Filipinos have developed a culture of âturning to the governmentâ to provide solutions to lifeâs personal problems despite claims to being âthe only Christian nation in Asiaâ and â80% of its population are pre-dominantly âCatholicsâ[1]. [Those who broke away from being Catholics have called themselves as âChristiansâ]. In other words, despite this fact of being âGodly peopleâ or âconservative peopleâ as foreigners say, majority of Filipinos do not see the âSupreme Beingâ as the only 100% source of solutions to lifeâs complicated problems as evidenced by these studies and continuous findings on âthe state of the nationâs marital woesâ. The Constitutional formula of âseparation of Church and Stateâ seems ineffective for three (3) decades now, to our view.
Proverbs 11:14: âFor lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisersâ. â NIV
Right after the Marcoses were thrown out of Malacanang Palace through a âPeople Powerâ revolt, in 1987, an Executive Order No. 209 was issued by then President Corazon Aquino where the âFamily Codeâ was born. Its Article 149 says:
âArt. 149. The family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects. Consequently, family relations are governed by law and no custom, practice or agreement destructive of the family shall be recognized or given effect. (216a, 218a)â (emphasis ours)
The âfoundationâ, as Merriam & Webster defines it:
âan underlying base or support especially: the whole masonry substructure of a buildingâ;
âa body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaidâ
It is indeed, the strength of every nation without any exemption to this country Philippines, depends on how strong our FOUNDATION is, how strong our Filipino families are.
If you ask the âhuman manufacturerâ who is GOD, it is the MALE MAN who serves as the foundation of the family[2]. The answer is simply found in our âmanufacturerâs manualâ, the BIBLE.
Unless this countryâs leader is equipped with the RIGHT advisers, only then Filipinos will have the opportunity to enjoy the good life they all deserved, even without the need to leave their families behind to find greener pasture overseas.
This country had been suffering for many centuries now due to a âdamaged cultureâ[3], which was already seen over 30 years ago by the outside world. Now, we still âenjoyâ the same impression.
It is for this reason that âBCIDP Exclusive School for Couplesâ advocates âStronger Marriage Foundations & Happier Families in the Philippinesâ since 2013 where its founder, PAPA ANGELO, started to propagate the said advocacy through the help of social-media where he branded himself as âPapa Angelo, your âGod & Manâs Laws Life Counselorâ provide the necessary GUIDANCE for our foundation: THE FAMILY.
Because if every Filipino family have the RIGHT GUIDE, every member of the family shall have the RIGHT LIFE towards their familyâs journey. If this RIGHT GUIDE are transferred to children or heirs, applied and maintained consistently and accordingly, this nation shall continue to have a STRONG FOUNDATION to stand firmly for every âpandemicâ of human life.
âPapa Angeloâ
God & Manâs Laws Life Counselor
Founder, BCIDP Exclusive School for Couples Philippines, BCIDP Law Group Philippines
[1] https://www.niussp.org/article/the-rise-of-divorce-separation-and-cohabitation-in-the-philippines/
[2] Dr. Myles Munroe, âThe Male & The Familyâ, Youtube video;
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1987/11/a-damaged-culture/505178/
