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Divorce in the Philippines is planning to take over Filipino values and culture. It’s all over the
news, the Philippine Congress is now pushing forward the Divorce Bill right after they have put
forward the Reproductive Health Bill. This is exactly what I have been worrying about. Just a
couple of weeks ago, when I attended our Baptist Convention Meeting here in the Visayas, this
issue was brought up. And just as what I have stated, “RH Bill can also lead to the Divorce Bill”
because they have the same proponents.
Why I am Against Divorce in The Philippines
It is not what God wants. Since I started Biblical studies nothing in the Bible that will tell you that
God favored and felt better for divorce. It was only allowed due to the hardheadedness of men.
God did not make man and woman to be united and then separated if they got into some
problems.
If you fear the Lord and his commands, there is no way that you will agree on divorce. This is
not what God wants. As simple as it is. Even if some pastor and theologians quantify it as a
“necessary amputation” as far as I remember what my American Theology professor said, I
would say that divorce is divorce, and God hates it. It was only men who wants it, not God.
It is not the answer to the growing violence against women and children. Most divorce
advocates give emphasis on the growing children and women abuse. But I really do not see it
as a solution for these problems. In fact, it extends to the growing problem of immorality and
sexually related diseases and problems such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually related
diseases. And I believe that you will agree with me that these problems are a threat to women,
children and even family.
But why? Simply because people were given the so-called choice and chance to change while
the fact is, it is where the so-called “rights” is abused. It is where many people make use of the
right and abuse it for their own self-centered selfish quest for happiness and will only bring them
to the same situation again and again and again. That’s why you will see people divorced not
just once, nor twice, but multiple times.
It gives a wider path to domestic problems. As I mentioned earlier this right has proven to be
easily abused. And we are not actually giving people a solution to their problems, but a chance
to repeat the same mistakes. Divorce is like a medicine… but an unrecommended one.
It gives a wider path for immorality and marital infidelity. Immorality. I guess this is not so much
“in” nowadays. It’s something that most people don’t want to talk about except those that are of
the religious sectors and religious people. I hate to say this but the Philippines have a steep
moral degradation and that is why most of these divorce proponents put forward a SILLY
SOLUTION for various problems.
Did we not learn from the US? Did the stats of violence against women and children dropped by
the use of divorce law? We talk much about the positive things that we can get from the divorce
law, while the negative effects far out weighs the positive.
Here’s the summary of the advantages of divorce:
Spouses will have a “second chance” for a happier life.
Spouses will have a “second chance” for a non-violent life.
…. “second chance”
…. “second chance”
…. “second chance”
to be happy…
to be happy…
to be happy….
My goodness… is there any solid advantages of divorce bill than being self-centered and selfish
reasons??? What about your family??? What about your children??? That’s what family is for…
Divorce is not only anti-Filipino, but is anti-Family and anti-marriages. It simply opens a wide
range of disadvantages over the family.
But here’s the list of what they are not talking about:
1. One out of every two marriages ends in divorce.
2. In 1991, only 50.8% of American children were living with a mother and a father. The
numbers have worsened since that study.
3. Approximately 4% of American children are living only with their father.
4. The vast majority of children who are raised in a two-parent home will never be poor during
childhood. By contrast, the vast majority of children who spend time in a single-parent home will
experience poverty.
5. Children from female-headed homes are five times as likely to be poor as children in two-
parent families.
6. Four times as many divorced women with children fell under the poverty line than married
women with children.
7. Children from disrupted marriages experience greater risk of injury, asthma, headaches, and
speech defects than children from intact families.
8. Suicide rates for children of divorce are measurably higher than for children from intact
families.
Read more about the Side Effects of Divorce and see that there are more side effects than that
of a solution.
So What’s The Real Answer?
Fear of God and teach Morality… Morality… and Morality…. If we have the fear of God and we
understand what morality means, then we understand the real answer to the growing problems
related to violence against women and children.
Divorce is definitely NOT a TRUE medicine nor a solution to the growing domestic problems. I
see it just like illegal drugs which may have a little benefit of easing the pain of the patient. But
in most cases, it is an addictive medicine that can kill and destroy life and relationships.
And finally, let me state this as Filipino as possible:
It is NOT TRUE that you will be happy with second chance. It is NOT TRUE that you will gain
your happiness back when your marriage fail and divorce is the solution. The only solution for
marital problems is to adhere what the word of God says…. “Wives, submit to your husbands.
Husbands, love your wife as you love yourselves…” (Ephesians 5:22-33). This is where you
gain happiness and fullness of marital life and your family.
Want Deeper Advise on Marital Problems and Biblical Teachings About Marriage? You can
read:
Biblical Teachings About Marriage and Divorce
How to Resolve Marital Problems
If you are pro-divorce… then you are anti-family, at least to Biblical standards.
Be a Pro-family…. Be an Anti-divorce!!!
