Mr. Pablo Garcia, do not ever again compare Madam President with our Lord, Jesus Christ. There is absolutely no point of comparison! Remember that Jesus Christ was charged with sedition for preaching the truth but He was never, EVER, charged with corruption! As a Christian, I am deeply offended by what you said which is nothing but pure blasphemy. You should know better as a true Christian! Shame on you! If you must make sip-sip with the president, please don’t use God. It is cheap talk from someone who’s supposed to be rich and well-educated.
Roni Bertone from Antipolo City, via e-mail

46 Feedbacks on "Don’t compare Arroyo to Jesus"
bing
Matanda na itong si PABLO GARCIA pero ang sama pa rin,pati si JESUS isinasama sa kasamaan ni GLORIA. Dito makikita ang TUNAY na CHRISTIAN at HINDI ang maka-DIYOS at HINDI.
Mr. PABLO GARCIA, may panahon pa para ka magsisi, dahil anytime babawiin ng diyos ang ating buhay, magbasa ka ng BIBLE para malaman mo kung saan pupunta ang mga taong namatay at di nagsisi at puro kasamaan ang mga ginawa.
mar
to some point we can compare, but first we should crucify her and see if she can rise again.
alex
Yes I agree with you Mr. Roni.
Politicians have the tendency to play GOd and preach like God as the Honorable Garcia did by comparing GMA with Jesus. Ang kapal talaga. Kaya no wonder, maraming kabataan ang meron diluted sense of value and moral because of old people acting like brats. nakakahiya
Natros
Cong. Garcia is just comparing the situation wherein our Lord Jesus Christ was condemned by the opinion of the angry mob since the pro-impeachment congressmen cited the low ratings of Pres. Arroyo in opinion surveys as one of the basis for impeachment since it is possible that such surveys are biased. I don’t think what he said is blasphemous.
Twin-Skies
Actually, it makes sense - see how everybody’s frothing at the mouth and wishing the nastiest things for her every time she appears in public?
I recall the crowds that condemed Jesus to death had reached a similar atmosphere.
On to the scourging and nailing to the cross!
Leo Ebreo
Roni,
?Saan baga kakapit ang KUTO, kun’di sa balat ng ULO. The Gentleman from Sugbu is one among many SYCOPHANTS who would utter blasphemy just to please HER MAJESTY. I still believe there are still good men inside PGMA’s administration.
However, they’re mum telling that HER MAJESTY’S NEW CLOTHES (mimed to her by JDV and FVR), adorned and glorified by Mr. Pablo Garcia had been losing it’s spell as scandals one after another unfold.
Hindi pa huli para magbago.
Ric
Maybe Mr. Garcia means, GMA is like the Lord because whatever he ask it will be fulfilled. Only, Jesus did not fulfill such wishes that comes from people who in turn support anything he wants as a pay-back. Only God GMA needs that, needs people who do and accept anything for money. Garcia has onw thing common with GMA, an overwhelming power hunger, combined with money hunger.
For a real Christian, no matter how good or bad is GMA, it should be clear that putting anyone up as God-like, is a big sin. Maybe Garcia just invokes that the Church only needs a confession of sins and with some prayers all is forgiven, ready for further sins. If truly this would forgive all sins, for what then is the final judgement? In this matter, other religions like Muslim are more responsible with their book of life where nothing is forgotten and which will work as judging iool if and to which level of paradise one will be accepted.
anak t. salit
It appears that we can miss the point. There is a point of comparison between Jesus Christ and President GM Arroyo: that perceptions of people survey can be wrong. The perception that more than a marjority of one thousand something out of 80 million something Filipinos can be wrong when they chose to give a negative rating against GMA There can be lack of discernment on the part of the responders. The result of a survey can also be wrong especially if and when the interviewer does not ask the question in a neutral and objective way. Some responders to a survey may be asked leading questions and interviewers, thru their body language, may indicate what the interviewers wants as answer. The main point of comparison is that there can be rush to judgment in some cases, as pointed out by Rep. Pablo Garcia, when people chose Jesus Christ to be crucified in lieu of Barrabas.
MARTA
I agree with Mr. Roni ..SHAME ON YOU PABLO GARCIA!!!
Gerry Albert Corpuz
This aging and has bee politician from Cebu should recall his statement comparing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This is a national foul play committed against all Christians, whether they are Catholic, born again Christians, Iglesia ni Cristo followers, Aglipayans or Protestants.”
This is my response to Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia outrageous statement comparing the President to Jesus Christ, asserting that Mrs. Arroyo is being crucified in surveys conducted by independent opinion poll groups.
Gloria is not Jesus, and definitely not the Mother of Jesus. In Jesus name, we ask the Lord to stop Mrs. Arroyo and her pork barrel starved congressmen from using his name for the sake of their own narrow and sinister agenda. We appeal to the Lord to punish these corrupt politicians who continue to use his name.
What kind of legacy this man would leave to the people and to the Cebuanos? Nothing, really nothing because Rep. Garcia is not only senseless and insensitive, he is also annoying and an old-school traditional politician.
I strongly condemn the Cebu congressman for downplaying the poor showing of the Chief Executive in the surveys as indicators that President Arroyo betrayed public trust and therefore, she should be impeached.
