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Behind the Iglesia Ni Cristo's King Maker Role: A Chain of Crimes and Mythical Numbers
How do we define a king maker? What are its role? This article dig deeply into the power structure of a religious group which boasts of its bloc voting powers, peddling this power for politicians who are themselves desiring to make a landslide victory in an electoral race. But what gives?
Unlike Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s long, heated rivalry in the 2008 US presidential campaign, there are politicians in other countries who choose to take the short cut to political power by wooing the kingmaker. Instead of patiently reaching out to the electorate, these politicians seek the person or group of people who has the capacity to influence the conclusion of a political run, a method that assures the former’s promise of the future in exchange for the latter’s favor.
On a different perspective, however, a kingmaker isn’t a kingmaker for nothing. Take for example Kakuei Tanaka, the most prominent political kingmaker in Japan. He served as Japan’s Prime Minister during 1972-74. But even after his term, he remained dominant and influential. Even though he got involved in political scandals, he was able to choke the Prime Minister at will without holding a position in the cabinet.
Monetary, arms, and politics are common players in a kingmaker scenario. More often than not, these factors entail negative effects to the government. In the Philippines, however, there is another player: religion. And the effect of this kingmaker, as far as records are concerned, is unexpectedly catastrophic. It is a chain of crimes and power - behind mythical numbers yet.
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at 22:57 on September 10th, 2008
This group should be the one that the Interpol should investigate though.
The article dissected very carefully this group's trouble, e.g., the root of all their troubles - their founder and head, Felix Manalo who has a shady past, as rapist of women.
I just hope many people will get to read this article so the people will learn and weigh who is telling the truth and understand where the riff between the Iglesia ni Cristo and Ang Dating Daan started from.
at 21:11 on October 5th, 2008
Roberto Clarita,
The INTERPOL should and must continue to hunt down the pseudo-preacher Eliseo Fernando Soriano in order for the public to have a safer environment from the criminals!!! He is presently in Rome, Italy and is wantonly spending the produce of his scam!!! He is in hiding for the second time after he faked his release papers for the sodomy charges filed against him!!! All ports of entry should be closed for this wanted fugitive!!!
at 08:31 on July 2nd, 2009
thats BS the world will be safer with out the iglesia ni kristo!!!!
at 21:32 on October 5th, 2008
Roberto Clarita,
The shady past of Eliseo Fernando Soriano will continue to haunt him although he may succeed in hiding himself from the clutches of the law. No matter what kind of yellow journalism is being practiced by his chigoes such as yourself, time will come that what is veiled shall be revealed and the criminal pseudo-preacher will no longer escape punishment.
The Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church of Christ does not have trouble with the authorities but the opposite is true with the cult, Ang Dating Daan, headed by the criminal fugitive who blames anything that happens to him because of his hardheadedness such as his pending sodomy case for which he is on the run!!! He has several more criminal cases filed against him and of which he became a self-styled recidivist!!! Woe unto this purveyor of falsity and character assassinations!!! A warning to you: Aiding, Abetting, Helping, and Covering-up for a criminal fugitive is against the law for this would prevent justice from taking its natural course!!! I hope you have learned your lessons from one of the convicted journalist in the Philippines who was doing mis-information instead of inspiring for the truth to come out!!!
at 15:31 on October 6th, 2008
I smell something Fishy...
at 02:24 on October 14th, 2008
Jack Fabian,
You are right that something is fishy here!!! For the chigoes of the criminal pseudo-preacher are trying to hide the sodomy case of the leader of the "Ang Dating Daan" Eliseo Fernando Soriano who is under international manhunt by the INTERPOL. He is on the run for the second time but still wants to continue with the frenzy of scamming in collusion with paid pseudo-writers such as Robert Clarita!!! They succeeded in victimmizing some of their cult members and the result of the scam were deposited in Switzerland by the Houdini of Lies and a part of the money is being used by the said leader in glorifying his lovers!!!
at 20:47 on October 8th, 2008
The Ang Dating Daan group killed no one!
It is the Iglesia ni Cristo (MANALO) group that killed many!
