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There is indeed a decline of faith in the modern world. If not a decline of faith, perhaps the problem arises in the increase of erroneous faith to other gods and/or personal beliefs. In the past, people fought in defence of religion. Those men/women were known as martyrs, and later canonized as saints. Then there was a shift from religion to the defence of the country. Men who showed such love of country were proclaimed national heroes. Supposedly, the product of the two – martyrs and heroes – would resemble a sort of superman, an ideal being; one who is driven by his faith with deep concern for the welfare of the world. However, it seems that modern men had twisted this concept; consequently mutating it into one of the world’s greatest villain – terrorism. To untwist such a knot, St. Thomas Aquinas would put emphasis on the principal end of man that was still supernatural, the importance of the salvation of man’s soul. Aquinas would fight the war on terrorism with spiritual weapons – a crucifix in one hand and a bible in the other. St. Thomas Aquinas lived in the time of martyrs. Don’t get me wrong, although times have changed, the saying “history repeats itself” is unden
In the Philippines, corruption is one of the main sources of problem, for this leads to insufficiency in government and poverty, among many others. In general, corrupted minds become a leading factor in breeding terrorism. Corruption has to be stopped once and for all. Corrupted government officials have oppressed our country for such a long period of time by stealing our country’s money for their personal benefits. To construct something as large-scale as the recent “Coup d’etat” must cost a lot of money. Not only was the action, for lack of a better term, foolish, but also it was illegal for it tried to overthrow a legitimate government. While the corrupted government officials are feasting, the Filipinos are starving. It is sad that many people are too ignorant to see this. We have a duty to open their eyes, for: It belongs to one and the same science, however, both to pursue one of two contraries and to oppose the other… Hence, just as it belongs to the wise man to meditate especially on the truth belonging to the first principle and to teach it to others, so it belongs to him to refute the opposing falsehood. (Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles Book one: God, p. 60) All in all, Aquinas would a
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