A survey conducted by the Social Weather Station (SWS) last September 30 to October 4 revealed that Majority of Filipinos are not in favor of moves to amend the Constitution and for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stay in power beyond 2010. That is vox populi in real and stricter sense.
Sor B. Tero
Since the honorable congressman from Cebu compared GMA to Jesus Christ, then GMA should also be crucified. The nerve of that congressman! There is not even a speck of comparison. Lolo matanda ka na!!! Dapat puro kabutihan at katotohanan na ang pinapanigan mo!!! She is your president because you are beneficiary of her generosity. It is time to repent Lolo…
jhian robert
Dear fellow Filipinos,
We are a nation divided. Peace, unity and development continue to elude us because we have a president bereft of moral or legal authority to lead. She had, in fact, become the greatest continuing threat to the security, cooperative spirit, well being and sense of Nationhood of the Filipino people.
A true leader is a symbol of unity and a rallying figure especially in difficult times. A bogus leader is divisive and stays in power to the detriment of the common good and the National interest.
GMA continues to inflict herself on our hapless people. In the process, scarce government resources are squandered to buy for her dubious loyalties, institutions are prostituted to project a sham imprimatur to an immoral governance, public service has evolved into a buffet of graft and corruption, and morals, values, accountability and responsibility have been reduced to mere flamboyant phrases. She destroyed the very concept of truth as the foundation of every act of government.
We find the country today in deep turmoil. Oppression, corruption and injustice rule the benighted land. Internecine struggles threaten to dismantle the republic. Widespread poverty robs people of their dignity and drives many to prostitution and virtual slavery in foreign climes. Hunger incidence is at an all time high and the country’s human development index is at an all time low. No wonder, an atmosphere of destitution pervades among our normally resilient and patient people. All of these were brought about by 8 years of unelected, hopelessly corrupt leadership and a slew of failed liberal economic and peace policies.
Long starved of good governance, the Filipino people should act now to reclaim their dignity, remove the pretender from power and steer this nation on the path to greatness. I echo, loud and clear, the call for radical reforms and restructuring. The call of the times is for us NOT ONLY TO LISTEN BUT TO MARCH.
November 30, a few days from now is National Heroes Day. Let us recapture the visions and ideals of our heroes and martyrs and give justice to their golden dream of National independence.
This country needs a leader of heroic and nationalist stature who would champion genuine independence in every aspect of our national life. He or she must be committed to challenging colonial economic masters and their local surrogates, abandoning obscene foreign debt payment policies, pushing industrialization, agriculture productivity and sustainable agrarian reforms, ensuring food and energy independence, and formulating a sound economic strategy anchored on the declaration that this country’s patrimony and all of our abundant resources are solely for the Filipinos to develop and benefit from. The current President is the antithesis of that leader. For her personal aggrandizement, she was willing to sacrifice the nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by dismembering the Republic in the case of the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) and the baseline issue, west of our archipelago.
The latest Malacañang sponsored machinations are designed to extend GMA’s discredited regime. Secretary Dureza’s prayer and the feigned reaction revealed it all. With no semblance of delicadeza, no less than her son is doing the rounds, spearheading a signature campaign that would eventually actualize their foul design. With a subservient congress which frustrates the impeachment process at every turn and some Supreme Court justices willing to do their biddings, then their coast is clear, our political fate is sealed. I dread the thought that our best bet is for GMA to die of old age.
Now is the time to grip hands and act! Enough is enough!
To Enrile, Ramos and all generals, if the true spirit of EDSA 1 and if it is true in your thought, why you are numb and mum in this very corrupt and unscrupulous administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, where is your dignity and conscience when fought in President Marcos regime, are you thinking that this full of deceit administration is still capable to uphold goodness in our country? I think Marcos era is much better than this “EVIL” period. And so, we the Filipino people are appealing again this time and since we know that you have still the charisma specially to all high ranking military to please fight again, unite, support, encourage and maintain the spirit and character you have done in the previous uprisings. Let us all eradicate and wipe out the people behind this devious controlled leadership by “EVIL”.
Dear Filipinos let us fight, fight, fight… and don’t be afraid.
Let us all sing MAGKAISA…
toto
I really don’t think the comparison of GMA to Jesus per se is an accurate description to the highly criticized analogy. It is also sad that JDV took the wrong turn to present it the wrong way and many people bitten the bullet.
If I understood the context well, it supposed to present that the mob sometimes can’t be right. Just in the case of Jesus pitted against Barnabas to which the crowd favored Barnabas.
The point is simple, the noisiest of the roudy crowd does not all of the time hold monopoly to justice. Here in the Philippines, when you are the noisiest many people think you are the truth.