So how can you say that "The Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church of Christ does not have trouble with the authorities..." OH.... SORRY!!! Yes it it true they dont have touble with the authorities...... because they have power over the authoritiesin the Philippines!!! and that is the FACT! They control corrupt Politicians, because they are the same.
at 02:34 on October 14th, 2008
Robert Clarita,
Sa totoo lang or truthfully speaking, the one accusing the Iglesia Ni Cristo is on the run!!! Of course, Eliang Soriano, the cult leader has the money to pay yellow journalist in order to clean up her badly damaged man-raping reputation!!! A pseudo-preacher raped a man and that is the story here which the writer is trying to cover up!!! Aiding and abetting a wanted criminal is a crime in itself!!! Let the criminal Eliseo Fernando Soriano be leashed!!! Help in his capture so that the world including Europe, America, and Canada would be safer places to live!!!
at 01:09 on May 6th, 2009
hmm, actually you can be sued for what you just said... unless you show proof.
oh by the way, i'm asking for a proof that the organization itself is killing people or the leaders of the organization is commanding the members to kill people, not just few members that are now removed from their membership in INC. =)
P.S. you can be sued for saying that "It is the Iglesia ni Cristo (MANALO) group that killed many!" and "They control corrupt Politicians, because they are the same."
at 20:56 on October 8th, 2008
Few example of how wicked the INCM ministers , pity to those mislead followers....
Murder Cases
On February 28, 1989, an angered Iglesia Ni Cristo minister shot two men with a .38 caliber pistol in Baranggay Lamot II, Calauang, Laguna, as reported by Jun Tiosen in newspaper, “Abante.” Calauang Police Station Commander Lt. Romulo Endaya identified the minister as Joseph Dadoy of Ma. Victoria Poultry Farm of that town. The victims Ronaldo Arogancia, 22, and Ricardo Ortiz, 32, both reside in Baranggay Lamot I were drunk during the incident. According to the investigation of Pfc. Milencio Nuñez, Dadoy was having a meeting with his fellow INC members when the victims came around 6:45 p.m. and mocked their religion. Dadoy, after some exchange of words with the two drunk men, was infuriated and shot the victims. Arogancia died while being treated in Laguna Provincial Hospital due to a gunshot at the chest, while Ortiz was shot once at each thigh and was treated in San Pablo Doctor Hospital. The INC minister was arrested and imprisoned in Calauang Municipal Jail.
Three years after the shooting incident, on March 1992, four Iglesia Ni Cristo deacons butchered five students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in the basement at the back of the INC chapel in Sta. Mesa, Manila. What escalated into a cold-blooded murder started only from a heated dispute during a basketball game. The corpses of the victims were later fished out of the murky waters of Pasig River.
According to Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA), in August 28, 2000 Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. rendered judgment on the case “PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUANITO ABELLA, DIOSDADO GRANADA, BENJAMIN DE GUZMAN, and EDGARDO VALENCIA, accused-appellants,” where the four accused in these cases, who are deacons of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, were declared guilty beyond reasonable doubt on five (5) counts of MURDER. The record states “That on or about March 8, 1992, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring and confederating together with others whose true names, real identities and present whereabouts are still unknown and helping one another, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, with intent to kill and with treachery and evident premeditation, attack, assault and use personal violence upon one Marlon Ronquillo y Alepda [(Criminal Case No. 92-104529), one Felix Tamayo y Pascual (Criminal Case No. 92-104530), one Andres Lojero, Jr. y Pascual (Criminal Case No. 92-104531), one Joseph Ronquillo y Alepda [(Criminal Case No. 92-104532), one Erwin Lojero y Pascual (Criminal Case No. 92-104533)] by then and there hitting his head with guns, kicking him, tying his hands, [neck and private organ (additional allegation in Criminal Case No. 92-104531)] and thereafter throwing his body into the river thereby inflicting upon the latter mortal wounds which were the direct and immediate cause of his death thereafter.”
Postmortem examinations on the cadavers showed signs of torture. Marlon, Andres, and Joseph had contusions, ligature marks and hematoma; they were helplessly mauled while hands tied at their backs. Marlon had lacerated wounds and was killed due to a gunshot on the head. Andres’ genitals were cut off; Joseph had skull fracture; both died due to “asphyxia by strangulation; hemorrhage, intracranial, traumatic.” On the other hand, Erwin’s body showed abrasions and burns with blunt head injury, while Felix had abrasions on the left cheek and tie impressions on the wrists. The cause of their death was “asphyxia by drowning.”
