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I have just finished reading a book about Pope Benedict XVI. I prefer not to mention the title or the author.

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Everyone has an opinion about almost anything, and it’s good that we foster this attitude and habit, for it can mean one is trying to contribute something to society.

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 Last Wednesday, March 17, ABS-CBN’s Atom Araullo reported that a mayor in Bustos, Bulacan was attempting to run for a fourth term, despite the three-term limit on all elected officials.

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I'm sure many of us will have our ideas and opinions on how this Christian behavior should be, all of them with their valid points. My hope, in fact, is that everyone starts to express his views in this matter in public.
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We have to understand that the quest for truth always brings with it the accompanying concern to be watchful with falsehoods. And so, given our human condition, we also have to learn to distinguish between true prophets or teachers from the false ones. There are guidelines on these matters.
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I have just finished reading a book about Pope Benedict XVI. I prefer not to mention the title or the author.

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Everyone has an opinion about almost anything, and it’s good that we foster this attitude and habit, for it can mean one is trying to contribute something to society.

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 Last Wednesday, March 17, ABS-CBN’s Atom Araullo reported that a mayor in Bustos, Bulacan was attempting to run for a fourth term, despite the three-term limit on all elected officials.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168601 [AuthorName] => Beth Morrissey, Princeton-in-Asia Fellow at ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 28277 [Title] => Church being used? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 389841 [Title] => Christian behavior during election season [Summary] => This is an attempt to describe what proper Christian behavior should be during elections. However, this is not meant to articulate an exclusively Christian behavior, since there's no such thing, given our complex human condition.

I'm sure many of us will have our ideas and opinions on how this Christian behavior should be, all of them with their valid points. My hope, in fact, is that everyone starts to express his views in this matter in public.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133205 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374996 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Minds rooted in the Stone Age [Summary] => People are entitled to their opinion. And with an open mind, most people can take the opinions of others. But sometimes there are opinions that are too appalling they go against the sensibilities of most people. [DatePublished] => 2006-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365488 [Title] => False prophets [Summary] => Since time immemorial, we have been warned about false prophets. The Bible is full of such warnings. Now, sadly, we seem oblivious to these warnings. I get the impression many feel these warnings have become obsolete or irrelevant.

We have to understand that the quest for truth always brings with it the accompanying concern to be watchful with falsehoods. And so, given our human condition, we also have to learn to distinguish between true prophets or teachers from the false ones. There are guidelines on these matters.
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By Fr. Roy Cimagala | November 19, 2007 - 12:00am
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