How about a Religious Leader as Philippine President in 2010?

NO! NO! NO! Politics and religion are two different arenas. Religious leaders may have a noble reason of changing the system of politics in the Philippines by restoring and strengthening the moral fiber but the leadership skill is the one in question here. Leading the country is more than preaching.

This is preposterous. How would they get god's opinion or permission? I'm intrigued no end. Besides, i am a staunch believer in separation of church and state. Having a religious leader as may lead to a theocracy just like the Ayatollah of Iran, or even worse, something similar to the Talibans of Afghanistan. Would this not lead to conflict with other religions? The risks are just not worth the "virtual" and "assumed" advantages. Priests should remain in their pulpits...and, have we not seen enough of these religious leaders who are nothing but false messiahs, who fool people out of their hard earned money, while they live in luxury?

There's another thread asking if it's okay to have a homosexual president, and now this. For sure, religious affiliation and sexuality really has a lot to say about a person. But, if a one is really a good leader/manager, then he/she should be able to separate his/her personal life from his public function, right? So why not a religious leader for a President? I do agree though that just like Mr. Panlilio of Pampanga, if chosen president, a religious leader should resign from all of his/her church position.

I think religion is different in politics. For me I don't want to vote for a religious leader. Like want happen to Eddie Villanueva he lost because I think politics is not for him.

Good day, fatherblogger. You are right, there are some rumors that several religious leaders are going to run as president. Why enter politics? Because they believe that they can make a big change on our country if they rule. But, according to the constitution, article 3, section 6 stated that the separation between the church and the state is inviolable. It means that the rule under religion must not involve politics and vice-versa. The reason why they do not win is because people don't want them to enter the DIRTY politics. People are just concern to their character as a religious leader and not as a politician. That was my response about the topic. Happy mylotting:)

If their qualities can lead our nation to success in the future, why not right? But actually I do not believe that they are called by such thing as God and tell em to run for that position to save your country from political issues like corruption, poverty, violation of human rights, political killings and many more issues the recent government have. How they can rule the nation if they only saying is believe in god, pray to god, read the bible etc etc... But the problems that we are facing are cannot be solve in praying or fasting nor even reading the word of god.

For as long as he can show that he can lead this country without pushing his religious agenda over his administration. For which i doubt if they can do that. being a religious leader yourself you will always have the tendency to influence others by using your own faith. So I say no if he could not separate the two things in his platform of government.

I dun think that will work out.. Because once a religious leader becomes a president, there will be no more logic in the way he handles things, because he will do everything in the name of god.. Politics and religion does not go together.. Politics requires brains and ability to solve problems, but religion is all about faith.. IN the real world, how much can faith bring to us?? Cna faith bring stability to the world?? i dun think so..

I guess a religious leader would be more honest and sincere? The candidates platform will be my first priority. I will have to know what these are before I could decide. And I would not mind whatever religious affiliations he/she belongs to. Religion is universal and the basic tenets of goodness, like thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, honor thy father and they mother, are always the same in any religion. Cheers and happy mylotting.

A priest or a pastor running for any kind of office loses credibility and integrity as far as I'm concerned. Maybe they deserve the benefit of the doubt as to their motives, but ... okay, I'll stop here because I'm about to get catty. :)

This was brought up in the radio before . And it really had me thinking. At a positive thought, being religious, they seem perfectly capable enough to lead people by good example, they are least likely to cheat and be corrupt. They also have many followers which gives them better chances at winning. However, politics is always known to be dirty. And other politicians will do everything in their power to destroy other politician's reputations. It would be so sad to see these once honored people getting marred by bad publicity.

Oh no please no! We have worked so hard in the past to separate the church and the state. We should learn from our past mistakes. One power should be enough. The power to rule both the church and the state is crazy. We should know this as we have endured this for more than 300 years. We must learn from our history.

Last presidential elections. I voted for the leader of the JIL Group knowing that he will not win. But still, I'm hoping by that time. We definitely need change nowadays. The next president should be a God fearing person. Not only Externally but also should be from the inside. We cant tell if they will win this coming election but I'll do the same thing that I've done before. And again, still hoping. For a change.

I think we should never mix religion and politics. these religious leaders should concentrate with leading and saving souls. Beside, being a religious leader means loyalty to their own religion.