President Duterte's remarks at the 2018 National ICT Summit in Davao City were condemned as blasphemy by church leaders. (DPD)
Rodrigo Duterte insulted leaders, countries, causes and organizations, and more recently, believers of a key element of Christian doctrine while muddling against God.
Supporters of Duterte an expression of a personal choice about his own religiosity, having stated that he does not believe in any organized religion.
Others have also pointed out that Duterte claimed to have been abused by a deceased priest, although there was no evidence
which made the remarks alarming, and 39, is that they were made at a public forum behind the seal of the institution that he occupies – the presidency – and apparently directed to the Catholic Church, of which local leaders have reprimanded his controversial policies such as his deadly war on drugs.
However, this is not the first time that President Duterte gives up very public criticism against the religious major of the Philippines. In Duterte's recent speech, he criticized the story of creation in the Bible and called God "stupid" for triggering an event that would have ruined his work.
"Stupid" is not the first nor the last.
"You created something perfect and then you think of an event that would try and destroy the quality of your work," said the director general in a speech on June 22.
Regardless of this statement, Duterte questions the origins of the Bible itself and mocks the way artists portray the Last Supper in a famous painting
The Representation of Jesus Christ and Ultima Cena of His Disciples in the Fifteenth Century
Prior to all this, the President downplayed the merit of the biblical story of Adam and Eve during his three-day trip to South Korea in June. The event sparked another controversy during her kiss on stage with a Filipino migrant female worker on the lips.
In January 2017, Duterte swore bishops to Catholic bishops and asked them to resign when he proved that scandals were happening among the clergy. He did so by encouraging the crowd to read the book "Autels of Secrets" by the late journalist Aries Rufo, saying the investigation revealed that the abuses in the church were anti-Catholic.
In response to criticism of the death penalty, Duterte The presence of God amid the rapes and killings prevalent here and abroad during a speech in September 2016.
After his Proclamation as a presidential aspirator in 2015, the mayor of Davao accused Pope Francis of blaming him during his visit to Manila. January of this year. Duterte has since apologized for the comment but insisted that it was a joke
In January 2018, Duterte did not make fun of it. Islamic ideology of members of the Islamic State whose allies have provoked the city of Marawi. A fight of several months with the army.
Duterte said he preferred the 72 virgins on earth to be allegedly promised to members of the terrorist cell in paradise after their deaths as martyrs.
He may not have had any qualms about criticizing the church, but Duterte, being the first president from the south with a large Muslim population, made a mistake in translating the texts of the Koran and Hadith. was very supportive of Bangsamoro 's Basic Law to correct the historical injustice of Moros Muslims, which he says has led to long – standing conflicts.
In this September 2016 photo, President Duterte visits a Jewish synagogue. Gogue in Manila after comparing his brutal war on drugs to the Holocaust of Adolf Hitler that caused the death of millions of Jews during the Second World War.
Although his local affiliation is not as great as Christianity and Islam were deemed insulted when Duterte compared his war on drugs to the Holocaust in 2016. He was since apologized for this remark, after making international headlines and aroused much criticism
Why insulting religion is a big deal
Disagreement with Catholic dogma does not give Duterte the "license to do so". insult, "according to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines
" Catholics would respect him even if he did not agree with their Catholic faith. But that does not mean that just because he does not agree, he already has a license to insult, "said Bishop Pablo Virgilio David on Facebook
According to a survey, 80% of Filipinos or about 84 million are Catholics, while Duterte won a big victory in 2016, gaining around 16 million votes
.An acclaimed journalist, writing for The Diplomat, noticed that Duterte's remark "stupid god" was not a clever idea in the Philippines Luke Hunt argued that Duterte's anger and word-of-mouth insults are far from presidential. he was likely to anger still influential clergy and alienating segments of the population
Meanwhile, the ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said that Duterte would have violated the Constitution for calling God "stupid", provoking a division among Filipinos 196 59003] "There is a violation of the spirit of the preamble of the Constitution. But if that is enough for the action to be undertaken remains to be the question, "said Sereno
