Manila religions offer a perspective on living here.
Manila Religions: There may be ten commandments & it is somehow inpudent to rank faiths. In the west, it's common to see the 1st church of this religion or that as if faith in God is a competitive aspiration. Even at the SM Mall of Asia, there is a chapel with a sandcastle-like facade. Indeed, there is abundant access to places of worship sprinkled throughout Manila. Any discussion of religion here, often begins with catholicism.
Here is a customized Search Engine box from Google geared to provide results appropriate for this topic.  Custom Search The following article, Religion begins this way: "Religion holds a central place in the life of most Filipinos, including Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, Protestants, and animists. It is central not as an abstract belief system, but rather as a host of experiences, rituals, ceremonies, and adjurations that provide continuity in life, cohesion in the community, and moral purpose for existence. Religious associations are part of the system of kinship ties, patronclient bonds, and other linkages outside the nuclear family." and is posted here courtesy of Ronald E. Dolan, ed. Philippines: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991 For a review of many statistics on Filipino faiths and positions, you can visit nationmaster.com here with Manila Religions by percentage. It was reported on 6/17/2010, that a Fake Roman Catholic priest was excommunicated after 'practicing' ;) in Cubao for over a year. Joe Torres writes about a tragedy concurrent with the Hostage Taking crisis in Manila. Bishop backs probe into murder of Korean.
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