Thankfully two thousand years later, justice is not carried out through the loudest of the mouths or the opinion poll or through noise of the mob but through our judicial courts. We may question the credibility of our legal system but then again that’s another story.
baby
kaawa-awa naman itong si Tongressman Pablo Garcia ng Cebu tumanda ng walang pinagkatandaan. Akalain ba namn nyo pati ang Panginoong Hesukristo ay ikinumpara sa amo nyang “EVIL”. Nagkaedad ng ganyan ng d alam ang mga sinasabi. para na rin nyang sinabi na ang DIYOS nya ay si “EVIL”. kaawa-awang tao, pero pra sakin a d dpt kaawaan ang HUNGHANG dhil malpit na syang karitin ni kamatayan ay kung ano-ano p ang pinagsasabi. matanda ka na TONGRESSMAN dapt syo humingi na ng tawad syong mga kasalanan di yung pati si HESUKRISTO ay ikukumpara mo sa amo mong “EVIL”. kunsabagay lahat kyong mga kampon ni “EVIL” ay talagang mga masasama, walang konsensiya at d marunong umunawa, walang inisip kundi makamundo at pansariling interes mga mukhang PERA, sana nakakain pa nyo ang mga pagkain na binili nyo sa perang mga nakaw nyo, syang ang pagboto sa inyo ng mga tao, nabiyayaan pa nmn kyo ng DIYOS ng dunong at talino pero sa pansariling interes nyo lng nmn ginagamit at bakit kyo nagsitakbo sa inyong mga posisyon… sige nga sagutin nyo kung talgang may mga isip kyo… wlang kwenta mabuhay sa mundo kung mga sarili lamang nyo ang iniisip nyo at lalo ang mga taong bumoto sa inyo na kung saan ay naghahanap ng katiwasayan sa inyong mga lugar. sobra nga kyo sa yaman at power sa gobyerno pero di nyo inisip kung paano kyo makakapunta sa kaharian ng DIYOS sa oras na gilitan kyo ng hininga. sa sobrang GANID nyo ay marami kyong taong pinahihirapan, bakit ba masyado kyong sampalataya sa amo nyong “EVIL” di man lng nyo iniisip ang kapakanan ng ibang tao lalo ang mga mahihirap, MAHIYA kyo sa mga sarili nyo dahil kundi sa aming mga botante ay wla kyo dyan sa mga pwesto nyo.
ikaw speaker nograles, ano b tlga ang papel mo dyan sa yong inuupuan? sige nga sagutin mo… tumanda kyo pare-pareho ng di nyo alam ang dapt nyong gawin. isaisip nyo na di lamng kyo ang nabubuhay sa mundong ito at di kyo nakaupo dyan sa pwesto nyo pra lng sa amo nyong “EVIL” kundi sa mga mamamayan, o yan sinagot ko na ang tanong ko sa inyong mga HUNGHANG sa kongreso, isipin nyo malapit na kyong mwala sa mundong ibabaw ikasisiya ba nyo at ng inyong mga pamilya ang mga nagawa nyong KATARANTADUHAN at PAGNANAKAW sa kaban ng bayan. ako, bilang tagasunod at tagabayad ng TAX na ninanakaw nyo ay sobrang manhid na sa kanonood at kababasa sa mga KALOKOHAN na ginagwa nyo sampu ng inyong mga kasmahan at among mag-asawang “EVIL”.
sobrang GANID nyong lahat, mga walang konsensiya, pati si HESUKRISTO na aming PANGINOON ay ikukumpara sa inyong among “EVIL”, marahil at sa aking palagay ay dapt kay satanas nyo ikumpara ang inyong amo dahil sila ay magkatulad at di sa aming PANGINOONG HESUS…
TONGRESSMAN Pablo Garcia, baka nman sa oras na ito ay pwede mong kausapin ang PANGINOONG HESUS at magsisi ka sa yong mga KAGAGUHAN at maka-mundong gawain dahil malpit knang mailibing at maipasok sa nabili mong nitso, kaawa-awa ka dahil bka sa maapoy na asupre ka maitapon, sige ka… saka magsalita na kyo sa KATOTOHANAN, huwag nyo na kming lokohin mga mamamayan alam na nmin ang mga OHAB nyo… di na nmin masikmura sobrang GARAPAL na, syang mga talino nyo di nagamit sa tamang landas.
kyong mga nasa TONGRESO, mamulat na kyo sa KATOTOHANAN mahiya kyo sa mga sarili nyo ang dami ng tao ang mga pinagloloko nyo, akala b nyo natutuwa pa kmi sa mga KATARANTADUHAN na mga pinagagawa nyo… hindi ooooyyyyyyy!!! at kung sana ay mkapasok ang terorista sa pinas kyong mga HUNGHANG na galamay ni “EVIL” ang dapt pasabugin at para mawla na ang mga MASASAMA sa bansang pinas… tawa ko lng, hehehehehehe…
kaya mga anti-”EVIL” sana maipagpatuloy nyo pa rin ang pkikipaglaban sa mga taong HUNGHANG, ksama nyo kmi at maghawak-hawak kamay tyo pra masugpo ntin ang KASAMAAN ng mga ULUPONG…
sa inyong mga kampon ni “EVIL”, itatak nyo sa mga utak nyo kung meron man, malapit na kyong bumagsak, dahil malapit na nming makuha ang simpatiya ng mga generals at mga militar na gusto na ring ibagsak ang inyong among “EVIL”…
ikaw, raul gonzales malpit ka nang kuhain ng hukay mo, sobrang DEMONYO mo tulad ka rin nla ramos, enrile, joker, nani, merriam, ermitang berdugo at sampu ng inyong mga kasmahan. ang LULUPIT nyo, kung loloobin man ng aming PANGINONG HESUS na sana ay sabay-sabay kyong mabaon at upang mawala na ang mga GANID sa bansang pinas…
MABUHAY po tyong laht na nabubuhay sa tamang landas at gawain… ipagpatuloy po ntin ang pkikipglaban dahil ang PANGINOONG HESUS ay kasma ntin…
sa inyong mga militar, kyo lamang ang aming hinihintay upang mapabagsak ang ang taong GANID, magkaroon kyo ng TAKOT sa DIYOS at huwag sa mga taong sinasakop ang inyong KALAYAAN… dahil sa DIYOS a may BUHAY na walang hanggan. at huwag PALOKO sa maling landas, nawa ay makasama nmin kyo sa aming pinaglalaban dahil kyo na lamang ang aming hinihintay para makaroon muli ng KALAYAAN at matiwasay na buhay, huwag kyong pagamit sa KAMALIAN na alam kong di na lingid sa inyong mga isipan ang KASAMAAN ng gobyerno ni “EVIL”. isipin po ntin ang mga susunod na henerasyon na darating at nawa ay mabuhay sila ng may TAKOT sa DIYOS at mamuhay ng may KARANGALAN.
