A Reflection on RH Bill
Many people would say “I’m pro-RH
Bill.” But most people go against it. My question is “Why?”. Why do we need to
say “no to RH Bill”? Why do we need to say “yes to RH Bill”? Even if we know
that it is a something that we cannot decide on. If we say “yes”, how sure are
we that the government will implement the RH Bill? And if we say “no”, how sure
are we that the government will abolish RH Bill? The problem here is not only “Why
do we need to say no or yes to RH Bill?”, but the problem existing here is also
questionable by “what must I do?”
When we ask why and what, what comes
to our mind? When we ask why, the
appropriate answer must be according to its essence which is to know the cause
of something, and to know that cause of something, we are looking for reasons. Examples
are “Why am I thinking?”, “Why am I writing?”, “Why am I smiling?”, and etc.
With all these questions, we can prove to ourselves that why seeks for the reason such as ‘because I am a rational being”, “because
I love writing”, and “because I am in love”.
Another is the what, when we ask what,
the appropriate answer to this question is the whatness of something. Examples are,
“What is it made of?”, “What am I writing?”, “What am I doing?”, and etc. And
with all these questions, we can also prove that what seeks for the whatness such as “paper”, “a reflection”, and “writing”.
We
all know that beings correlate with each other, so it is possible for why and what to correlate with each other. What I am saying here is that
there are connecting factors or binding factors between these two interrogative
pronouns. In everyday life, we can experience such. For example, a child is
with his mother. Then suddenly, the child asked his mother, “what are you
doing?”, then the mother replied, “I am baking a cake”, and then the son asked
again, “why are you baking a cake?” With this short conversation, we can say
that why and what coexist and correlate with each other, that they go together
as one, for why always follow the
question what.
With
RH Bill, I realized that reasons and actions are very important to our lives
because these two always help us to think and decide for ourselves for us to
achieve our goals. What must I do? Why do I need to do this or these? These are
the questions that we need to think about first before we act.
For
us, is RH Bill an answer to our questions in life or it may just abuse the
dignity of our personhood? There are also pro-RH Bill and against RH Bill
because they have their own reason to go with it or to go against it.
But
as a student and as a Christian Catholic, this RH Bill is not a hindrance for me;
rather, I will just take it as a challenge. Why? Because challenges give us
strength and lessons that we will cherish all the rest of our lives. With
actions, I will be who I am and I will follow the teachings of the Church. Our
bodies are sacred. Let us not make it a playground for evil spirits, but make
it the Holy Spirit’s temple, and with reasons, I will think first of the consequences
before I act on it for me to arrive with a moral reason and not unethical
reason. With the coexistence and correlation of actions and reasons, a good
person these two will create in me and in all the individuals who desire to be
good.
what and why. what always comes first for us to answer why. but, this is commonly disregarded by people that's why they arrive at certain abrupt conclusions. others don't bother to ask the what's and why's of things. they just go with what the church says. if the church says no to RH Bill, many would jump at the conclusion that it is evil. RH Bill really is evil, but not in the way the church explained it. the church itself missed the point. they themselves forgot tho the the two basic questions - the what and why. they just scanned their documents and found the superficial arguments. that is why their stand is not that strong. that is why only a few believed in them. they haven't dug deeper through their sacred books. i say (and most people will) that their arguments are petty.
ReplyDeletefirst, i would answer that question what. what is RH Bill. it is just a deception. a ploy to cover or shift the attention of the people from the real problem. then, the question why - why is it irrelevant. RH Bill says the problem is over-population. no it is not! amado guerrero said that the philippines can sustain a decent life for a population many times greater than the present. so, we see from this point that it is irrelevant. RH Bill will not solve any problem because there never exist a problem against it. now, to the real problem. gandhi said the same way a guerrero but add: the wealth of this world is not enough for a person's greed. the problem - unequal distribution of the world's goods. this my friend is what the church misses.
i've remenbered a fragment the bible where jesus tells a story about a son asking his father for fish. then jesus asked, "would the father give his son a snake if his son asks him for a fish?" now, relating this to our context, definitely, the father won't give us fish. the people is hungry for justice and equality, not for superficial and irrelevant concepts. RH Bill is just a snake!
corrections:
ReplyDelete1.) the "tho" in the 9th sentence of the first paragraph should be removed.
2.)there should be an "in" after the word fragment in the last paragraph.
tnx :)