Finally, a very “Educated” Comment… Kudos To Rizalino L. Arrabis (Most Probably from Tamuning, Guam… please verify sir ) I dont really get ”educated” comments like this… 

1. Rizalino L. Arrabis Says:
   October 24th, 2007 at 4:21 am e

   I was in grade five when I first realized that a lot of people were persecuting the Iglesia Ni Cristo for I had several classmates then who were members of the said group. They were subjected to jeers and mockery in the presence of teachers and parents without them lifting a finger to stop the abuse. My classmates then were being shouted at even in public. All of my I.N.C. classmates were my best of friends because they behaved quite different if compared to others of the same age and grade.
   My father, who was a public school teacher, and grandfather then would always coax me not to mingle with troublemakers in school. This was the reason why I chose my I.N.C. classmates as my playmates and lunchmates. They were so nice to me especially during lunch for I end up eating several delicacies for we shared our food together. In return, I gave them protection from the bullies who did the abuses for it was apparent to me that these people were not doing anything wrong. They were just behaving within the standards of society. I did not become their classmates in high school for they stopped schooling because of poverty. Yet, the friendship was still there because on my way to school and back, I would sometimes see them giving pasture to their farm animals. Whenever such occasion arises, I always depart from my conversations with them with a happy smile for my bonding never ceased with the passage of time. Sometimes, I would be bringing home lots of fruit for they never stopped doing their hospiatality to me.
   A few years later, I went to the United States to join the Navy and without knowing it, my bonding with the I.N.C. members continued. As an expatriate longing for friendship, it became clear to me that my best optionwas to befriend the I.N.C. community. For it’s them who will offer their unsolicited help like rides to work for free without asking something in return. It’s them who acted like your father, mother, brothers, and sisters in the absence of your real ones. What more can I say?
   I went to Japan for a permanent change of duty station. This is where I became an Iglesia Ni Cristo. For why should I resent them? Why should I reject their teachings? From the solemnity and discipline of their worship services, true teachings, spirit of brotherhood, unity in faith, etc., etc., I never found one that is offensive to my sound judgment. It deals purelywithin the confines of a true christian church and with the gospel preached by the prophets, apostles, and Jesus Christ.
   Perhaps, because of my longing to see my province, Cebu, I would oftentimes reminisce of my past and I always think of my Iglesia Ni Cristo classmates even in my dreams. They seemed to be the same. They appeared to me as if we were still in our elementary years. The elements of innocence, hospitality, playfullness, and brotherhood are still so prevalent in their actions. And one day, I had to go home for my father died, a victim of the same people who abused my classmates. I had to go home after thirty two long years of being away.
   The abuses to my classmates were also done to my father. The skeleton of a soon-to-be chapel then of the Iglesia Ni Cisto in my town was destroyed by bullies headed by a town policeman. The same policeman raped two women while in jail for trump-up charges and I know that my father was in pain when he died. Someday, justice will come for not everyone is sleeping. Woe unto those who thought that they had escaped punishment. Poetic justice had come for the policeman was allegedly killed by a sparrow unit of the New Peoples Army. I call that as the irony of justice. During the wake, my Iglesia Ni Cristo classmates were present and we hugged one another as bothers-in-christ. The emotions were mixed and though sadness was in the air because of the demise of my father, still the atmosphere of happiness was not lacking. For why would you not laugh in the presence of your dear classmates and loved ones? Why not laugh when your past glory is being replayed through the recollections of your classmates? Why would you not laugh in the presence of your brothers-in-christ? I just felt that I am a son who lost his father but found everything
   worthwhile in my classmates, my brothers-in- christ. My classmates are now well-off in life. I did not rent any vehicle during my stay in Cebu. A car was provided to me free of charge. Even when we visit the famous resorts of my hometown, Daanbantayan, Cebu. I am still their classmate, friend, and brother. I will always treasure them for without them, I am nothing but a lost soul. Give love then to the Iglesia Ni Cristo. Just listen and go with them. You have nothing to worry but the ignorance and fanaticism of the centuries imposed by invaders in search of gold and silver.