Murderers to this crime were defended by the Iglesia Ni Cristo camp up to the Supreme Court, a kind of support enjoyed by members of their church, regardless of the overwhelming evidences that prove the accused guilty of the crime. This toleration, along with their undeniably strong influence in the government, has led to encouraging these people to act beyond the limits of justice, as proven time and again by their criminal records. Significant to the execution of the crime also is the place where they had committed the crime. For these INC deacons, there seemed to be none more comfortable a place than their chapel, even for transforming into a killing field. They once taught in their official magazine, Pasugo, published in August 1969, page 17 that “We have to worship Him [God] in the house where His Spirit dwells, like the modern house of worship pictured above.” The modern house of worship mentioned refers to their chapel—now turned killing-field—where the spirit of their god dwells.
at 02:47 on October 14th, 2008
Robert Clarita,
In that area of the Philippines that you have mentioned, a lot of Iglesia Ni Cristo ministers were murdered by the communist HUKBALAHAP or People's Army Against the Japanese!!! Why? The communist were used by the apostate churches to control its rapid growth!!! The apostate churches failed and the Iglesia Ni Cristo continued to spread all over the world!!! You are selective in portraying the real story behind the killings in the Philippines!!! In fact, you used drunkards as victims of the Iglesia Ni Cristo but you did not mention what the drunkards did in order to disturb the peaceful gatherings of the Iglesia Ni Cristo members!!! We have the right to defend ourselves!!! Our body is the temple of God and we will not allow anybody to harm it!!!
at 02:56 on October 14th, 2008
The one thing I find amusing about this religous cult only they understand and can read the truth in the bible. It's a scam and con the leaders are only after the cash of their gulible followers.
at 19:24 on October 19th, 2008
Babel-Fish,
You told one Filipina before that you are a Brit. Now, closely examine the history of your country and religion!!! Why was the Church of England organized? Was it because God commanded it? Or was it because someone did not like what the Catholic heirarchy was imposing on him? Your Church of England is a real cult!!! For it is a man-made fake religion coming from the Great Harlot herself!!! It is a daughter of the Great Harlot like the "Ang Dating Daan"!!! No wonder you always flock together with them although you are very ignorant of what the true religion or Church of Christ is all about!!!
Now, as to your country and religion, what did you do to India, Southwest and Southeast Asia, New World, Africa, Middle East, and Australia? Your country and its religions perpetrated and perpetuated the greatest scams on earth!!! The world is until now reeling from what your country and religions did!!! Be ashamed of what your forefathers did!!! Be ashamed of what your religions did!!! I really find it very amusing when the already discredited scams of the centuries would try again to re-impose their theatrics in the present century!!! What a shameless try!!!!
at 21:22 on October 20th, 2008
Elias Ibarra a.k.a. Rizalino L. Arrabis,
Obviously, you didn't pay attention to the article linked here and went straightway to attacking the person of Eli Soriano. You have started once again with your name-calling like "Eliang Soriano" for Eli Soriano, the same reason for which your comments were deleted and your account here in Nowpublic.com was banned by Content Manager, Rob Walker.
Don't be a coward and be issue-oriented. The issue here is the long list of criminal records of the Iglesia Ni Cristo and its influence-peddling mechanism in the government. Can you not defend your church from these? You said that you have the right to defend yourself, I agree, but I do not agree that that gives you the right to carry a gun and shoot people. Why were your ministers carrying guns in the first place? On one hand the Bible, on the other a pistol? That's an unlikely picture for a minister of Christ. And don't mislead the people here saying that the article didn't mention what the drunk men did. Read again!
at 15:47 on November 13th, 2008
please explain why the ministers of iglesia ni cristo have a gun on their hands or allowed tocarry and shoot people in order to defend themselves? according to the bible THOU SHALT NOT KILL,then why they did?
at 06:44 on January 31st, 2009
many inc ministers do carry firearms to protect themselves. the arms are not intended primarily to kill. if anyone should interfere with the ministers' duties, they shoot whoever intereferes with their holy duties. firing the arms is not killing, it may result in such, but not really a homicidal or murderous intention. im not playing semantics. thanks
at 20:00 on January 30th, 2009
Sa totoo lang;
I have read the court case of 1992 with regards to the murders.It is interesting that the accused were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt.This case would be thrown out in a western court,there is to many inconsistencies.The witness did not see their faces, only from behind,it was dark and the witness did not like the accused.The injuries described by the witness did not match the post mortem results but this point was dismissed .In addition there was no scene evidence i.e DNA or blood taken from the scene,any traces of blood can be found even after the area has been cleaned.Sounds like someone may have a grudge to bear to actually say beyond reasonable doubt.
Another point is Felix Manalo really a rapist?Again if one studies the history around a court case against him, one finds there was no evidence,just a womens word against him.This women later admitted in a letter that she made it all up,after being coerced by 3 former ministers ,who were expelled for trying to take control of church finances.The women actually died serving as a deconess in the church( would you continue to be in a church of a rapist?),the womens family are still active members in the church today.
