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Simpleng Tanong na Ikinahihiyang Itanong ng Iba: May Loud Speaker o Sound System na Kaya Noong Panahon ni Moses?

Posted on Thursday, 5 May 2016

Simpleng Tanong na Ikinahiyang Itanong ng Iba:
May Loud Speaker o Sound System
Na Kaya Noong Panahon ni Moses?
Ni Apolinario Villalobos

Huwag sanang magalit sa akin ang makakabasa ng titulo lang. Hindi ako namimilosopo dahil ang tanong ko ay simple at maaaring kinahihiya lang na itanong ng ibang nagbabasa ng Bibliya dahil baka pag-isipan silang “simple minded”…o bobo. Hindi ko rin kinokontra ang Bibliya dahil isa ito sa pinakapaborito ko, pati Koran, Webster Dictionary, at National Geographic.

Kaya ako nagtatanong nito ay hindi ko maunawaan kung paanong narinig halimbawa si Moses ng libo-libong mga Israelitas na tumakas mula sa Ehipto at naglakbay sa disyerto sa loob ng 40 taon hanggang sa sila ay pumirmi sa “Pinangakong Lupain”. Hinati ang mga Israelita sa 12 na tribu noong nagreklamo si Moses sa tinawag niyang “Lord”. Nahirapan siya sa pamamahala sa kanila dahil sa katigasan ng kanilang ulo na humahantong sa maingay na pagreklamo. Upang mabawasan ang kanyang pasanin ay pinasailalim ang mga tribu sa kani-kanilang “prinsipe”. Subalit ito ay nangyari sa bandang huling yugto na lang ng kanilang paglalakbay sa disyerto. Ganoon pa man, kahit nahati na sila, malaking hindi hamak pa rin ang kanilang mga numerong daan-daang libo. Kung sa grupo ngang wala pang isang libo ang mga miyembro ay hindi na nagkakarinigan, paano na kung daan-daang libong katao pa?

May isinasaad sa Bibliya na gumamit daw sila ng tambuli at bawat tribu ay may kanya-kanyang uri ng tunog nito. May mga tunog ding naghuhudyat ng dapat nilang gawin tulad ng pagtigil sa paglakad, pagtayo at pagbaklas ng tent nila at ng tabernakulo, pagsimula uli ng lakad, etc., pero sapat na kaya ang tunog ng tambuli o trumpeta? Kung walang loud speaker, gumamit kaya sila ng “message relay system”, isang sistema na pagpasa ng mga mensahe mula sa nakarinig na nasa unahan at nagsasabi sa mga nasa likod nila, na pinapasa naman nila sa nasa likuran nila, hanggang makarating sa mga nasa pinakalikurang bahagi?

Kung ginabayan sila ng “pillar of fire” o sa literal na translation ay isang animo’y “nag-aapoy na haligi” kung gabi, at sa araw naman ay ulap na animo ay nagliliwanag….. ang mga ito kaya ang nakatulong upang magkarinigan sila…paano?

Noong nagsalita si Hesus sa isang burol kung saan ay nagkaroon ng milagro na pagkasya ng pagkain para sa mga libo-libong tagasunod niya mula sa iilang piraso ng isda at tinapay, gumamit kaya siya ng mikropono upang marinig ng lahat ang mga sinabi niya? Kung sumigaw man siya sa pagsalita, umalingawngaw kaya ang kanyang boses kahit walang mikropono upang marinig ng lahat?

 Maraming sinasabing milagrong nangyari noong panahon ng Bibliya na pinaniniwalaan ng mga nanalig, subalit ang tila nakaligtaan ay ang aspeto ng komunikasyon, lalo na kung paanong magkarinigan ang mga daan-daang libong tao kung magsalita ang kanilang mga lider at nang panahong namahagi ng kanyang mga salita si Hesus.

Marami pa yatang sikreto sa archive ng Vatican ang hindi pa naipapamahagi sa mga nananampalataya upang hindi masira ang tiwala nila sa mga namumuno, lalo na sa santo papa.

Dapat nating isaalang-alang na hindi kawalan ng tiwala o pananampalataya ang pagtatanong bagkus ito ay nangangahulugan ng interes sa panig ng nagtatanong. Paano mo halimbawang mamahalin ang isang tao kung hindi mo lubusang kilala ang kanyang pagkatao? O di kaya ay, papaano mong masasabing ligtas na kainin ang isang pagkaing hindi pamilyar sa yo kung hindi mo aalamin kung ito ba ay nakaka-allergy, or nakaka-LBM (nakakatae o loose bowel movement), etc?

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The Heavy Pollution in China should Warn Third- World Countries

Posted on Sunday, 27 December 2015

The Heavy Pollution in China
Should Warn Third -World Countries
By Apolinario Villalobos

Manufacturing countries that clandestinely hate China have successfully inflicted a “slow death” on the awakened dragon of Asia. They have simply transferred the production aspect of their business in China because of her cheap labor and with it, the byproduct of high technology – the deadly pollution! They have been awfully successful, no question about that!

China today, is practically crawling due to the effect of heavy pollution while countries that own brands manufactured in China are basking under smog-free atmosphere. Every day, internet news carries warnings of the Chinese government to its citizens about the heavy pollution and photos are those of the Chinese citizens with face or surgical mask to lessen their inhalation of the dirty air. An enterprising European country is reportedly exporting fresh bottled air to China.

The phenomenon in China should serve as a warning to the third-world countries that are blinded by the prospect of living in comfort through high technology. China has practically flooded the world with products made in her homeland. Despite such show of opulence, she is far from being satisfied as her expansionistic desire is slowly creeping towards the rest of Asia and the African continent- with all their third world countries.

The governments of these countries would like their forests be uprooted and replaced with factories; would like their fields planted to rice, corn and other staple foods bulldozed to give way to resorts and first-class housing projects; would like their mountains to be drilled for minerals; would like their citizens to be introduced into the mean habits of squalid urban life; would like their centuries-old traditions and faith to be polluted with the immoralities of progress.

As the exploitation lasts only for as long as there are yet to be exploited, their “benefits” are likewise short-lived. When the factories and mining companies stop their exhaustive operations, they leave behind ghost towns and villages- with their rivers poisoned by chemicals and the once-fertile land exhausted of their nutrients making them not suitable even for the lowly grass. Their polluted culture gives rise to a new generation of prostitutes and indolent, and worst, with a twisted view on faith.

The high-technology must be one of the checks that God has imposed on earth to maintain the balance, aside from natural calamities such as typhoon, earthquake, diseases, and floods, as well as, man-made war. Without them, the world would have burst long time ago, due to overpopulation and inadequate sustenance. But, while these are divine penalties, caution should have been observed by man to at least delay and minimize their occurrence. Unfortunately, man is now reaping the fruits of his greed…at high speed!


In the Old Testament, when the God of Israelites wanted them punished for their misdeed, He used the heathen races or tribes to sow disaster upon them. Sometimes He used calamities such as diseases and famine-causing pestilence. The religions of the world are based either directly or indirectly on the Abrahamaic faith, except for some pockets of tribes in unexplored nooks of forests and islands. In a way, most peoples of the world are connected to the God of Israel. Are we now suffering from this divine penalty, mentioned in the Old Testament?