Although my views are not changed by such passion which Mr. Arrabis has, (although he moved me with such…) it was relentlessly shunned by such comments like:

(From Lennon Bautista of Makati and Batangas City, Philippines - lennox7678@yahoo.com.ph)

The Who? Says:
October 5th, 2007 at 10:01 am e

Ako po ay INC pero d ko alam na sa amin pla yung Alagad party list na sinasabi mo. At 22o po na depende sa district kung cnong iboboto nmin kc iba ang ibinoto ng INC sa Batangas e. Porke ba’t miembro ng INC ang ilan sa kasapi sa Alagad means sa INC na yun. hahaha! baka amin din ang Jollibee at McDo. Galing mo pa namang mag-english pero bulok ng logic mo. In short, BOBO ka pa rin. Ba’t d mo tanungin ang ALAGAD mismo kung sa INC cla. Natatakot ka cguro na mapahiya sa sarili mong BLOG ano. Well gudluck na lang sa BLOG mo… Mas laliman mo pa english mo para mas mukha kang kahanga-hanga pero sana nmn e may sense…ARAY!!! Tagos ba? hehehehe.

The Who? Says:
October 5th, 2007 at 10:16 am e

Comment para kay Phantom…

Ang isyu d2 ay kung sa INC ang ALAGAD at d kung ano pa man na pilit mong isinisingit. Ganyan na ba talaga kadesperado ang sekta mo? Nandung pati pagkamatay nina Napoleon, Alexander at Marcos ay napasali? Baka nmn gus2 mo na ding isali ang Global Warming. hehehe. Pls comment on the issue and not just using this BLOG para manira. Palagay mo ba paniniwalaan ka ng mga readers. hello… D sintanga mo ang mga readers d2 ano! Back 2 d issue… Amin ba ang ALAGAD? pa2nayan ninyo? Pag napa2nayan nyo, magpapatiwalag na ako sa INC… and that is a promise.

P.S.
relevant sa issue ang gus2 kong comment mo ha. Baka pati ikinamatay ng isda sa Manila Bay ay isali mo? isa ka pang BOBO! Wala kang pagkakaiba kay El Diablo este El Critique.. hehehe. TAGOS na nmn!

The Who? Says:
October 5th, 2007 at 10:42 am e

Exhibit A:
The bird: Si Felix daw yun(ravenous bird)…e bat kalapati yun? hahahaha
palpak! ravenous na pla ang mga kalapati ngaun…hekhekhek..

Exhibit B:
A URL link…. NOT FOUND !!!! tsktsktsk! ayus evidence mo ah..not found! palpak na naman! hekhekhek

Exhibit C:
…belongs 2 religious group… Pre, alam mo ba meaning nang word na belong.. nasasama o kasama at hindi nagmamay-ari!

PURO PALPAK ANG EVICENCE MO AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gawa ka na lang kaya ng party list mo… “PALPAK” ang ipangalan mo….hekhekhek. O kaya naman ay “ANOBAYAN” hahahaha. Pde ring “CIBAKIN” nyahahahaha. kaka2wa nmn BLOG mo. Tnx sa pag repost ha. napasaya mo ako.

Again, such comments contradict the justifications of Mr. Arrabis… Pity…Pity…Pity… I do not see any relevant arguements with Mr. Bautista’s comments rather just to flame; a common “practice” I get from your “bretheren”…

Given such views by Mr. Arrabis and Mr. Bautista, we can only have a bottom line for this agenda: That we are all entitled to our own views and criticisms; and that, we stand to criticize and/or accept such facts. I for one have my own standing; a stand to what I believe is right, having my own freedom and not a biased freedom protected by such congregational acts of manipulation, deceit and conspiracy…

“Bato bato sa langit ang tamaan ay mga fanbois…