MABUHAY po tyong laht ng naghahangad ng kabutihan…
MAGKAISA po tyong laht…
abe
compare arroyo to judas escariote.
SOL
Let’s open our hearts and minds with what is happening in our beloved country. I am deeply regretful at Filipinos who continuously protecting this Arroyo Government. Are you logically observing and thinking? Why do you refuse to accept that this Arroyo government is corrupt and doesn’t stop from using the Masses in enriching themselves?
GARCIA Politicos? Oh, give respect to the Late President Garcia by stopping at destroying your family name… There are other Garcia’s in the Philippines who are good people. Show them that they deserve being civil and educated..
badong
paano tayo nakakasiguro na talagang ayaw ng buong sambayanan ang CHA CHA. nakakatawa naman kasi ang tanong. kelangan baguhin lang ang tanong at magreferendum, isama sa 2010 elections.
ito ang tanong dapat:
” Are you in favor of amending the Constitution without extending the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?”
Pag ang tanong kasi katulad ng tanong na ginawa ng SWS talagang majority ay ayaw.
freeman
It seems that in this country, the only opinion that matters are the opinion polls taken by SWS and Pulse Asia. These are business enterprises making money out of creating an opinion results that favors their clients. The questions asked are loaded and/or misleading to get the desired results. One example is the question on charter change where the respondent was asked if he favors a charter change to extend the term of office of President Arroyo. The question was obviously constructed to get a negative response considering the low popularity of GMA. Now supposed the question is changed to this ” Do you favor Charter Change to abolish the Senate?” The result will be very interesting.
katotohanan lang
gloria compared to jesus christ?????
whoa!!! nasiraan na talaga ng bait si matandang pablo kasama ng mga representa-thieves…..
the way arroyo managed the country through crippling martial law, intimidation harrassment, politics of trapos, bribery and scams she and her family should be compared to infamous autocratic regime of mugabe of zimbabwe, kim joong-il of north korea, thaksin of thailand and those political leaders who have caused political, moral and economic crisis in their countries.
shame on you pablo garcia! every filipino knows how your son winston amassed the wealth of gsis for his personal gains and your retoke queen daughter gwendolyn enriching herself in office as a good governor? and a succesful businesswoman.
shame on you…panay nakaw nyo habang ang sambayanan ay naghihirap, konting economic gains puro yabang na kayo pero mas malaki pa rin ang mga binubulsa ninyo.
shame on you! arroyos, garcias of cebu, lagman/andaya/ salceda of bicol, antonino of tarlac, nograles, defensor, gonzales of iloilo and to all regular bribe taker of malacanang!!!!
tama na ang dugas at nakaw, siguro hanggat 3 to 4th generations ng lahi ninyo ay di na maghihirap sa dami ng ninakaw ninyo samantalang 60-70% ng masang Filipino ay di malaman kung paano makakaraos sa maghapon.
may hangganan din ang lahat!
kayana2
kayana2 says,,,,,,,,
to those who tried to thinks and acts of no malice against his fellow men; and acting to shunned the sins of his countryman please cast your first stone.
pinoys are so predictable. we are all good follower of the pied piper. we all loved the sure winner. we are all llamadista, but when something goes wrong we are so quick to switch side. but still, together we are all in this mess. and nobody wants to be part of it.
fist we all have to check our closet for some hidden skeleton and then speaks the truth.
endemic institutionalized corruption mantra is in pinoy’s DNA. look around you juan dela cruz, you are the problem. you breath, eats and live graft and corruption for your body’s sustenance.
you deserve to have trapos that trampled your rights and starve you slowly to sure death.
were are all the mendiola bridge heroes have all gone???
kayana2 sends?????
lasvegasnv
derek
To all BISHOPS, Clergy, etc.
