One major force is his educational attainment. The outside forces beyond his control contributed to his decisions. The reason why he made that choice is reasonable and thought-out. He was born Roman Catholic but because of his conscious decision, he left. Looking back, his experiences of questioning preachings and teachings of the churches he went to lead him to the foundation of INC. He didn’t stop until he found answers to his queries. The remainder can be cleared up later by psychoanalytical treatment.” And in the same volume (The Future of an Illusion): “One might prophesy that the abandoning of religion must take place with the fateful inexorability of growth, and that we are just now in the middle of this phase of development.” Most of these child neuroses are overcome spontaneously as one grows up, and especially is this the fate of the obsessional neuroses of childhood. This is because the child is unable to suppress by rational mental effort so many of those instinctual impulsions which cannot later be turned into account, but has to check them by acts of repression, behind which there stands as a rule an anxiety motive. “We know that the human child cannot well complete its development towards culture without passing through a more or less distinct phase of neurosis. The history of INC, like the life-history of Ka Felix Manalo and all of every one of its members, is a process of maturation in which the instinctive refusals necessary for the stability of the community are rationally thought of and lose their malevolent potential. The history of religion can be compared to the history of neurosis in the growing child, its experiences from childhood anxieties and frustrations, and these experiences dissipated with natural growth into adult rationality. He later on founded his own church and named it Iglesia ni Cristo – this was because of his discontentment by what he learned from the churches he associated himself to. He became a Colorumism, Methodist, Presbyterian, Alliance of Christian Missionaries, and Adventist. Growing up, he questioned the Catholic faith and since then, he moved from one church to another. Manalo was born from Catholic parents and was baptized in a Catholic church. INC is a homegrown (Filipino) church founded in 1914.
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Like, Follow, Subscribe to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Good News Pilipinas! TV on YouTube, new story notifications and e-mail newsletters for updates on more Filipino Pride stories.What is it that leads people to change their religion?įelix Manalo is a 2-hour 55 minute movie about the life of Ka Felix Manalo, and how the INC church or Iglesia ni Cristo started. SEND congratulations in the comments below to the INC Museum for showcasing the homegrown Filipino church! The Iglesia ni Cristo has figured in the headlines when it broke several Guinness World Records for its human formation, fireworks display, and box office receipts for a film about its founder, Felix Manalo. The INC Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday (9 AM to 6 PM). Manalo Foundation, the socio-cultural and environmental arm of the religious organization. The INC Museum is a non-profit cultural and educational institution owned and operated by the Felix Y. Umali, Department of Education Undersecretary, in an INC Museum report about its inauguration on August 26. And this museum is such a valuable instrument to make our fellow Filipinos all the more understand our culture,” said Tonisito M.C. “I’m in awe with this very important institution, a place where I think our fellow Filipinos should visit” … to “see the history not only of this religion but also the culture of our nation, how it blossomed not only here in our country but also across the globe. Credits to INC Public Information Office. The state-of-the-art INC Museum is designed by Philippine National Artist for Architecture, Francisco ‘Bobby’ Mañosa. The “walkalator” covers and hand railings at the center of the building are wrapped with a special kind of rattan lamination called “Permacane” manually wrapped strip by strip and polished.Īmong the features of the new museum, that sits on a total area of 46,098.54 square meters, are scale models of huge worship buildings constructed by the INC, an early Philippines era car, and a state-of-the-art system that manages the building’s safety features. The interior of the museum features columns from the Ground to 4th floor.