Controversial: On Pope Benedict XVI’s Condoms Worsen AIDS in Africa

Re: The Pope in Africa [post #26501456 is a reply to post #26302733 ]

Yah. Yet another one. Following the so-called defamatory Islamic remarks he had. Well, that one was exaggerated. What do you expect..Islam is the most perfect RELIGION as they propagate. So yah, you can’t say much about that.

I guess, the Pope had the wrong approach.

Kasi if you are non-Catholic or non-Believer, diba kung you get the phrase he said verbatim..

condoms makes aids crisis worse…

Talagang kakalembang ang bells ng ears mo. And readers,[as what we are taught] they understand it as they read it. Most of the readers of tabloids and published materials they read the headline. Period.

So yah. Another poison taken by the Pope. And there’s a drive in facebook against the pontiff. All the haters are overflowing with anger and monstrous plots like killing the Pope or doing some damage to his name.

And he brings the name of the Catholic Church. So we are also affected.

Don’t worry. I still cross myself when I pass by a Church. And in my experiences, pakonti nang pakonti ang mga Katoliko kung base sa sign of the cross ang bibilangin at sa taong pumapasok sa simbahan.

[the question is. to be or not to be? hanggang kailan ako magtitiis sa mga nanlilisik na mga mata ng non-Catholics. hahaha! well, sa stats ko 2 out of 10 lang ang Catholics sa most jeeps na nasasakyan ko. Pati yung drayber non-Catholic. hahaha!]

But kahit iilan na lang ang matira sa mga katoliko, sila yaong mga tunay na sumusunod kay kristo.

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But I agree with his remarks.

Sana lang maayos nya ang gusot na to. He’s making so much noise on the web and in media. I don’t want to be tasked in Ateneo pub to write how the world hates the Pope and the Catholic Church. [ouch] I really don’t. But if that happens, I am a journalist first before a Catholic. [ouch again.]

[lalo na kung si Papa Juan Pablo ang ganitohin. base sa facebook talagang hated na talaga si PPBXVI]

Well, I can’t pass the job to some protestants. Ewan ko kung gawin nilang blind item si Papa Benedetto. Ha ha ha!

Now this is why people compare him with PJPII. Even me, nung una hindi masyado ako sympathetic to the current pontiff. But I realized na he is somewhat a blessing. Marunong talaga pumili ang Diyos.

Kung kelan nagiging talamak ang imoralidad, He chose a Pope just suitable for that. A conservative one.

But I miss PJPII. Thanks to my grand ma, I hear his voice everyday. I got a Rosary CD blessed by the Pope himself. And his voice is in it.=)

[Updated on: , 03/30/09 01:39 AM ]

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Silent Lent Detour: The Camera Dilemma

I am silently waiting for this camera to come. It has been quite a while since I last blogged about it. And yet, I still don’t have a grasp on anything even close to that gadget.

Well, I bought myself an imitation of the iPhone. But its camera is mediocre. It says it is 3 megapixels, but if you scrutinize the photos that it captures it seems to be 3 VGA. What do you expect, you can’t really look forward to buying quality imitations.

Imitations are meant to be counterfeit and bogus. In layman’s term, a fake. And fakes aren’t the real thing.

I found this Nikon camera in a mall somewhere. It is of the DSLR specie. Some say, it’s posh. But I don’t really care. I am an amateur shutter bug and I have no idea about cameras and its nitty gritty. When I window shop for them, I bring with me my best college pal. She has somewhat opened my third eye for digital photography, so to speak.

Believe it or not, I joined a digital photography contest in the Ateneo. And I find it ironic that we only took shots on the actual deadline! What a way to jumpstart my photography fantasies! At least, Ateneans saw how I suck in it. To add insult to injury, I was posting my rubbish along side the top photographers in school. 

I was not satisfied with what I first discovered. The camera, that is. Of course, this will be my first historical purchase of a gadget this expensive. It ranges not less than twenty thousand or a little higher than that. So, I went to another mall with the same pal. We found nothing. We were about to trod near the place where they sell cameras. We didn’t know it existed. It was amongst the fashionista outlets too so we decided not to further force the issue. Who would think a gadget store will be with the fashionista one?

