NO NEED FOR PLAYING GOD

It's easy to play God nowadays. Some guys are good enough to play the role, regardless of whether they are becoming less human.

In a country that sees or hears so many deaths everyday, what is another death via the electric chair or lethal injection? It is nothing. Except that in the latter case, the individual is watched over, guarded lest he or she escapes, and his/her life is insured to be snuffed out after a while.

I thought that with People Power we have been able to emphasize the sanctity of life. But no, here come the new senators eager to be the ones to pull out all the barriers that would insure that some prisoners shall not live to die in their old age.

Are they playing God? In this age when the New Age has already set upon us, that values every living thing, whether insect or human, we are now being pulled back to the age of inquisition (12th century Europe).

I think every human being has to feel humble enough to say, "I am human and can commit mistakes. Please forgive me." God will always forgive sinners who repent. Even those who refuse to repent, the religious would always pray for them to change.

And so to the newbies, the new senators, we ask you, supposing it was your son or daughter who is up,for lethal i jection, what would you do?

I think here is the whole point of Governance. The Filipino people elected human beings not those who liken themselves to God. We are aware that in this world, humans abound and God is around us in spirit to make us feel the value of His words. Regardless of any religion that each one of us practices, the God in them is the same. God is the only one who can take away life.


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What did the inquisitors do during the period of Inquisition in Europe? 

Inquisitors would arrive in a town and announce their presence, giving citizens a chance to admit to heresy. Those who confessed received a punishment ranging from a pilgrimage to a whipping.

Those accused of heresy were forced to testify. If the heretic did not confess, torture and execution were inescapable. Heretics weren’t allowed to face accusers, received no counsel, and were often victims of false accusations.