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Iglesia Ni Cristo Reaction

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In the Philippines, various religions are being practice such as Catholicism, Protestantism and more. Therefore, our country is known for the religiosity of its people. One of the religions that famous in our country is the Iglesia ni Cristo because their members are known for its unity and being obedient to their leader. However, a young member of Iglesia ni Cristo in the pseudonym of Malaya dela Cruz observed and spoke loopholes in their religion that was written on iSpeak in the Rappler’s website. The title of the article was “INC and the mentality of exclusivity” which contains six …show more content…

She learned that their part of the causes of poverty in our country through the unjustness of people who have the power in the society and her conscience cannot stand it. Although, we know that during elections they have this bloc voting power she revealed that they do it to protect the interest of their church even though the government official is corrupt. The members cannot join any unions and rallies since unity of the church is their first priority. They also do medical missions and housing projects to the non-members who are poor because they want them to convert in their religion by giving false sympathy. The members are also taught that the poverty in life form because of sins or trials but it’s tolerable. They glorify when they heard the news about war, famine, disaster and natural calamities. Malaya dela Cruz showed courage in revealing these wicked beliefs of her religion considering that she is a daughter of a minister. She was only being true to herself by opening her eyes in the realities that happening now in our country. The fact that many Filipinos are member of Iglesia ni Cristo was sad because based on the article they are selfish in the sense that they first prioritize their religion above anything else. With this kind of attitude, how would our country be in progress? For instance the bloc voting that they do, they only want to protect their interest and

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