Round 3 September 17, 2018

This house stops the commercialization of religious icons and figures.

Opening Government Opening Opposition

Prime Minister:
Maglajos
 Definition
 Commercialization-selling
 Icons-sacred image
 Parameters
 In all stores or malls
 Can be bought from the Church and
be paid in the form of donations
 Religious icons will not be the basis
of faith
 Arguments
 Will not reflect who you are as a
Christian
 There are those who have it but are
not practicing the lives of real
Christians
 The explanations could have been
further elaborated
 1:25
Deputy Prime Minister:
Descallar
 Religious icons are not the bases of
faith and they are not reflections of
the life of the Christian
 She reiterated the parameter
 29 seconds
 I am not sure if she gave an
argument or a mere reiteration of
the statements of the PM
Closing Government
Member:
Leader of the Opposition:
Lacea
 Challenge: icons-symbol or image
of someone
 Figures- (she defined this but there
is no need for it)
 Believed to be miraculous, even in
other religions
 Statue of Mama Mary or the Black
Nazarene are believed to be
miraculous
 Pause
 To reach other religions as well
 Rebuttals
 It is not in the items where we can
test your faith—this rebuttal was
not presented with
counterarguments. She just
mentioned the claim of the PM but
did not destroy it
 1:20
Deputy Leader of the Opposition:
Pajo
 Rebuttal
 PM Easily accessible—wouldn’t it
be more accessible if these items are
placed in malls? Than to have
people crowd in one church
(Challenge of a parameter)
 DPM- the statues sold are not
blessed. When you bring to the
Church and have them blessed,
then they will become blessed.
 Argument
 One way to promote religion. You
need to spread the word of God.
One way to do so is to
commercialize it.
 It is a way to share knowledge of
the religion that they do not know
about.
 Maglajos: do you think every
municipality has a mall? Not all
municipalities have malls.
However, there are mall stores like
convenient stores.
 2:54
Closing Opposition
Member:
 Angam
 Many religious icons and figures
are present since the old times.
These influence the people. They
can be found in the malls these
days. (against the parameters)
 These items do not say that the
more you have them, the more
faithful you are. Or that more faith
is what the person has with the
presence of more religious items.
 45 seconds
 Explanations are missing.
Whip:
Ignalan
 Summary
 Arguments are mentioned with no
explanation
 Words are ambiguous and vague;
quite unclear
 50 seconds
Penido
 Argument
 These figures are part of the
religious belief of people
 These are acceptable because they
are to be blessed in the church.
 If it is not accessible in the church,
then he can buy one in the mall.
 54 seconds
Whip:
Palaca
 Summary
 Explanations and examples are
there
 Building a church influenced us
(from her sharing) (sounded new)
 Reiterated the idea of reaching
other religions
 Inserted rebuttals in her turn
 You will not believe on it without
knowing the background of it
 “It is important for us to be
preserved here in the Philippines“
 She showed her tongue
 3:54