I came back to the mall. This time without the pal and without the idea of a camera serendipity story. I was there to sing my heart out in the karaoke section of Time Zone. After that, I walked and checked on the social climber types of boutique around. 

Lo, and behold. I saw the gadget store. Right then and there, I discovered how fatuous I was. It was right where we decided to turn back and walk home! I saw some cameras, it was a bit more expensive than what I earlier saw. But I guess it’s more techie than my first find.

I silently walked my way out of the mall. I was weighing the pros and cons of both the cameras that I saw.

But then again, a gust of wind got my attention.

I didn’t have the money to obtain at least any of them. And I still don’t.

Perhaps, it’s a silent witness. God wants me to detach myself of me, me, me and another me.  

This time it’s about Him, Him, Him and His Sorrowful Passion. 

In Him alone are we satisfied.

Earth Hour: The Silent Drive to Awareness

This is the official video of this year’s Earth Hour. Pass it on to others. Grab the code from YouTube.

Silent Steps: Easing the Hell called Global Warming

Here are my Silent Steps into battling Global Warming and reversing the probability of a Heat Stroke.

No. 1. I’m Atenean, but I’m going Green.

I am planning to cultivate more plants at home. Our previous helpers here have been great green-thumbed fellows. Abundantly, greeneries are scattered around our home. Around the walls, at least. Now, I will try to  pot them and bring them on our veranda which is adjacent to my room.

Trust me. When the heat goes the extra mile, lurking ’round my room is almost a sure way to cremate yourself alive. I admit, last year’s summer was a bit tolerable. But this year? Hell, no. It’s as if no ozone layer is present. Direct and prestine ball of flame is cooking us alive!

The effects of Global Warming can’t be put aside anymore. At least, plants will help ease the heat and blow up oxygen to the atmosphere to help rehabilitate the ozone layer.

No. 2. Filling up the empty well of hope.

I have eaten some pizza in Greenwich just to specifically obtain for myself a cool and hip American Idol tumbler. I will be filling it with water 24 hours, 7 days a week for at least as long as the sun still shines on earth. And I will be bringing it me everytime. But of course not during malling. That would look like I am some yayo or something.

This hell is draining all my body fluids. Hope this petite habit I am cultivating will save me the hospital bills.

This heat is hell. And I guess, it is a silent reminder that we are nearing the Armaggedon. I’m not scaring you, but if we continue destroying the world it will not be a surprise if tomorrow J.C. will come down from heaven. 

No. 3. Silently Spread Some Sentience.

As the 7 Wonders of Nature founder said, “We can never appreciate what we have, if we don’t discover what we are to lose.” 

This effort of bringing out Earth Hour as an annual event will surely be a way to awaken the senses of humans. Of what we are to lose and of what we are to do not to lose what we have. 

I will text, chat and said e-mails to my friends and acquaintances, at least. Tell them how tragic and atrocious the earth has become because of our negligence and tell them it’s never too late. I will encourage them to spread the word and join the Earth Hour tonight.

As a youth, this is the most effecacious silent way of contributing for mother earth. I want this generation’s children to have at least a picture of what the earth really is. The other colors have been discolorated from the earth’s rainbow, but the other hues are intact.

And those are the colors that we ought to keep. From disappearing.

Lights are Never Off yet for Mother Earth. There still is a flickering hope in everyone of us. If we only act, this light could burn into a flame. A flame that burns the passion for Mother Earth!

There will always be a light at the end of the tunnel.

What Silent Steps do you offer for Mother Earth? And for your children’s children?

Silent Sacrifice: Join the Earth Hour!

I call on everybody to join the Earth Hour today!

It will be an hour of no lights for all who care for mother earth. Switch off all bulbs you have at home and help save the earth from looming and impending doom.

If you hate the bizarre weather we are having right now and want to save the polar bears from drowning, doing this will at least help ease the pain of our mother earth even by a percent.

We are appointed stewards of God. Let us not disappoint him and wreck everything His hands has made and is making to this day.

Do you think global warming can be fixed overnight? It can’t be, definitely . So we better act now! Do this midget favor for our mother.

Silently Support the Earth Hour.

Or there might never be a tomorrow for our children.