Leigh Nathalie Leal

1. Religion can have a significant impact on one's personality by shaping their beliefs, values, and
behavior. It can instill moral values such as honesty, kindness, and compassion, provide a sense
of purpose and meaning, shape one's worldview and beliefs, provide a sense of community and
belonging, and teach self-discipline and self-control. This can make a person more empathetic,
caring, and considerate.

2. Religion can help people to withstand disappointments and failures in life by providing a
foundation of faith, coping strategies, social support, forgiveness, and a broader perspective on
life and the world. Faith helps people to maintain hope and optimism, coping strategies help
people to manage stress, anxiety, and depression, social support helps people to feel less isolated
and alone, forgiveness helps people to move on from disappointment and failure, and perspective
helps people to see disappointment and failure as temporary setbacks. Overall, religion can offer
comfort, hope, and a sense of purpose in the face of disappointment and failure, helping people to
develop resilience and bounce back from setbacks.

3. The separation of church and state in the Philippines is important due to the country's history of
colonization and religious influence. This principle ensures that the government cannot use
religion to gain political power and religious institutions cannot interfere with the government's
affairs. It also means that religious leaders cannot run for public office and religious organizations
cannot endorse or finance political candidates.