White Jesus... Brown Town

Suburban houses in Manila are set up in the Spanish style - they have high walls and gated driveways, that house lovely little homes and flowered courtyards. Hung on the wall beside the gate, above the shrubs and hibiscus flowers, there are usually religious reliefs. The reliefs, usually intricate and beautiful, also make a statement about the colonial past of the country.

There is something wrong with this picture... of Jesus

February 20th 2008
I am a pretty slow learner here. I see so many new things every day that my subconscious does most of the processing work and pops up with interesting conclusions about things that I usually wasn't even thinking about that I should have realized from the beginning. Today I had a revelation about Jesus. In the Phippines christianity is the biggest religon, and with about 80% of the population b ... read more

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more

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