Filipinos have developed a culture of “turning to the government” to provide solutions to life’s personal problems despite claims to being “the only Christian nation in Asia” and “80% of its population are pre-dominantly “Catholics”[1]. [Those who broke away from being Catholics have called themselves as “Christians”]. In other words, despite this fact of being “Godly people” or “conservative people” as foreigners say, majority of Filipinos do not see the “Supreme Being” as the only 100% source of solutions to life’s complicated problems as evidenced by these studies and continuous findings on “the state of the nation’s marital woes”. The Constitutional formula of “separation of Church and State” seems ineffective for three (3) decades now, to our view.
Proverbs 11:14: “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers”. – NIV
Right after the Marcoses were thrown out of Malacanang Palace through a “People Power” revolt, in 1987, an Executive Order No. 209 was issued by then President Corazon Aquino where the “Family Code” was born. Its Article 149 says:
“Art. 149. The family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects. Consequently, family relations are governed by law and no custom, practice or agreement destructive of the family shall be recognized or given effect. (216a, 218a)” (emphasis ours)
The “foundation”, as Merriam & Webster defines it:
“an underlying base or support especially: the whole masonry substructure of a building”;
“a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid”
It is indeed, the strength of every nation without any exemption to this country Philippines, depends on how strong our FOUNDATION is, how strong our Filipino families are.
If you ask the “human manufacturer” who is GOD, it is the MALE MAN who serves as the foundation of the family[2]. The answer is simply found in our “manufacturer’s manual”, the BIBLE.
Unless this country’s leader is equipped with the RIGHT advisers, only then Filipinos will have the opportunity to enjoy the good life they all deserved, even without the need to leave their families behind to find greener pasture overseas.
This country had been suffering for many centuries now due to a “damaged culture”[3], which was already seen over 30 years ago by the outside world. Now, we still “enjoy” the same impression.
It is for this reason that “BCIDP Exclusive School for Couples” advocates “Stronger Marriage Foundations & Happier Families in the Philippines” since 2013 where its founder, PAPA ANGELO, started to propagate the said advocacy through the help of social-media where he branded himself as “Papa Angelo, your “God & Man’s Laws Life Counselor” provide the necessary GUIDANCE for our foundation: THE FAMILY.
Because if every Filipino family have the RIGHT GUIDE, every member of the family shall have the RIGHT LIFE towards their family’s journey. If this RIGHT GUIDE are transferred to children or heirs, applied and maintained consistently and accordingly, this nation shall continue to have a STRONG FOUNDATION to stand firmly for every “pandemic” of human life.
“Papa Angelo”
God & Man’s Laws Life Counselor
Founder, BCIDP Exclusive School for Couples Philippines, BCIDP Law Group Philippines
[1] https://www.niussp.org/article/the-rise-of-divorce-separation-and-cohabitation-in-the-philippines/
[2] Dr. Myles Munroe, “The Male & The Family”, Youtube video;
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1987/11/a-damaged-culture/505178/
