The Decaying Filipino Culture

Religious fanaticism of the Filipinos has its roots in the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. For more than 300 years the Philippines was colonized by the Spanish and instilled in the Filipinos their values and religion Christianity, which resulted in the deeply rooted sense of spirituality of the Filipinos. This fanaticism has paved the way for the Filipino’s current state of fanaticism. This fanaticism was emphasized because of the recurring disasters and tragedies which bombarded the Philippines and the Filipinos. Some sign of vindication from these tragedies was needed to keep the Filipinos’ hopes up. They need something to believe in and would give them hope. This search for hope became the foundation for cults and different religious sectors to appear and channel out all the anxiety and troubles that came knocking everyday. These cults however were not purely on the good side, these cults and religious sectors became a source of quick and false hopes; and in the long run ...