stop living because life is very complicated. Sometimes, I also think to stop playing Tetris because I realize that it can have a negative impact in my life. But, what can I do? It makes me feel happy. It makes me feel complete.

Our opponents in Tetris are like those people in real life who keep on doing something to ruin our lives. They keep on sending lines that make us become panicky. And yes, they win sometimes. Simply because we are not strong enough and we did not do something to stop them from what they are doing. We have to keep in our minds that we can stop them. We have all the capacity of destroying their plans. We just have to be brave. We just have to be heavy-duty.

It is given that we have our limitations. And I think it is really better if before our limits come, we can confidently say to ourselves that we fought. Just like Tetris, there is a time limit. In that limited time, we should have done everything to overpower our opponent. We should win the game. We should win the game this world is offering.

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Unique Psychology

“Culture is simply how one lives, and is connected to history by habit.”

There’s something that we should be proud of. We, Filipinos have qualities innate to us. A talk by Dr. Katrin made me realize many things. Things I did not have any idea of before. It made me realize that I should be proud I am a Filipino. For our traditions and culture are diverse and exceptional. And that make us exceptional but not indifferent.

            Dr. Katrin said that here in the Philippines, when there is a birthday party and some uninvited people come, the host still accommodates them. She also said that this behavior is not observed in Western culture. This only proves that Filipinos are truly hospitable.

            Another point raised is that Filipinos do not practice the concept of kanya-kanya. We are used to share what we have to other people without expecting something in return. In rural areas, neighbors share their food whenever they cooked a lot. In that scenario, we are showing that we are unified as Filipinos. And that shows that we are not only looking back with ourselves but, we are also concerned with other people, as well.

            As a Christian country, it is important that we put God in the center of our lives. Dr. Katrin discussed many Filipino principles in life regarding our religion. Problems come in our lives and it depends upon us how to overcome these. Filipinos always put in their minds that God is always good and that He will help us solve those problems. We usually think that even with hardships, life is worth-living. See? Filipinos are positive-thinkers and do not easily quit. Every sunrise brings a brand-new day because there is always someone who will help us that gives us hope. And that is Him.

            We should not perish the world where we have first opened our eyes. We should not let our culture disappear in its own way despite we started to exercise the entrance of Western ideas. We can even say some of us do have colonial mentalities but almost all of us continue to preserve our culture, customs and tradition by depicting them in our day to day activities. 

            I like the talk about Filipino psychology because it made me understand that I should be proud of being a Filipino, that I should not deteriorate the legacies of my predecessors especially those culture and tradition that reflects our national identity, that I should be a Pearl of the Orient. I am but a small voice but let me leave my fellowmen a piece of thought: “If we practice our culture, we unfold our history.”

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            All of us have the choice whether to make our life happy or sad, exciting or boring, or bright or dark. Who wants to live a life filled with misery? And who wants to live a life full of hope?

            Problems are the ones that make us think that we are living in the darkness where we cannot see other things but negativities. Problems are the ones that destroy the lives of weak people. Yes, only the weak people. Because I am sure that if we are strong enough to face these problems, we will remain unaffected. We will remain standing. And we will continue living a bright life.

            Life is a tunnel. The moment we were born, we entered the tunnel of life where everything was dark. We will encounter along this tunnel many problems that we have to overcome in order to continue our journey. But I tell you, our creator gives us problems that He knows we will surpass and also will make us become better human beings. These problems are actually our building blocks towards success. It is where we learn many things that we won’t be able to learn if we didn’t encounter them.

            No man is an island. When facing our problems, we need other people’s help. But that doesn't end there, we also have to help other people because life is a give and take process. If we lighted up others’ way, I am sure that time will come that they will also light up ours. And if that happens, life will become easier.

            Despite the negative things that happened to us, we have to keep going until we reach our dreams. Hope is what we need. Hope is what will make us sturdy. And as what a Chinese proverb goes, “Don’t curse the darkness- light a candle.”

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During the 18th birthday party of my friend, a guy captured my heart.

Some of the many kilig moments:

1. When he offered a seat beside him, I refused because I knew I will only feel uneasy;

2. I thought I'll die when he asked me about my name and offered his hands for a handshake;

3. He wanted to play pitik-pitik with me but I refused because I didn't want him to get hurt;

4. The moment I woke-up, the first thing I did was look at his handsome face;

5. I felt like crying when it was time to go back to Iloilo;

6. He said goodbye and I suddenly felt sad knowing that I will not see him for a long time;

7. And by just reading his tweet that said, "miss ko na c earl ah hahahaha" (exact tweet), my day was completed.

I am a person who easily falls inlove with someone who is so kind to me. I was very happy the day I met him. And he keeps on completing my day until now. I hope to see him again next time. <3

They've been rocking my life since the day I first met them.