the relationship of the church and states as of now in the philippines context?
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according to the philippine constitution, there is a separation of the church and the state...\nhowever since the philippines is 95% catholic... the church defenitely have a say in key poltical issues becoz the people listen and politicians themselves are catholic...
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The Filipino Constitution III § 5 states, "No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights."  Wikipedia has an entry on the separation of church and state in the Philippines, along with references to commentary on the Constitution of 1987 and its intent.
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You may want to look for American imperialism and the Philippines. These web sites may help:\n\nMark Twain: Biography and Much More From Answers.comMark Twain was an avid critic of American society. ... Twain wrote an anti-war article entitled The War Prayer during the Philippine-American War. ...\nwww.answers.com/topic/mark-twain - 101k - Cached - Similar pages \n\n\nExtras ~ The War Prayer (Mark Twain) ~ About the StoryBackground notes for Mark Twain's 'The War Prayer.' ... He became, for instance, one of the most powerful critics of the new American imperialism, ...\nwww.aaronshep.com/extras/WarPrayer_note.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages \n\nMark Twain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBecause he had an exclusive contract with Harper & Brothers, Mark Twain could not publish The War Prayer elsewhere; it remained unpublished until 1923. ...\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain - 75k - Cached - Similar pages \n\n\nMuch luck.\nCodially, India.Magica
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Lots of influence from the Spaniards... They always collect taxes higher than expected... Get the land of farmers... So.. After 333 years of colonialism what do you expect from the Filipinos? Be totally better than them? NAH!!! Your wrong... \nDo you think that the Philippines shold be first or what? It's good that the Philippines is only second not first. It's not in the religion. It's already in the tradition. It's hard to eradicate that...\nMind you... Not every politicians are corrupt... :) Wow good thing... I still think that Pres. Arroyo does not corrupt because there are no issues about that...
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In the sixteenth century, Spaniards arrived on Philippine shores. One of their expressed aims for colonizing our islands was to Christianize the pagan natives. Many university students of today, however, no longer accept this. They believe that Spanish missionaries were instruments of a merchant empire with designs on cheap raw materials and the strategic ports of a Pacific archipelago.\n\nVarious consequences stem from the manner in which Christianity entered Filipino life. First, priests, nuns and church workers occupied social positions of power, as they were simultaneously loved, feared and revered by the local population. Second, the Spanish Catholic Church attempted to expand very rapidly throughout the archipelago. This resulted in the physical presence of church buildings and church networks even in farflung rural areas.\n\nWhen the Marcos regime became extremely abusive, the only other social counterbalance to the power and physical presence of the dictatorship was the Catholic Church. This occupied positions of influence not only in urban centers, but also in the countryside as well. More so, its physical presence throughout the country became convenient ad hoc centers of dissemination for information regarding political activities.\n\nThe politico-cultural impact of Christianity on Filipino liberation movements runs through history. What has come to life in our society is an integration of Western Christianity with the more deeply set spiritual orientations of an Asian people. As one psychologist writes, "During Spanish times, he (the Filipino) accepted Roman Catholicism whose saints fused beautifully with his belief in a spirit world . . ." (Bulatao, 1986).\n\nDuring four centuries of Spanish rule, pockets of peasant uprisings challenged the colonial authorities. Cultural themes in the popular religious book called the Pasyon inspired Filipino revolutionary activity (Ileto, 1979). Peasant leaders strongly identified with the image of the suffering Christ, whose death on the Cross was the ultimate sacrifice for the common good.\n\nWhen Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972, the ideas if the theology of liberation had begun to take root in the Philippines. Throughout the dictatorship, various liberation movements weaved in and out of a political worldview that combined transcendental ideas of man with more pragmatic Marxist-style outlooks. (Human Development Research and Documentation, 1982).\n\nCatholic bishops took longer than Church grassroots movements to respond to Marcos' regime (Quevedo, 1986). In the first ten years of Martial Rule, pastoral letters by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) remained relatively non-committal. Later, a significant change took place. For example, its 1983 statements touch the most sensitive social issues of that year (Hardy, 1984).\n\nThe February Revolution of 1986 highlighted the marriage of religion with politics. Thousands of Filipinos faced the regime's tanks unarmed. The street revolutionaries had nothing but prayers and whispered calls to their Mother Mary to protect them from harm. Eventual victory was not only a historical moment of political change, but also "a profoundly religious experience" (Nebres, 1986).\n\nIn those momentous February days, faith-expression was a mixture  of Western Catholicism and folk culture. The Filipino's highly personalistic culture demanded that leadership emanate from persons physically present during the crisis. Throughout the four days at EDSA, there was the "personal participation of the Sto. Niño or the Blessed Mother leading the procession. It was all very Filipino" (Bulatao, 1986)\n\nThe Filipino concept of power blended well with Christian orientations to produce the EDSA victory. In our culture, there are two sources of social strength: lakas and awa. The first is possessed by the powerful; it is their capacity to get what they want because of politico-economic-military re
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in the Philippines we call it "Immaculada Concepcion" it's spanish, I know, but it's a religious terms and the Spaniards brought Catholicism to the Philippines.
