One of the most noticeable moments that occurred during the Reproductive Health Bill Controversy was the memorable actions of Carlos Celdran that enraged several church officials. Last September 30, 2010, Carlos Celdran did what most of us could only hope to achieve. He a gave voice to the growing number of secularists in the country, a voice to those who are sick of the undue influence the Catholic Church holds over society. Arrested and detained for “offending the feelings of the faithful” after his daring stunt, Celdran became an overnight sensation. And we know this for a fact because his Facebook fan page skyrocketed to almost 15 thousand fans. On a more important note, this provided an avenue for people to actually have intellectual discourses regarding the issue.
There was no doubt about it that Carlos Celdran’s actions have spiked several positive and negative opinions from the public. Here are several opinions posted by different people about Carlos Celdran’s actions:
Lino Bruce: My God! Self promotion! Plain stupidity! He should have not done that! Idol pa naman kita sa tourism industry! Gamitin mo naman utak mo! Stupid move!
Nico: He is educated which is why he did what he did. Only geniuses can pull off something like that. The Catholic Church threatened the government with civil disobedience because of PNoy’s support of informed choices of family planning and Carlos just showed them what civil disobedience looks and feels like.
Silvestre flores: Carlos is a an intellectual mand who knew the no.1 reason why the philippines is backward and poor?–He knew it well that it is the Catholic church which is the problem followed by corruption.I am sure he will get more support to AWAKENED ordinary pilipinos about the negative INFLUENCE of the church on everyday life in Philippines
Talk about HYPOCRISY!
Talk about the message that they are sending to us!
And the Philippine Catholic Church wonders why there are so many lapsed Catholics or why we Pinoys do not take our religion seriously…
I just know that there is a group of young priests out there just itching to get heard above the zealotry of the old guard. May God give them the strength and use this incident to truly save my beloved Church.
In this article I have attempted showed you the different opinions of people regarding his actions. In the next article I will state my own opinion about Carlos Celdran’s actions and why I admire his actions and why I consider his actions unique and creative. Though some people may call him insane and ignorant, I actually consider him different and intellectual. I will also state my opinion on why I consider those who condemn Celdran as ignorant and insane.
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