Ang Dating Daan vs. Ang Tamang Daan

Has anyone checked out Bro. Eli Soriano’s Ang Dating Daan (SBN) and Iglesia ni Cristo’s Ang Tamang Daan (Gem TV) on cable these past few weeks? Maybe it’s just me, but I find it amusing, and bemusing, to watch them waste precious airtime by attacking each other, but only for a minute or two; they eventually lose my interest. The way they sling mud at each other—so petty, so ridiculous. There were times they made the interminable ratings war between ABS-CBN and GMA pale in comparison. Really. It’s ultimately sad, though. At their worst, their mudslinging proves once more how religion can cause conflict, how it can divide people, sometimes irrevocably.

And another thing: Pat Robertson really damned himself this time. A respected televangelist calling for Venezuelan president Chavez’s assassination? I would have laughed if I didn’t found the news appalling. So there goes his credibility.

Somewhere, Jesus wept.