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[missingyouso]

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bitaw, nayabag na gyud kung goberno moy mogasto sa mga simbahan nga naguba. e-uphold lang nato ang separation of church and state, kay total, d man tanang taxpayers katoliko.

pagastoa ang mga catholic church. dako na silang datu. ang ubang mga simbahan wa man ko kadungog nga nagpagasto sa goberno.

[juck401]

ayay.. ipa demolish nmn diay ccmc ~

[BOOZEHOUND]

ayay.. ipa demolish nmn diay ccmc ~

hastang cicc... gihugon-hugonan...

[Syd_M]

ngano gobyerno man mofunding ani nga daku man kau nig kwrta ang simbahan... hoi vatican..

You know, the idea that the Catholic Church is insanely rich is one of the biggest misconceptions around. Anyone with an understanding of economics and intstitution finances would be able to tell you that while the church has lots of valuable assets, those assets are mostly non-liquid (traditional artifacts, art, infrastructure, etc.) and that they have very little actual money when considering an organization of the size of the Catholic church. They often operate in the red, in fact. As for why they don't just sell it all and give the money to the poor, it's because they're thinking of long term economics: selling it all off would gain them lots of money for charitable works, etc, true, but that money would be quickly depleted and they'd have very little afterwards. On the other hand, keeping all the trappings and non-liquidatable assets actually earns the church some money, which allows them to fund charitable works on the long term. So long story short, the Vatican actually helps more people by keebing it's "wealth".

@DEMONOCIETY: See my reply above; part of it is relevant to your statements. Regarding the hospital and other infrastructure in need of repairs, where was it said that those wouldn't be taken care of, too? Of course funding will be made available for those repairs as well. There's no reason why both the regular infrastructure and the cultural heritage infrastructures can't be taken care of at the same time. It wouldn't do for the roads, bridges and hospitals to be repaired only for Bohol to slowly bleed away from a reduced economy. Bohol's major industry is tourism, which makes the loss of so many historic churches disastrous. This reality is the reason why talk of funding the reconstruction is even happening in the first place -- the government, especially Bohol's local gov't, knows just how important the churches are to the province's economy.

[DEMONOCIETY]

hastang cicc... gihugon-hugonan...

sus pastilan ang gigastohan ni gwendolyn ? CICC? na mura rag gihimoan ug plano sa ga apprentice? intawn awa ug unsa ka usik iyang gigasto sa useless na convention minatay jud kaayo hehehehe paeta sa wa pa maglinug daghan kaayo nag reklamo

[galawangekek]

naa ma gihapon mga aftershocks

[fleur_66]

murag taud2 pa gyud nato ma feel ang mga ginagmay nga linug og mga aftershocks da...Please Lord ihunong na intawn kay ang mga bata malisang bisan ang mga dagku mao sad.

[hobie]

Gi news diay na govt mo funding sa mga churches nga na guba sa cebu and bohol?
Sa mga haters, its true na there is a separation of the church and the state,
however in this case, the govt has to step in to protect its interest as well.
govt interest because the churches damaged are heritage sites and has great historical value of our govt as well.

As a heritage site, the govt has the mandate to protect or to restore these sites, not only churches but also other heritage sites.
It just so happen that, this time, its the churches.

[porbidaman]

at*ya pud sa balita oi reinfrastructure sa simbahan fundingan sa gov? nayabag na!

pastilan pud aning gobyerno. ang simbahan naai Vatican og CBCP, kada misa sige ug pangolekta, mangayo pa gyud ug donasyon. Ang sa Baclayon Church, permi man jud na mabisita sa mga tourista so naa jud donation permi unya kung mosulod ka sa ilang museum, bayad napud ug P50 bsag y resibo. Tsk, tsk, tsk, mangayo napud ni ug ispisyal nga koleksyon run ang mga pari para sa pagpaayo sa mga simbahan.

[vahnhelsing]

nindot man na ayohon pero hinaot dili lang kay ang government ray moabaga ana..
kadako sa gastoon ana aron maporma ug balik.. pila ka church gani na?