I was reading this article by Sonny Coloma today that I won’t bother to link to because it struck me as being so naive.

He claims that in “leading” companies where he had presented and done talks and stuff, the top value given by high ranking executives was “God or faith.” He then goes on to say that this kind of “spirituality” would, in his illogical thinking, logically lead to success. Unfortunately, the organizations he uses to exemplify this train of though are the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) (WTF!?!?! What do you think they’ll say?) and Tom’s of Maine (who the hell is Tom’s of Maine?).

Are these what he calls top companies? Where’s Microsoft? Where’s Google? Where’s Sony, Apple, or Coca-Cola? Are those what you consider to be “leading” companies?

I stray from my point.

What prompted me to deem his editorial “naive” is how he assumed that when the executives he spoke to expressed their values, he believed them…

Excuse me, Mr. Coloma… We’re in the Philippines. When you’re in the Philippines, you’re expected to say “God” before anything else. It’s part of the culture and means nothing.

Have you studied the lives of these same executives? I’m pretty confident that if you did, you wouldn’t find very many of them to be very “godly,” if any at all. They speak out of their asses and give the expected statements.

It’s so much a way of life for many of our brainwashed neighbors to “thank god” for anything or to include god in every activity, regardless of whether he’s relevant to it or not.

Take for instance, an awarding ceremony. Watch the acceptance speech. The vast majority of the time, the recipient of the award will say “I’d like to thank God” somewhere within his speech. Usually, at the very beginning. In our schools, classes are started with prayers. Meetings, conventions, forums… usually started with prayers. It’s all part of the system of doing things in the Philippines. Look closely at the people leading these and you’ll see they don’t really behave that way.

Don’t you get it? “God” is only part of the process, part of the way things work around here! Do you think that these same “leading” companies you speak off look back at their success, they say, “God caused all this.”

Bullshit! They’ll look back and reflect on THEIR hard work, THEIR efforts, THEIR ideas. “God” has nothing to do with it. He’s just a figment of imagination.

Please, stop promoting the irrationality you speak of.

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