One must be fair in critisizing GMA why t hese people keeps on finding fault on the president when there are more scams that can be talked about. Why are these bishops, clergy people and oppositionists barking at the wrong tree. Why can’t they rlly and demonstrate against MERALCO which does not look after their customers but keeps on getting the money of the poor people. Why is MERALCO not refunding the money of the poor people wqhen if the poor people cannot pay their electric bill w/in 3 days they cut the “kuryente” of the poor. Is it because these people who keeps silent on the truth is NAKIKINABANG SA MERALSO, NATATAKOT KASI ANG BORD OF DIRECTORS NG MERALCO AY PUROS EX-JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR THE COURT OF APPEALS VAT WALA SILANG LABAN PAGDATING SA HUSGADO. TAMA LANG ANG GINAWA NOON NI PRES. MARCOS WHEN HE DECLARED MARTIAL LAW AND TOOK OPVER THE MERALCO AND OTHER BUSINESS OF THE OLIGARCHS IN THIS COUNTRY. HOPE TH ARROYO ADMINISTRATION USE AN IRON HAND AGAINST THIS OLIGARHS INCLUDING THE BIG 3 IN THE OIL INDUSTRY. KASI THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE GOVERNMENT ESP. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THE BISHOPS OF THE CBCP AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO PLAYED BLIND,MUTE & DEAF TO THE TRUTH. HOPE ALSO THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW OPPOSITIONISTS TO THE ARROYO ADMIN. WILL WAKE UP ONE DAY THAT THE NEXT ADMIN. WOULD B E WORSE THAN THE ARROYO ADMIN. AND THAT THEY WOULD LEARN TO BE AS OPPOSITIONISTS AS THEY ARE NOW TO THE ARROYO ADMIN.
col vitug of phil. navy
sa aking mga kababayan at kapatid sa military
ako po ay nasa neutral side ng gobyerno aking ginagalang ang aming adhikain bilang mga tagasunod na sundalo ng ating bayan lalong-lalo na sa ating presidente na si Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sampu ng kanyang mga kasamahan sa kanyang administrasyon. Ginagalang po namin sa sandatahang lakas ang lahat ng kanang utos at sinusunod sa tinatadhana ng aming polisiya. Gayunpaman bilang aming commander in chief patuloy naming tinutuldukan ang anumang adhikain para sa ating bayan, ngunit sa aming palagay, ay di na wasto ang mga nangyayari at ginagawa ng mga namumuno sa ating bayan, kung kaya kami ay naririto upang iparating sa mga kinauukulan at sa sambayanan Pilipino na di na kami manhid sa mga maling gawi ng kasalukuang administrasyon at handang ipaglaban ang ang bayan sa mga taong ganid sa salapi at pwesto sa ating lipunan. Mga kababayan nais naming iparating sa lahat na ito na nag tamang oras upang kami ay bumaklas sa “chain of command” ng aming pinuno dahil sa sobra na ang kataksilan nila sa ating bayan. hindi rin kami manhid upang ipagwalang bahala na lamang ang mga kabaluktutan sa lahat ng ahensiya ng ating gobyerno simula sa palasyo ng malacanang, korte suprema, ombudsman, mga kalihim at lalong-lalo na ang kongreso na kung saan ay halos karamihan ay hawak ni GMA, kung kayat walang nangyayari sa anumang pagsulong ng “impeachment” sa kanilang pinuno. bagamat kami ay tagasunod lamang subalit sa aming pananaw, hindi sa lahat ng oras at panahon ay sunud-sunuran lamang.
mga mahal naming kababayan, ako sampu ng aking mga kasamahan sa sandatahang lakas ay naniniwalang ito na ang tamang panahon upang ipaglaban ang muling kalaayan, hindi sa mga bansang nananakop kundi sa mga pinuno ng ating bayan na walang tinatamasa kundi puro pasarap at pagnanakaw sa ating inang bayan. umasa kayong kami at makakasama ninyong muli at konting oras na lamang ay makakamtan na natin ang ating tinatamasang kalayaan sa mga kamay ng talamak na gobyerno.
Kami ng aking mga kasamahan sa sandatahang lakas ay nagbuklod-buklod upang ilahad ang tamang pananaw para sa ating inang bayan at makakaasa kayong magsasama-sama tayong muli iisang lugar upang maitaguyod ang ating inaasam na kalayaan sa mga impostor ng ating bayan. mga kababayan kong nasa tamang landas maghintay lamang kayo ng tamang oras at kami ay darating upang kayo ay aming makasama sa inyong pakikibaka.
mabuhay tayong lahat at patalsikin ang masamang lider ng ating bayan.
leo of riyadh
Mr. Pablo Garcia seems lost his sense of logical comparison due to his age or due to the funds flowing to his account from the tenants of malacanang palace.
Josh Centro
Doesn’t Pablo Garcia act very much like a Mafia godfather? His brazenness is due to his senility. He’s out of touch with the reality. Gangsters rule in this Gangland we call the Philippines.
Jimmy Evasco
Anyone who compares gloria to Jesus Christ must have a big hole in his head, He is simply NUTS.
webster
i am a filipino but i do not recognize gma as my country’s president. she has no mandate; not even from GOD. her sins are beyond repair. so please, do not compare her with JESUS. even satan will refuse her entry in his sinful kingdom. right now, what our country needs is a strong leader who can lead us to paradise. not gma. NEVER AGAIN!!!!
