Ang Dabawenyo

Recently I was engaged in an online exchange of ideas regarding atheism. I’d met Benj of Atheista.net at a bloggers’ get-together in Manila last week, and checking his blog last night, I was regaled by a lengthy treatise on intelligence and belief systems.

I respect Benj and I wouldn’t insult his intelligence by engaging him in a battle of wits to try and win him over to “my side”. And I know he respects me as well. We have amicably agreed to disagree. I do agree with him on one point, though: intelligence can be a bane to the intellectual.

We think too much, consider too many angles, and are therefore encumbered by our own intelligence from embracing what’s in fact plain to grasp for the … uh … less intellectually inclined. Read more »

My father, Eduardo "Momong" Robillo, published in the year 2005 a two-volume book that carried his daily Gospel reflections. While he has not published for the succeeding year, Pop has been actively e-mailing his reflections, and texting his quatraines to his friends, colleagues and family, everyday.

For 2007, I’ve taken it upon myself to publish Pop’s continuing daily reflections via a weblog. He told me, "It’s really for everybody who wants to strive for spiritual growth." And what better medium these days to spread the Word of God but the Internet? And what better instrument than a blog?

The Word God Spells, from February 2007 onwards. Click here to view the blog.