By: weirdkatt

weirdkatt — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:05:00 +0000

I seriously doubt that this church was burned. And by the Spaniards? Laughable. First of all, when I first visited this place last year, I saw no burnt marks (I could be mistaken here since I am not an expert in examining burnt-down structures). Secondly, the Spaniards, particularly the troops, will never EVER do anything drastic towards a Catholic structure. Remember the Catholic zeal that people practiced during those days. And do I even have to mention that the Spaniards were Catholics? If they ever did anything atrocious, burning churches was not one of them. Also, Spanish soldiers were outnumbered by Filipinos in the ranks of government troops. In fact, there were even more native guardias civiles than peninsulares. And troops were mostly, if not all, led by peninsulares. It is highly impossible for the very few pure-blooded Spanish (or even creole) officers to command their indio troops to haul the latter's capua Filipino inside that small church to be burned to death. There is no record of church burning done by the Spaniards. If we are to accuse who was really burning churches during those tumultuous times, look no further: there's our good old buddy, Andrés Bonifacio. Yes, the Katipunan terrorized Spanish friars and attacked many a church in and outside Manila. In fact, the Katipunan, led by the Supremo himself, burned down the Church of Indang in Cavite. And for this, he was arrested by Emilio Aguinaldo's troops. So if you ask me who burned this church in Nasugbú, Batangas, well All I can say is this... "I accuse!" =)

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By: weirdkatt