Atan
Mr. Bartone,
You have completely taken the speech of congressman Garcia out of context. By thinking and reacting that way, it is you who is blasphemous! Shame on you!
boggart
please, not even with judas! judas saw his sin and repented. he was so distraught and ashamed of what he did that he threw the silver pieces hanged himself.
kyl3max
oh lord … save us from dis kind of politicians !!! they look like vultures fighting one another for Carcass!!
pweng
i agree. d comparison was done out of context. (sila nga itong by their sheer majority has crucified the people.) jesus followed the law to the fullest. gma had violated the law as pointed out by the supreme court several times. and it seems that most of the administration’s violation of the law is with regards to money. sana, like jesus gma would be patient to explain to us her policies. kung anong kabutihan ang kanyang ginagawa para sa atin. amen. (and let us pray na rin na mag-gawa na ang nasa present pwesto ng turnover notes for the next in line sa pwesto in the coming 2010 automated election.) another amen.
deepcaring
Fundamental in Christian theology of creation is that all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God. If we take the Incarnation seriously, then Jesus is like us, human beings. It is heretic to say that Jesus was God pretending to be man. Jesus was a man, a Jew. In a sense, Jesus and Gloria have one thing in common: Imago Dei,
When we accept this Christian belief of Imago Dei, we are confronted by the fact that regardless of being male or female, catholic or atheist, sinner and saint alike, etc. we are all created in the image and likeness of God.
Gloria, with all her sins, is still an image of God. Hitler, the brain of the greatest human evil in modern history where 6 million Jews were systematically exterminated by the Nazi regime, is also an Imago Dei. Pope Benedict XVI, who defended the brutality of the genocide of Nazism in Germany by spiritualizing it as God’s silence rather than concretely questioning Pope Pius XII’s silence at the time of the holocaust, is also an Imago Dei. Who is not an Imago Dei?
deepcaring
“As a Christian, I am deeply offended by what you said which is nothing but pure blasphemy. You should know better as a true Christian! Shame on you!”
Well, Jesus used to say: “Shame on you, hypocrites!”
Is there a true Christians in the land today? Roni et al believe that they are true Christians while Gloria and Judas are not.
Hypocrites. “Holier than thou” was the social sin of the Pharisees and the religious leaders during Jesus’ time.
The bishops were right in exercising their prophetic mission. But at the root of it, not even the bishops have the moral ascendancy to cast the prophetic voice today, unless they are willing to say their mia culpa. Authentic repentance not merely in words but in deeds.
toto
andami namang mga tira-pasok sa atin. yun bang banat lang na banat eh hindi alam kung ano ang pinagmulan ng usapin.
nung ngumawa si JDV na “GMA is not our Lord” parang sya din ay hindi nakuha ang context ng pagkasabi nung analogy ni garcia.
si garcia naman kseh andaming literary/historical circumstances ng “ochlocracy” na pwedeng paghambingan eh ginamit pa yung kay jesus at kay barnabas. eh marami pa naman ultra-sensitive na hindi naman nag iisip ng maayos sa mga bagay na naririnig.
ba’t hindi nya na lang ginamit yung Salem withc hunt, kaso ni marie antoinette, kaso ng mga romanovs. i do not want to close on the idea that the philippines is heading towards the tyranny of the majority if we are to agree with the polls. but who could blame us? i believe that roman empire was maintained through the mob rule factor. effective naman di ba? proud nga tayo sa mga EDSAs natin.
one thing is missed by a lot though, most of these agent provocateurs of the so called “resistance, pakikibaka sa pagbabago, reform, cha-cha at kung ano ano pa” are politicians themselves who might have an agenda kept from the eyes of the unthinking mob submissive to a hooliganist herd behavior.
John Fereira
Don’t you know that Congressman Pablo Garcia is the father if Winston Garcia of GSIS so what’s new, they will do the best they can to serve the master.
Gerry Albert Corpuz
Just see the connections: GSIS chief is Winston Garcia, is he the son of Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia? GMA won by 1 million votes over her closest rival FPJ in Cebu because of election fraud (according to election returns)
Sabait ang has-been at aging politician na ito kasama ang buong pamilya ng bulok na pulitko kapag kapag natangggal si GMA. Tapos ang kanilang political career nilang lahat. Kaya ganito na lamang ang pagsamba ng 84-year old rotten politician. pare-pareho kasing may krimen at pananagutan sa taumbayan.
Francis
We all just take consolation to the fact that very, very soon, like in a couple of years, Jesus will have a face to face conversation with Congressman Garcia about this.
Tony
I suggested everybody to read what’s idea voiced by HM, King Anthony S. Martin over this article.