What is the point? Do not let satan fool you into thinking that the INC is not true.
at 10:23 on March 10th, 2009
Ako ay pastor ng lokal ng concepcion. Sa nakikita ko kapatid, isang malaking kalokohan talaga ang aming relihiyon na Iglesia ni Cristo. Kaya't matalinong mag observe at makinig sa bawa't salitang lumalabas sa aking bibig dahil ang tingin ko sa aking sarili ay BANAL ngunit ang totoo ako'y isang HANGAL TAO. Nangangaral ng paulit ulit na walang saysay at panay promote ng aming regilion pagkatapos hahagugol na parang namatayan at magsasalita ng pasigaw na parang baliw. Tama ba ang aking ginagawa bilang pastor? Tingin ko kapatid, MALI.
at 06:44 on March 15th, 2009
hindi ninyo tunay na naiintindihan ang iglesia ni cristo sapagkat sa internet lang ninyo hinahanap ang mga komento ng ibat-ibang tao bakit hindi ninyo subukang sumama sa pamamahayag ng aming relihiyon na may layuning ipamahagi ang mga aral ng Diyos na aming pinaniniwalaan.
sa mga nakikita at nababalitaan niyo namang gumawa ng mga karahasan na sinasabing kaanib sa iglesia ni cristo, ang mga taong yaon ay HINDI TUNAY na iglesia ni cristo. sapagkat pinapanatili namin ang kaayusan at kapayapaan sa loob at labas ng aming bahay sambahan. at ang mga taong gumagawagawa ng mga ganyang balita ay naghahanap lamang ng mga masasamang paratang sa aming relihiyon.
at para sa nagpapakilalang pastor ng lokal ng concepcion, hindi mo lubusang naiintindihan at naisasapuso ang mga aral ng Diyos na iyong itinuturo. bakit ka nagpastor kung ikaw mismo sa iyong sarili ay hindi sumasampalataya. pasensya na po kapatid ngunit IKAW ay nagkakasala.
ako ay labing tatlong gulang pa lamang ngunit buong pagmamalaki kong naisasapuso ang lahat ng aral ng Dios at alam kong ang mga yaon ay naituturo ng BUONG LINAW sa amin.
para po sa lahat ng nais magsuri sa aming relihiyon, maari po kayong magtanong sa pinakamalapit na lokal ng Iglesia ni Cristo diyan sa iyong lugar. at malugod din po namin kayong inaanyayahan sa aming mga pamamahayag ng salita ng Dios.
maraming salamat po.
at 05:54 on March 22nd, 2009
The Iglesia ni Cristo is in fact no doubt a daughter of the Roman Catholic Church- Felix Manalo is just like Muhammad- a false prophet claiming to be God's last messenger denying that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and only a prophet while he is the seal of the prophets. Both also imposed a bloody way of evangelization. Do not be misled- the Iglesia ni Cristo is in fact a daughter of Rome!
at 03:39 on April 7th, 2009
isa lng ang masasabi ko sa mga naninira sa iglesia ni cristo, wala kaming magagwa kung ayaw nio ng kaligtasan dulot ng tunay na pananampalataya sa tunay na relihiyon ililigtas ng Panginoong Jesuscristo Ang Iglesia ni Cristo, inilalapit namin sa inyo ang tamang paglilingkod na katangaptangap sa harap ng iisang Tunay na Dios ang Ama. ginagawa namin ang lahat ng ito dahil sa ibig namin matanggap din ng maraming tao ang kaligtasang iniaalok ng panginoong jesucristo na dapat na maging sangkap ng kanyang katawan o ng iglesia na siya niang pinangunguluhan, at siya niyang ililigtas sa takdang panahon. Basta walang sisihan sa huli, ginawa nmin ang aming tungkulin ipabatid sa inyo ang buong katotohanan.. kung ayaw nio sa iglesia ni cristo. wag nlng kayo mag salita kc di nio alam ang totoo.. anu ba alam nio? ni d nio nga inaalam ang doktrina namin. ni ayaw niyo nga ipaliwanag sa inyo kung anu ang iglesia, panu ayaw nio pakinggan muna at pagkatapos tsaka kayo mag isip..