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 3:38 am
Unfortunately, divorce is not a black and white, cut and dry thing na totally masama or totally
mabuti ang maidudulot. Ito naman po ang masasabi ko sa inyo bilang isa sa milyon milyong
kababaihan sa Pilipinas na iniwan ng kanilang mga asawa:
“For example, there is a an abusive husband who have been divorced by his wife. THIS
HUSBAND WILL THEN JUST LOOK FOR ANOTHER WOMAN TO ABUSE. While the woman if
she’s the one having some problems, she will just look for another guy and if things will not get
well, all she has to do is to apply again for divorce. Ridiculous isn’t it? It is just a picture of
FREEDOM TO TRY MARRIAGE.”
– So ano? Hayaan na lang natin yung kanyang kasalukuyang asawa na maabuso hanggang
mamatay na sya para lang walang ibang babaeng maabuso ang asawa nya? Very smart
argument there above. Mapapailing ka na lang.
“Approximately 4% of American children are living only with their father.”
– E bakit dito sa Pilipinas? Kala nyo ba porket walang divorce lahat ng pamilya buo? We live
like divorced folks, kumakayod at nagtataguyod sa mga anak namin on our own dahil iniwan
kami ng mga asawa namin. Ang kaibahan lang namin sa mga divorced folks ay ang papel at
ang mandated support for the children. So you see (and this is so obvious that feeling ko
nakapikit sa katotohanan ang blogger na ito), with or without divorce, millions of FILIPINO
children are living without their fathers NOT as a result of divorce, but of abandonment.
“The vast majority of children who are raised in a two-parent home will never be poor during
childhood. By contrast, the vast majority of children who spend time in a single-parent home will
experience poverty.”
– Tama kayo. Just like the above AMERICAN statistics, hirap na hirap kami. PERO HINDI AS A
RESULT OF DIVORCE, BUT AS A RESULT OF ABANDONMENT BY THE
HUSBANDS/FATHERS. And while divorce will have strict guidelines for child support, wag kayo
magalala, mga kalalakihan. Very few women will ever accept support from you because of our
Filipina pride. After all, ilang taon na naming binubuhay mag-isa ang mga anak na iniwan nyo.
At isa pa, dahil sa tindi ng motivation naming mga ina _ ang mga anak namin, sa totoo lang
karamihan samin mas malalaki pa ang sahod kaysa sa mga lalaking umiwan samin. Pero kita
nyo hirap pa rin kami? Kasi nga, tama naman, ideally, dalawa ang dapat na nagtutulungan
magtaguyod ng mga anak. AT SINO NAMAN ANG AYAW NUN??? LAHAT NG KILALA KONG
MGA INIWAN NG ASAWA NILA, myself included, FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET OUR
HUSBANDS BACK, if only for the kids man lang, KAHIT PINAGPALIT NA KAMI SA MGA GRO
HOSTESS. So you cannot say that we like where we’re at. In fact, YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF
THE SUFFERING OF EVERY WOMAN LEFT BY THEIR HUSBAND. YOU HAVE NO CLUE AT
ALL.
“Children from female-headed homes are five times as likely to be poor as children in two-
parent families.”
“Four times as many divorced women with children fell under the poverty line than married
women with children.”
– As I stated, totoo po yan. Pero nagpapatuloy kami. Habang nagpapasasa ang mga asawa
namin sa iba-ibang babae matapos kaming iwanan. But again, it is not a woman’s choice to be
poor. Kaya nga todo ang kayod namin eh, hello???
So you see, first of all, your above statistics, sir, are from the US and, therefore, do not apply to
the Philippines as we are miles apart in difference. The above facts are statistics. Statistics
mean there was data upon which these figures were based. Those figures were collected from
Americans, NOT FILIPINOS. In fact, I’m sure that if someone were to do a survey, they would
actually see that the majority of these so called poor folks are poor because they were
abandoned, not because they chose (or will choose, if in case the divorce bill is passed)
divorce. Sa America, karamihan dyan sa mga divorce na yan, ano? Hindi makatiis sa kahirapan
yung mga babae, gusto ng marangyang buhay. Irreconcilable differences, ang tataas ng pride.
And the like. PERO ANG MGA PINAY, ano? Matiyaga ang Pinay. Matiisin. And generally,
tutulong talaga kami sa mga asawa namin kung talagang hirap sa buhay.
I speak only for Filipino women who have been abandoned by their husbands, as I am one of
them. And unless you are one of us, you don’t know what we go through everyday of our lives
with our children dahil iniwan kami, hindi dahil pinili namin makipaghiwalay. And I’d like to
mention I am a Baptist myself. So was my husband, or so he professed and I thought. I speak
not only for single moms who are Catholics, Protestants, etc. Yes, I speak for Baptists as well. I
have seen all of this in church. I mean, why else are there more moms than dads going to
church with the kids.
And now I have met a Baptist gentleman who, despite the fact na para lang akong basurang
itinapon ng isang lalake ay tanggap ako at ang anak ko. Who loves my son even more than his
own father ever did. And who continues to pray for me, believing that inspite of my
circumstances, I AM GOD’S BEST FOR HIM. Now, my child (and millions of other abandoned
children, if given the chance) has a chance to not fall under your so called statistics above. Now
he has the chance to not be poor, not become rebelious, the chance to be loved by two parents,
the chance to be taught basketball coz I never could, the chance to address the Father’s Day
greeting card they make in art class to someone real, who’s there and who will actually receive
and read it. But we can’t.
