Listen to preachers / teachers / "gurus" if you want, but be the one to apply their teachings in your own life. Do not ask them

Listen to preachers / teachers / "gurus" if you want,
but be the one to apply their teachings in your own life.
Do not ask them 

Listen to preachers / teachers / "gurus" if you want, but be the one to apply their teachings in your own life. Do not ask them

Listen to preachers / teachers / "gurus" if you want,
but be the one to apply their teachings in your own life.
Do not ask them 
- WHAT to do in/with your life
- HOW to live your life.
You would only submit yourself to them as a robot.
Hear their teachings if you like
then decide for yourself
WHAT to do with
and
HOW to live your life.

Q - How can I join organized religion and still exercise my God-given free will?

Q - How can I join organized religion and still exercise my God-given free will?
A -
IF YOU WANT TO EXERCISE YOUR FREE WILL, 
DO NOT JOIN ORGANIZED, CORPORATE RELIGION AT ALL! :-)
Corporate religion is usually obsessed with control of people.
But if you really want to
- join one and still keep your free will
=
- have your cake and eat it too,
1. Join a group that does not control too much the member's personal will / lives.
One that "controls" only organized events and activities for the sake of order, but does not police the members' private lives.
2. Join a group but only minimally; do not get too active, too involved, too known. Especially, do not be a leader or a visible "worker" because people will scrutinize even your private life.
3. LISTEN TO THE TEACHINGS but
- study /examine
- decide by yourself, for yourself
HOW MUCH you would obey / submit yourself

While man is made in God's image

While man is made in God's image,
men also make God in their image.
Lumilikha ang tao ng imahen ng Diyos na kamukha at katulad nila.
Sa masungit na tao, masungit ang Diyos.
Sa mabait na tao, mabait ang Diyos.
Kanya-kanyang gawa ng imahen ng Diyos.
KASI ANG IMAHEN NG DIYOS NILA ANG TAGA-VALIDATE NG PAGKATAO NILA.

Persons, communities, civilizations create an image of their god that

Persons, communities, civilizations create an image of their god
that 
- represents them and their ideals.
- validates them.
- promotes their tribal. national or imperial interests.
- justifies and moralizes their wars with other tribes.
- makes them the center and star of the universe.
THEY MAKE THEIR GOD IN THEIR OWN IMAGE TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES.

Bakit po may mga church leaders na ayaw i-post sa internet ang worship services nila?

Q - Bakit po may mga church leaders na ayaw i-post sa internet ang worship services nila?
A -
Baka katwiran nila na puedeng hindi na dumalo personally ang mga tao?
Pag hindi sila dadalo personally, hindi sila
1. madi-disciple ng husto / tama?
2. makiki-fellowship ng personal?
Wala silang personal support group?
3. makakapag-serve;
sila na lang ang mapaglilingkuran at mapakakain
pero hindi sila makakatulong?
4. makakapag-support sa ministry?

Bakit po hindi na kayo madalas mag-guest sa mga tv talk /interview shows tulad noong dati? -Ed Lapiz

Q - Bakit po hindi na kayo madalas mag-guest sa mga tv talk /interview shows tulad noong dati?
A -
Usually very FRUSTRATING
magpa-interview o mag-guest sa TV o sa radio.
Maraming "media" talk show hosts ay medya-medya, hindi marunong mag- interview!!!
Walang kaalam-alam! O kaya nakikipag-contest sa guest.
Puro daldal, at yung "ideas" nya ang ibinabalandra samantalang ikaw ang interviewee!
At marami sa kanila, walang preparation.
Walang research tungkol sa topic o sa tungkol sa guest.
So yung "interview" nyo, nagiging parang initial research in preparation for THE interview.
O kaya, may preparation ng host at pilit nyang ipaparada ang kanyang "karunungan" at the expense of the guest.
Tapos, matapos mong mag-ubos ng oras pumunta sa station nila,
ang iksi ng oras ng tunay na talk! Dekorasyon ka lang. Parang deodorant or cosmetic. Sayang.
And for all your effort, bibigyan ka ng isang mini basket ng promo products ng sponsors nila
habang yung mga magagaling na hosts ay binabayaran ng malaki!??
Naku!
Kanila na lang ang mga interview-interview nila. 

Di po ba dapat pakasalan ni lalake si babae pag nabuntis nya?

Q - Di po ba dapat pakasalan ni lalake si babae pag nabuntis nya? Pag buntis na, ang hirap pong maghabol sa lalaki para hingan ng kasal!
A - Mas dapat na humingi muna si babae ng kasal BAGO tumihaya. Para pag nabuntis sya, di na kailangang maghabol pa.
Q - Ay! Wala pong lalaking papayag?! Hindi naman po sila ganung ka-serious agad para magpakasal na.
A - Di pala serious, eh bakit ka titihaya, babae? Tapos, maghahabol ka ng kasal kung kelan nakalunok ka na ng pakwan? Sorry na lang kaya.
Dapat talaga, panagutan yan ni lalake. Pero maraming dapat ang hindi nangyayari sa mundong ibabaw. Kaya kipit-kipit na lang pag may taym.

Humanism" as philosophy?

Q - Tito ano po ba ang "Humanism" as philosophy? Bakit po allergic sa humanism ang ilang religious teachers?
A -
Let's ask the Wiksionary / Wikipiedia:
"Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. The meaning of the term humanism has fluctuated according to the successive intellectual movements which have identified with it.[1] Generally, however, humanism refers to a perspective that affirms some notion of human freedom and progress. In modern times, humanist movements are typically aligned with secularism, and as of 2015 "Humanism" typically refers to a non-theistic life stance centred on human agency and looking to science rather than revelation from a supernatural source to understand the world.[2][3]"
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Hindi siguro comfortable ang ilang religious teachers because HUMANISM
GIVES IMPORTANCE to the human individual or group over excessive / total control of religious dogma / doctrine.
Hindi sang-ayon ang Humanism na masa-sacrifice ang kalagayan, kapakanan, ginhawa o karapatan ng human beings dahil sa enforced religious control.
Humanism also places great importance to Science over Tradition / Superstition / Religious Dogma as teacher of natural truth.

Gusto ko na po talagang umalis sa church na ito kasi lahat po ng tungkol sa pagkatao ko ay pinakikialaman at gustong baguhin. Di po ba acceptance ang turo ni Jesus?

Q - Kinausap po ako ng church leaders.
Magbago daw po ako kasi sobra akong makatawa. Bawasan ko raw po kasi napagtsitsimisan na raw ako ng mga conservative at dahil sa akin ay nagkakasala ang marami?
Sobra po nilang pinahahalagahan yng panlabas na kilos, anyo, kasuotan at ang gusto nila yung para kang manekin, walang kibo, laging kimi at opo lang ng opo.
Gusto ko na po talagang umalis sa church na ito kasi lahat po ng tungkol sa pagkatao ko ay pinakikialaman at gustong baguhin.
Di po ba acceptance ang turo ni Jesus?
Bakit dito po, rejection ang nararamdaman ko?
A -
Go pamangkin!
Now na! :-)

The Jesus fellowship

The Jesus fellowship is a 
- sanctuary
- community of acceptance, love, restoration and nourishment,
NOT
a personality reprogramming factory to remold people in the image of Pharisees.