at 06:51 on April 10th, 2009
paano kayo maging totoo.ginawa nyo lang iyan .nasususlat maliban ang Dios ang nagtayo walang kabuluhan ang tayo ng tao. ang incm tayo ng tao. hindi sumanib sa iglesia ng dios na nakatayo na na original. hindi pinagpatuloy ang katotohanan. kundi nagtayo ng sarili.. yan ba bang may kaligtasan tinayo ng tao. hindi pinamana o hindi umanib sa pinaka original na iglesia na iglesia ng Dios.
dati trinatawag na dios si cristo ngayun ayaw nyo na kahit tawag lang. tao pero hindi kelan man tinawag ni cristo si maria na mother o nanay o ina. kundi ang itinatawag ni cristo ikaw babae.
at 06:54 on April 10th, 2009
paano kayo maging totoo.ginawa nyo lang iyan .nasususlat maliban ang Dios ang nagtayo walang kabuluhan ang tayo ng tao. ang incm tayo ng tao. hindi sumanib sa iglesia ng dios na nakatayo na na original. hindi pinagpatuloy ang katotohanan. kundi nagtayo ng sarili.. yan ba bang may kaligtasan tinayo ng tao. hindi pinamana o hindi umanib sa pinaka original na iglesia na iglesia ng Dios.
dati trinatawag na dios si cristo ngayun ayaw nyo na kahit tawag lang. tao pero hindi kelan man tinawag ni cristo si maria na mother o nanay o ina. kundi ang itinatawag ni cristo ikaw babae.
at 07:03 on April 10th, 2009
hindi iniingcourage magbasa ng biblia para madali iligaw ang member sa incm at pababasahin lang ng magazine para maipasok nila ang modus nila at mailigaw nila ang member nila sa mali at maging panatiko na sa pagkaligaw ay papatay para sa incm. delikadong istilo at tuso. magazine pasugo ang gagamitin para anfg mga comment ay galing sa incm ministro na ligaw.hindi paliwanang ng biblia.
kukunin sitas sa biblia pero paliwanag na gungong ng ministro ang coment at pagpapaliwanag.
dapat biblia mismo ang ipabasa kung tapat na turuan ang mmember sa totoo. pero dinidiscourage masisisraan raw ng ulo. kaya pala ministro lang nagbabasa kaya mga incm ministro sira na mga ulo coment sa magazine puro pangsarili at ligaw
at 10:59 on April 10th, 2009
isang sumpa ang pangyayaring lumitaw sa pilipinas ang incm. dahil dito lumala ang pagbagsak ng ating bayan sapagdungis ng halalan sa ating bansa.
sa kasakiman ang salita ng biblia na magkaisa sa paghatol na ang kahulugan ay pagkakaisa sa paghatol sa evanghelyo ng Dios. ay ginamit sa maling kahulugan na ginamit ang dictionaryo na ang paghatol raw isang judgement o pagboto
kaya modos nila ay ginamit sa halalan. upang masakim ng mga tusong spiritu ng incm ang buong kapangyarihan ng alok sa kanila ng diablo. dahil dito ang mga pulitiko ay lalong sumasama at imbes na sa taong bayan ang utang na loob dahil sa paraang demonyo at sakim at tuso ng spiritu ng incm ay sa kanila ang utang na loob mapupunta.
at ang modos ay nagpapasurvey ang incm. pag alam nilang malakas at mananalo na ang kandoidato ay dadalin nila ito bigla. at pagnanalo. lalabas sila ang nagpanalo pero tal;agang panalo na sa survey at pagaaral. kaya lalabas sa kanila maglilingkod ang nanalo.imbes na sa taong bayan magtatapat.
dahil dinungisan ng lahing paraang incm ang ating kawawang bansa.
at 21:10 on April 10th, 2009
wala kayong karapatan na hamakin ang iglesia ni cristo un ang tandaan ninyo,, dahil hindi nyo tunay na nararanasan ang kabanalan sa loob nito.. kung susubukan lang ninyong buksan ang mga isip nyo at puso ay matatagpuan amo ang tunay na kabanalan.. mabuhay ang iglesia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at 06:46 on April 12th, 2009
bukas napo ang aral ninyo sa mundo.hindi napo kelangan buksan pa. at nasasad napo sa taas at malinaw napo nasa record napo labag basahin nyo po sa taas tatlong patunay na mga spiritu ng incm na ligaw ayon sa biblia na tayo ng tao.hindi ng dios manapa nilapastanganan pa ang tayo ng Dios nagtayo ng sarili.
at 04:52 on July 25th, 2009
we would like to inform you all people in the world that this article is such a dangerous article; because the people who made this will suffer at the end! the maker of this article will be lost like nothing!