Those Heathen Americans and God Fearing Filipinos

Every once in a while, I need to write about America to provide perspective on Filipino culture. It seems to me Filipinos are about 50 years behind America in development of social awareness and values. Two interesting trends are developing in the U.S., and they seem incompatible, one to the other. They deal with religion. … Continue reading

The CBCP: A Foreign Occupation

You’ll have to excuse me. We Americans are used to our churches being harmonious members of society rather than divisive. Indeed, churches in the U.S. are banned by law from trying to advocate on political affairs. So it rubs my nerves raw to see the Catholic Church working hard to dominate Philippine government affairs. Thomas … Continue reading

Corruption and Poverty

Guest Article by Edgar Lores In response to JoeAm’s blog HDPR: The Enormous Challenge, Poverty Joe, I was trying to come up with a Unified Field Theory on corruption and poverty but I soon realised I was waaay out of my depth.  So instead of a “theory of everything” I have this Bits-and-Pieces Theory… To begin … Continue reading

Joe Am’s "Philippine Church of Man"

This publicity release announces the formation of a new church by Joseph August America, famous bombastic blogging banshee of the Visayas. “This is an alternative to the ritual-packed, superstitious religions people now follow like moths to a candle,” said Mr. America in a news conference. “Other churches use that scapegoat Satan, or his brother, the … Continue reading