“Ako po si Anthony Santiago Martin, itinalagang Hari ng bansang Pilipinas ay nananawagang lahat po tayo’y manalangin upang ang mga biyayang ipinagbilin po sa akin ng Diyos sa bansang Pilipinas ay dumaloy nang dumaloy; nahahabag po ako sa bansa natin lalo na po sa mga kababayan nating nalulugmok at nawawalan na ng pag-asang makaahon pa nguni’t palagi po sana nating tandaan na kasama na natin ang buong mundo sa pagkakalugmok nguni’t may isang buhay na Diyos ang nagkaloob sa atin ng pag-asang bumangon sapagka’t magbuhat ng ipagbilin sa akin ng Ama nating nasa langit ang banal na kayamanang ito na nakalaan sa mga mamamayang Pilipino’y wala po akong hiniling sa Amang Dios kundi ang ipagkaloob na ito sa atin. Nitong Setyembre, 2008 ay isinakripisyo ko po ang paggalaw ng isang account sa Bank of America sa dalawang bansa upang may hagdan po ako papanik sa katuparan ng pagkakaroon natin ng pag-asa’t hindi po ako binigo ng Dios nang mapatunayan ng dalawang bansa’t United Nation Organization na ang isang account na ginagalaw nila’y kumpirmadong may lama’t katotohanan sa Bank of America na humigit kumulang sa US$ 3.8 Trillion bawat isa sa 21 account. Ang buong mundo’y nayanig nang magpasya po akong isakripisyo ang banal na kayamanang ito na nakalaan sa ating mga Pilipino, bagama’t 19% lang ang matitira sa atin sa isang account ay buong puso na po natin itong tanggapin sapagka’t kung magmamatigas pa ako’y aantayin ko pa po bang mamatay ako sa kamay ni Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo na siyang direktang nagpapahalughog sa akin; sa totoo lang po’y ako ang tanging pinakamatinding kalaban ni Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo’t mga tauhan niya sapagka’t ibig niyang makuha sa akin ang banal na kayamanang iyan na nakalaan sa mamamayang Pilipino, hinding hindi po ako makakapayag na basta-basta nila makukuha ito sa akin sapagka’t may sinusunod po akong banal na utos at bilin. Ang banal na kayamanang ito’y ginagamit na ng buong mundo noong hindi pa nauupo si Pangulong Marcos sapagka’t ang mga kapatid ko sa espirituwal na sina Bernardo Carpio, Dr. Jose Rizal at Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos ang naunang pinagbilinan nitong biyayang ipinahawak sa akin, tandaan po ninyong hindi ko po inaangkin ang banal na biyayang ito sapagka’t nakapangalan po ito sa mga MAMAMAYANG PILIPINO tunghayan ninyo po ang friendster ko’t naroroon ang kopya ng Last Will and Testament na ginawa ni Pangulong Marcos para sa mga Pilipino. Hinihiling ko po na lahat tayo’y manalangi’t magpasalamat sa biyayang ito na itinalaga sa atin para sa ating lahat.”
Tony
I add to enclose his overview:
“Hindi po ako nagsisinungaling ni nagpapanggap sapagka’t ako’y anak ni Trinidad D. Martin at Teresita S. Martin, ni hindi po ako anak ni Pangulong Marcos sapagka’t buong puso ko pong itatangging siya ang Ama ko kundi tatanggapin ko po siyang kapatid ko po sa espirituwal. Nakatira po ako sa 133 Rizal St., San Sebastian, Hagonoy, Bulacan 3002; ang banal na kayamanang iyan ang pinaglalawayan ni dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo kaya sinusulong niyang pilit ang Cha-cha upang huwag siyang matanggal at makuha sa akin ang banal na biyayang iyan na nakatalaga sa mga Pilipino. Noong magsakripisyo po ako sa dalawang bansa’y dinamdam ko po nang matindi ang pangyayaring ito sapagka’t ang pinuno ng bansa na taguri sa kanyang sarili na ‘Ina ng Bayan’ na siyang inaasahan ng bansa nati’y gahaman na makamit ang banal na biyayang ito kaya niloob ng Ama nating nasa langit na ako’y unti-unting palutangin upang magwakas na ang mapangit na pamamahala ni dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo, tandaan po sana ng mga makakabasa nitong mensaheng ito na hindi po ako nangangako kundi bilang Hari’t Ama ng bansang ito’y gumagawa po ako ng paraang makaahon tayo sapagka’t tamang nakapag-aral at nakapagtapos si Gloria’y ang isip niya’y nasa ilalim ng malibag niyang paanan; hindi niya iniisip ang mga tao kundi ang sarili lang niya, ang pagkakababa ng pangunahing langis natin dito’y bunsod ng nakaumang na biyaya na pinaghirapan ng ASBLP papasok sa bansa natin, mabuti pa ang America at nakatikim na ng Bail-out mula sa isang account na isinakripisyo ng samahan. Ang mga ibinabalita niyang mga pangako’y dito sa Samahan ng Bagong Lahing Pilipino niya kukunin, ang inutang niyang pagbiya-biyahe sa ibang bansa para magpasarap ay pababayaran sa samahan, ang pagdala ng pera ng mga nahuling heneral sa Russia’y sa samahan din nagmula’t mga nababalitaan kong mga proyekto niya’y babayaran naman ng samahan; wala siyang naging pagod diyan sapagka’t may ginagamit siyang mga tao upang ako’y dayain sa pagpirma-pirma ko nguni’t hindi po natutulog ang Dios nating nasa Langit at ilalagay niya po sa kahihiyan si Gloria, nagsuggest po ako sa UN na pigilan si Gloria sa EVAT nang hindi na maghirap pa ang mga tao pero itinuloy pa rin nila iyan kahit alam nila sa kanilang sarili na bayad na ang utang ng Pilipinas sa halagang US$ 110 Billion kaya kung may konsensya sana po ang pandak na walang konsensya’y naisip sana niyang makipagtulungan sa amin pero inisip niya ang kanyang sarili kaya isinumpa siya ng Dios na nasa langit na hinding hindi niya matitikman ang pagdaloy ng banal na biyayang ito sa bansa natin nang dahil sa madilim na plano niya laban sa Samahan ng Bagong Lahing Pilipino na aking pinamamahalaan.”
