The image of a 'punishing God' influences many Filipinos to blame calamities on a higher being, not humanity's misdeeds
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This is an increase of 16% in over a year, a significant change given that it is well within the survey’s ± 2.8% error margin. The survey was conducted among 1,200 adult respondents from September 10 to 14. Rodne Galicha, executive director of the faith-based environmental group Living Laudato Si’ Philippines, said he “got goosebumps” upon learning of the survey results.
“We have so many beautiful documents as Catholics, but the basic catechism of a Catholic, or a Protestant, or these 29%, hardly evolved,” she told Rappler in a mix of English and Filipino.
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