Alam nyo, buti na lang I’m a firm believer in the sovereignty of God. I know that everything was
planned _ from me having my son, and yes, to being left by my husband. And that it why this
gentleman and I continue to pray for God’s will for us, for the chance, not to be happy, because
I do not believe God made man to be happy. But to glorify God together, with “our” son. To
show the world how God loved me enough, na kahit iniwan ako, bibigyan pala Nya ako ng isang
taong mas mabait at tatanggapin lahat sakin, at tuturingin ang anak ko, hindi bilang isang
dagdag sa buhay ko na kailangan lang nya tanggapin, kundi bilang isang blessing. Buti na lang
naniniwala akong mas makapangyarihan ang Panginoon kaysa sa inyo at sa makitid nyong
opinion at sa lahat man ng mambabatas sa Pilipinas na maaring magpasa o kumontra sa sa
divorce bill.
Yes, God hates divorce. But I think the reason He permitted it in the Bible is, at the very least,
for the children’s sake. You’re all so focused on the mentality na “magdidivorce lang yang mga
yan para makapagasawa ng makapagasawa. YOU ARE MISSING THE WHOLE POINT, THE
REAL ISSUE, THE REALITY THAT IS US.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm
It’s funny how I see your response to this post in my email but not on here. Did you delete it???
Hay nako. Napapailing na lang ako. If it appears on here, then I’ll comment on it as there really
were loopholes in your response. Di ko na alam kung makitid or playing dumb. Parang the
latter.
FYI. “Seeing first hand” is not the same as “experiencing.” Think about that.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 3:55 am
korek! nasa magulang yan. nasa BOTH parents.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 6:46 am
the operative word there being BOTH.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 3:57 am
I really like what you said above coz they’re true. Unfortunately, those who should be hearing
them, either do not read this stuff or are busy na with their third parties after leaving their
families.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 4:00 am
Of all the folks here, with such a short post, you seem to not only make the most sense, but are
the most inquisitive.
My heart aches for women, yes, even Baptist women I know with Baptist husbands, being
beaten and abused everyday. Having a close mind on divorce kinda like says hintayin mo na
lang mamatay ka, dyan ka lang. In my case, though, I was not a battered wife. But my son
was. :,(
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 4:10 am
“marrying him will not solve your financial needs at all. ”
wow. marriage is not about money! marriage is about two people glorifying God in their
marriage, with the wife submitting to their husband and the husband loving the wife as Christ
loves the church.
i’m kinda confused about these responses on here….
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 4:14 am
Why is everyone thinking just coz a marriage is messed up, it’s coz you chose the wrong
guy/girl??? Helloooo meron ngang isang pastor na iniwan nya ung asawa nya eh! Point is, NO
ONE CAN TELL THE FUTURE. And everything is preordained according to the soverrignty of
God. Kakafocus nyo dyan sa mistake ng mga taong to, baka magulat na lang kayo isang araw
sa inyo o sa isang mahal nyo sa buhay mangyari yan _ na akala nyo they made the right choice
talaga, etc. Cmon. Ever heard of apostates? Haaaaaay. Kakitd.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 4:17 am
Actually, it is my firm belief that the BIble is never outdated. It has provisions for everything we
go through, everything everyone in this world will ever come across. And yes, it has provisions
on divorce, too. Funny why you don’t see them here. See John MacArthur’s book Divine Design.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 4:18 am
So dahil na naman sa pera. hahaha…
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 10:29 pm
That’s exactl\y the point! It’s not just about money (in fact, it’s not about money AT ALL. And not
love, either, but, as the Bible says, two people glorifying God in their marriage) But your
comment made it seem like it was just about the money, as if the money factor will be a
deterrent for couples to separate. Knock knock, open your eyes, you know it’s not.
This is getting tiring. Ang slow ha.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm
This comment’s absolutely right. On my part, though, I don’t mind the fact it’s Bible-centric, to
use your term above, as long as it presented EVERYTHING the Bible states about divorce. The
Bible DOES have a provision for divorce but only on the grounds of infidelity/fornication and
abandonment, espcially between a believer and unbeliever.
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isa sa milyon milyong kababaihan na iniwan ng asawa on December 10, 2012 at 6:42 am
You should really read John MacArthur’s Divine Design. Even he found it a pain to declare the
Bible has provisions on divorce. But because he has the responsibility to lay down everything
the Bible says about a topic on the table, he did. You are presenting only what you want to, not
what the Bible is entirely saying. You are cherry picking for your own purposes.
” if there’s any confusion about the subject of divorce it is not due to the fact that God has given
us a confused picture in the Bible it is due to the fact that so much sin has entered into the world
that it has confused the simplicity of what God has said. God is very clear in the Bible about the
issue of divorce.”
~ John MacArthur
I Corinthians 4:17
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