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President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at the opening of the celebration of National Science and Technology Week (SNST) in Mindanao at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao City, Friday, July 6, 2018. (Photo of a RTVM Video)
Posted: 6:47 pm, July 7, 2018 | President Rodrigo Duterte says that he is neither agnostic nor atheist. He believes in God. But he has a challenge: if anyone can prove to him that God exists – by showing him a selfie with the Creator – he will resign. "By the way, I believe in one Supreme God, I've never said I do not believe in God, I'm not agnostic, I'm not an atheist, I happen to be a believing human being that there is a universal spirit somewhere that controls the universe, "he said Friday at the opening of National Science and Technology Week in Davao City
. Yes, of course, there is God, "he added.
Duterte, however, said that he would like someone to introduce himself and say that he had gone to heaven and that he came down to earth to prove the existence of God
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"Bring me one person, one, who would say," Mayor, those idiots of the Church have said to go to heaven and talk to God.There is really God.Here we have a picture, I bought a selfie, "he said in Filipino.
"You are doing this today, only one witness that there is a guy, a human being who could talk to see God" he added. "Of the billions of people who were here [on earth] I just need it.And if there is one, ladies and gentlemen, I will announce my resignation immediately."
The President also refuted the concept of original sin, which appeared because, as recounted in the Bible, Adam and Eve were banished from Eden to disobey God.
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"So where is the logic of God there?" You create the perfect thing, then you spoil it with a snake and an apple and you give us a sin that we have never accepted to commit and it is original sin, "he said. of the people to "maintain the palaces and luxurious things that the rest of humanity does not have."
He made similar statements about God and creation before, which attract the attention of several religious and political figures
. "Psychopath"
Last week the president was criticized, including by some of his political allies, for calling God "stupid" in another speech, a Catholic bishop calling him "psychopathic" ".
this speech that the sin of Adam and Eve in Christian theology led to the fall of all the faithful of the divine grace.
"Who is this stupid God?" This son of a bitch is so stupid, "he said last week. "You were not involved but now you are stained with an original sin … What kind of religion is this? That's what I can not accept, very stupid proposal."
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, one of the president's archi-tics, responded to the president by describing him as "an evil man" and his remarks "very consistent with the deception, ruthlessness and cruelty of his policies. ".
Harry, presidential spokesman Roque defended his remarks, claiming that the president had the right to express his opinion on religion and quoted the president's previous revelation that he had been sexually abused by a priest .
Encounter with Bishops
the experience, when he said that he and other students were caressed by a foreign Jesuit priest, who has since died.
Amidst criticism, officials arranged a meeting, scheduled for Monday, between the president and the archbishop of Davao the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Philippines (CBCP).
The bishops opened an annual conference in Manila on Saturday and were expected to address the President's tirad when they conclude their meeting on Monday. -With a report from AP
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