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there are no states in the Philippines. Maybe that's a region or a province, whichever. And i think MM stands for metro  manila, the center of the country's civilization. It is also otherwise abbreviated as MMLA
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It involves the governments, but it's also about the rule the world is currently under. 1 John 5:19 says the world is lying in the power of the wicked one. So this system of things is ruled by Satan, in other words he is the god of this system or these wicked times we live in. If you like you can e-mail me and we can discuss it further.
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If you are asking for historys sake, Ronin is right about the mostly Protestant, and Anglican thing. (In England.) If you are asking for now a days... don't worry so much about what church is right, and focus on getting your heart right. Your local pastor isn't going to be your judge, God is. Line up with His rules. Get a relationship with Him. Notice I said relationship, not religion?
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Indonesia and Philippines
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No, but government & the church are both forms of control by the "leaders".  Remember the church was against the printing press, because the masses could now look and interpret God's word on their own.  The relationship one has with their God is different.  Granted some individual's God is an object & who can defind what that relationship is.  It is hardly 2 way communication.
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I've read your response to the previous question which I also answered.\n\nMy official position is this:\n\nThe Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and most (not all) of its followers are Christians by name only.\n\nThe RCC is responsible for the most atrocious/barbaric acts in history (The Crusades, the Inquisitions and the subjugation of many countries by the cross and the sword).  The Y!A participant with a German Shepherd avatar knows what I'm talking about (i.e. - Philippine history).\n\nThe RCC turns a blind eye to the crimes committed by its priests (pedophilia and homosexuality which are current and undeniable events).\n\nFinally, from personal experience, my RC grandparents were murdered by their own RC sons and daughters.  They were never arrested and charges were never filed because they were influential members of the RCC and they were the biggest financial contributors and they basically owned the town I lived in.
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The history of the Philippines begins with the arrival of the first humans in the Philippines by land bridges at least 30,000 years ago. The first recorded visit from the West is the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan on Homonhon Island, southeast of Samar on March 16, 1521. Permanent settlements in the island of Cebu were established with the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565, and more settlements continued northward with the colonizers reaching the bay of Manila on the island of Luzon. In Manila they established a new town and thus began an era of Spanish colonization that lasted for more than three centuries.\n\nThe Philippine Revolution against Spain began in April of 1896, culminating two years later with a proclamation of independence and the establishment of the First Philippine Republic. However, the Treaty of Paris, at the end of the Spanish-American War, transferred control of the Philippines to the United States. U.S. colonial rule of the Philippines began in December 1899, with very limited local rule permitted beginning in 1905. Partial autonomy (commonwealth status) was granted in 1935, preparatory to a planned full independence from the United States in 1945. But what was envisioned as a 10-year transition period from a commonwealth to a fully sovereign state was interrupted by the Japanese occupation of the islands during World War II. Full independence was only granted to the Philippines in July 1946-.
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If I remember correctly from my days in the Philippines, the Philippine Government, and the churches there, do not recognize divorce, therefore your marrage to him would not be recognized there.   \nOf course, other parts of the world are different.  For example, here in the U. S. it would not matter at all.
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Actually it has really a basis,cause as what the Muslims ancestors in the southern Mindanao,Sabah Malaysia is a part of the philippines teritory before infact the Malaysian people are just renting it but i dont know now if why is it Sabah was officially part of Malaysia teritory. But the Kalayaan group of island is an official part of the Philippines area of responsibility.
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if you are talking about spanisch colonization i van help you.........Philippines was colonizes by Spain. what does spain wants to Philippines is the 3G(gold, God and glory). they want money, glory (fame) and spread the catholicism in us. the spain can get the glory and money by introducing the Catholic religion to us. why religion? they are scarying us that God will punish us if we dont do the right thing and the right thing is to follow what the spain government will tell us!
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Because of the goelogical positioning of the continents millions of years ago. Philippines was not yet a separate country as we know it now, but part of a huge single continent known as Pangea.