
Don’t even get me started. If you get people talking about religion, it will inevitable end up in an argument. Religion, faith, and the concept of God, are topics so subjective, that it’s ironically ripe for discord and dissension. You can’t really prove that you’re right and someone is wrong, right? So before we get into any disagreement, here’s the Top Ten for today.
March 18, 2008 → The Top Ten Religion Moments
- Dongster/Joy - I can’t forget my 1st encounter with Pope John Paul II in grade school. When I saw him from a distance, my knees suddenly trembled and I started crying without knowing why.
- Sapphire - My 87-yr-old lola, who happens to be a devout Catholic, never gets tired of saying the rosary 3 times a day. The problem is, whenever she’s about to finish, she always falls asleep, so she has start all over again.
- Dark Fader - I once worked for an all-girl Catholic school run by nuns. Remember their vow of poverty? When I was there, I overheard a bunch of nuns discussing which of the latest cellphone models to buy.
- LOipogi - In a UP dorm where I stayed, we had this Muslim dorm mate. There were times when we couldn’t enter the room because he would lock it. It turned out that he was doing pre-dawn or pre-sunset prayers.
- Gabriel Knight - There’s this one priest during Holy Week service who said, while pointing to the crucifix, “Look at what God can do for man. And look at what man can do to God.”
- Clauoie of Rizal - During my elementary days, the late archbishop Cardinal Sin visited our school. Our teachers told us to address him as, “Your Eminence”. When one of my classmates saw him, he shouted, “Good morning, your enemies!” The teachers and the good Cardinal were shocked.
- Andrew - I have a friend who’s not allowed to go out on Saturdays. He’s a seventh-day adventist. After classes on Fridays, he would rush home before sundown. And during Saturday gimmicks, he would catch up with us after sundown. He’s not supposed to do work, even study, during Saturdays.
- Raymond - My dad went to Siquijor & watched a doll being animated by a mangkukulam. When a friend murmured the Lord’s Prayer, the doll stopped dancing & stared at him.
- Frank - My mom’s a Rizalista and we had to be baptized twice: Catholic and Rizalista.
- Bernadette - We have this church mate who, at one time during testimonials, stood up and shouted, “NAG-RAPTURE NA!!!” She has a mental condition pala and didn’t take her medicine that day.
- Kooky - At our province during Holy Week, we went to a Stations of the Cross where real people posed as the biblical characters. At the scene of the crucifixion, everyone was distracted because “Jesus” was wearing maong shorts.
- Jen - I met my boyfriend during a training and fell in love. We’re about to celebrate our 1st anniversary together. He wants us to marry but we can’t: I’m Catholic, he’s Muslim. Neither wants to convert.
- TReiz - During Holy Week, we fast from lunch good Friday up until breakfast on Easter Sunday. And I’m an acolyte for the vigil which takes place 12mn to 6am.
- Nina Del Papa - My then boyfriend was teaching his kid brother to pray. They were praying Ama Namin, and when they got to the part, “Bigyan niyo po kami ng aming kakanin sa araw-araw”, his kid brother blurted out, “Kuya, ulam din…”
- Skye - My husband’s cousin is a “mystika”. During his cousin’s wedding, the officiating minister was a woman wearing white clothes, with a crown, and everyone had to stand all throughout the 2-hour ceremony.
- Rookrose - My religion moment happened when our neighbors came over to pray the rosary. Everything went smoothly until we reached the part when the lead enumerates holy items and the group will reply, “Ipanalangin niyo po kami.” The lead went: “Torre ni David…” Reply: “Ipanalangin niyo po kami.” Lead: “Tala sa umaga…” Reply: “Ipanalangin niyo po kami.” Lead: “Anak ni Valiente…” Everyone stopped and started laughing.
- Skye - During one of our church summer camps, the prayer leader was sooo hungry, that when she lead the prayer before lunch, she ended it with, “Sa ngalan ng isda…amen.”
- momiGEL- My friend went to a crucifixion in Pampanga, and there was an old lady who was being taken down from the cross. The host interviewing the old lady asked, “Any last words of faith?” And the old lady said, “Ang masasabi ko lang ay…masakit ang pagtanggal ng pakoooooh! Waaaaah!” And she started screaming and crying.
- Rafa - We were talking about religions in my class and one guy asked who is the “god” of Scientology? A girl from the back answered, “Tom Cruise?”
- Hoiram - During a cenakulo, some of the cast played a trick on the lady playing the role of the Virgin Mary. In the crucifixion scene, the guy playing the role of Jesus, wearing only a loincloth, did not wear any underwear. The “Virgin Mary”, who was kneeling down at the foot of the cross, was supposed to look up and was so surprised by the view above that she almost cursed before she delivered her lines.
- No name - Every Holy Week may mga nagpe-penitensya, walking the streets hitting their backs till they bleed. My cousin and I filled our water guns with alcohol and sprayed the penitents’ backs. They chased us shouting, ‘”Pag inabutan ko kayo, kayo ang hahahampasin ko!”
- Tipsy - My boyfriend’s lola is a charismatic, her house filled with statues of saints. This is how my boyfriend is greeted by his lola each time he calls the province: “Hay nako, p*tang-inang apo ko, praise the lord at tumawag ka! T*ng-ina, praise the lord!”
- Draco’s Biatch - My sister and I were sent to Israel for a youth assembly. Imagine, youngsters ages 15-25 singing a song in different languages, playing our guitars, bongos & tambourines, as we entered the walls of Jerusalem. Gave me goosebumps!
- Skinny Dipper - My boss is a Chinoy and has 2 god icons in their altar: a Santo Niño & a golden Buddha. My boss’ son, who was then in grade school, told some of my officemates that when it’s exam week, he prays to the Santo Niño. Because apparently, when he prays to the Buddha, he flunks his exams






























































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