Wild Series #6: Twisted by Wild

Simula

Simula

Kapag maraming naniniwala, iyon ang tama. Kapag kaunti lang ang naniniwala at sumusuporta sa ideya, isa lamang iyong opinyon at madalas ay mali.

"Ang Biblia lamang ang nagsasabi ng kung anong totoo at tama. Sa lahat ng mga aksiyon na ginagawa natin, kailangan nating alalahanin ang aral ng banal na kasulatan. Ang Diyos ay lumikha lamang ng babae at lalaki. Malaking paglalapastangan sa Diyos ang pakikipagrelasyon sa kapwa lalaki o babae. Sa panahon ngayon, patuloy na sumasama ang mundo. Ang mga kabataan ay mabilis na nadadala ng mga ito dahil sa social media. Ngunit mas nakakaalam tayo kung ano ang tama sa mali at 'wag sanang makikita sa'tin ang paglabag." The Pastor preached in front.

It's Sunday today and we're in church like usual. My parents have become very active in attending masses not because they are truly religious but for some reasons.

Tuwid akong nakaupo katabi ang aking mga magulang at tahimik na pinapakinggan ang nagsasalita sa unahan. I grow up thinking that the Pastor is always right. I believe that there is God, but what I can't understand as I grow older is why the church limits its members to do more? Bakit sa halip na iparamdam sa ibang tao na tanggap sila ay tila iniiwasan pa sila? Why they always say that they will only end up in physical harm or, worse, damnation, for choosing what they want to become?

Kasalanan ba nila na bakla sila? Pinili ba nilang maging tomboy? I never have been in their situation and I don't pretend that I understand whatever they are going through. I also don't have gay or lesbian friends to relate with. Pero sa napapansin ko, katulad ko, tao lang rin sila. Pinigilan rin naman siguro nila. Siguro pinilit rin nilang maging straight dahil iyon ang tama sa mata ng simbahan at Diyos. At ang tanging paraan para matanggap ka ng society ay kung naaayon ang kilos mo sa mabuti.

Pero kailan ba hindi nagiging mabuti ang tama? Those people that the church tries to isolate from them, are also humans like us. They deserve to be respected. How come people will preach about unison if they can't even accept the people who only saved themselves? The people who only become what they are meant to become. What is wrong to be different? And how come is it right to be excluded? To be not accepted? To be treated unfairly just because they have different views and they chose to become the person the society is disgusted with.

Why is it so wrong?

"Tayo ang nasa tama at hindi dapat tayo nagpapadala sa impluwensiya ng iba."

Are we really influenced or do we just start to see what's right for all the people?

I'm not saying that what they're teaching isn't true because I'm a believer myself. I just don't like how they make feel other people outcasted for being who they truly are. And why they can't agree to give them the rights to protect them. Dahil takot silang dumating ang panahon na ang lahat ng tao ay maging katulad ng iba? Lahat ay magkakagusto sa kapwa babae at lalaki? Magpapakasal na labag sa utos at aral? Hindi ko kailanman matatanggap na kung sino pa ang mga taong nais magparating ng katotohanan at kabutihan upang mapagbuklod ang mga tao ay sila pang nagpaparamdam sa iba na hindi sila tanggap dahil mali na pinili nila kung sino sila ngayon.

I stood to join the prayer and I don't know but I can't feel the sincerity anymore in their voices. What prayer does if deep inside us we know we're inflicting someone? Are we only standing up for what we believe in, trying to act according to what we know is the truth, or we're just a bunch of hypocrites here?

Pagkatapos ng mass ay agad akong tumayo kasabay ng aking mga magulang. Nasa unahan kami nakaupo dahil madalas ay maaga kaming nakakarating dito. My Dad always wants to be here an hour before the start of the mass because he doesn't want to create a scene for being late.

Pero iyon ba talaga ang rason? For all I know he likes the attention. He loves being the center of everything. He likes being the only one— someone who is always on top. Superiority, that's what he calls it.