DOM
If someone throws bundles of money at you, turn your other pocket. Mr. Garcia must be sporting a lot of pockets…
Anthony Macayan
I just want to comment on the article written by Roni from Antipolo regarding PGMA’s comparison with Jesus. The article making a comparison between Gloria and Jesus was made by Mr. Pablo Garcia. Roni said that Pablo’s article comparing GMA to Jesus is blasphemous.
Blasphemy in my own opinion is using the name of God in vain. In this case, i dont see any basphemous statement in the words written by Mr. Garcia when he compared GMA to Jesus. Roni must remember that all human beings were made according to the image of God. Except maybe to man’s deeds and actions that God left to man to do. Now, Roni should also realize that GMA may have accused of corruption which case even at this point in time is still being heard and there were cases involving corruptions that have already been turned down by courts for lack of evidence. And to our law, unless you are proven guilty, the person being implicated or accused of a crime remains innocent. An accused person should not therefore be treated as if he/she is a criminal already like President Gloria who has been accused of corruption which ahs to be proven yet.
It is our belief as christians, that to prejudge a person of his/her act is sinful. Jesus indeed had not never accused of corruption, he instead sacrificed his life to redeem our sins.
WHy don’t we give PGMA the benefit of a doubt, let us not be prejugdmental to her as Christ did to his accusers. God even forgave those who offended him.
rltj
Napakalayo nga talaga ng Komparasyon ni Mr. Garcia. The nearest to it, and if we put in the nicest way for her, is to compare her with Pilate. I mean a worse than a Pontius Pilatus.
While the Nation is plundered and people are sinking in poverty she can act like see no evil-hear no evil-talk no evil.
Yeah, hindi nyo ba damang dama ang asenso?
ka noel
Sa wari ko nagkataon lang na politika ang usapin sa mga katagang ito kaya iisa lang ang tuno ng mga komento sa pagkakahawig ng ating pangulo kay Hesu Kristo. Ngunit mas kamalian naman siguro ang mas maihalintulad ang mga ibang pari at obispo kabilang na si Velarde at Eddie Villanueva na alagad ng Diyos dahil sila ang mga taong nagbabalatkayong pastol na patuloy na nanlilinlang sa kanyang mga tupa upang maisakatuparan lamang ang mga pansariling interes at mailuklok ang kanilang mga alagang tupa at mamuno sa patuloy na katiwalian at kasamaan sa gobyerno. Para rin silang mga politiko na galit sa kapwa politiko na kung may pagkakataon naman ay sila mismo ang naghahangad sa politika na alam naman nilang may bahid ng kasamaan at katiwalian. Ang dalangin ko na lang hikayatin nila ang mga politiko sa kanilang simbahan at doon bigyan ng kaliwanagan ng isipan at manumbalik sa kabutihan kesa ang hikayatin muli ang sambayanan sa kalye upang doon iparating ang mga hinaing na nagiging sanhi lamang ng mas malalang hidwaan at kapahamakan ng samabayanang Pilipino. Tama na, sobra na! tama na ang sobrang pakiki-alam ng simbahan sa usaping politika. May tamang lugar para iwasto ang mga suliranin ng sambayanan. Ang mga nawawalang tupa na ito ay naglalarawan lamang na malaki ang pagkukulang ng simbahan at mga ibang grupo ng pananampalataya na bigyan ng tamang aral at aruga na dahilan ng maraming katiwalian at kasamaan sa ating lipunan.
Peanut Butter
HM, King Anthony S. Martin claimed to be our economic savior. Well in my own opinion it’s true.
Merle Rivera
As a Christian and a decent human being, it is definitely [and without any reservation] UN-acceptable to me, and to many others - to have anyone compare our Lord Jesus Christ to GMA. No amount of reasoning or human law can ever justify such action, so I suggest those who try to defend this statement to just stop and THINK. The one who said this was merely grasping (’grasping’, being the operative word here) for excuses (surely, for selfish reasons). If he has ran out of things to say to ‘justify’ what is happening in our midst, then the best recourse is to turn to our Lord and ask for guidance and forgiveness - that is the best and only way we can survive this sorry state we find ourselves and our country in.
A Friend
Pablo Garcia probably not in his proper senses when he says that…
I know he is a traditional politician from Cebu and an old man in Philippine congress, but I doubt If he is mentally stable to say this blasphemy..
A true christian who loves Jesus the Lord will never had a courage to compare him with any politician in this corrupt world!
toto
BLASPHEMY???
“We have never learned our lesson, more than 2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified because of opinion survey. Pontius Pilate asked the people who would you prefer – Jesus or Barnabas? Our Lord Jesus Christ lost in the survey, he was crucified,” -[Pablo Garcia]
“Why should we compare GMA (Mrs. Arroyo) to our Lord Jesus Christ? That is our Lord, the President is not our Lord.” -JDV
of the two exchanges . . . i think it’s JDV who got the lame award.
and for the lamest award goes to those who keeps on yelling blasphemy … for they don’t know what they’re talking about.
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