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President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines
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President Duterte (front) praying at a wedding Mass in a Manila church on Sept. 16, 2017
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Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, a Roman Catholic, in a recent televised speech in Davao, condemned the Original Sin story of Adam and Eve and termed God 'stupid' for doing that.

"Who is this stupid God? You [God] created something perfect and then you think of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of your work," he said.

Criticizing the concept of the Original Sin, that automatically taints all human beings because of their descent from Adam and Eve, he told his audience:"You weren't born yet, but now you have original sin." He then added: "What kind of religion is that? I can't accept it."

His comments on God generated widespread adverse reactions, but President Duterte said what he spoke about God was his personal belief and that "not in a million years" would he apologize for blaspheming God this way.

This President, in the past, criticized Pope Francis in a crude language. He also cussed against and cursed Catholic priests in the Philippines. He claimed that he and another boy were abused by a foreign Jesuit priest when they were studying in a Catholic school.

For more on this issue, please read the following:

Philippine president blasts creation story, calls God 'stupid' (June 25, 2018)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Blames 'Stupid' God for Adam and Eve's Original Sin (June 25, 2018)
Philippine President Duterte calls God 'stupid,' (June 26, 2018)
Philippine president slammed for calling God 'stupid' (June 25, 2018)
Bishops hit Duterte for calling God stupid [video] (June 26, 2018)
Philippines' Duterte under fire for calling God 'stupid' (June 26, 2018)
Cardinal Tagle breaks silence on Duterte remarks: Don't be distracted (June 27, 2018)
Duterte seeks collaboration with Philippine bishops after calling God 'stupid' (June 27, 2018)
'Not in a million years!': Duterte defiant amid calls to apologize over 'stupid' God remarks (July 2, 2018)
Palace: Evangelicals offer to wash Duterte's feet 'out of humility' (July 3, 2018)
Duterte: I believe in God, but prove his existence -- via a selfie (July 7, 2018)
Rodrigo Duterte says he'll resign as Philippine president if someone can prove God exists (July 7, 2018)
Duterte: Show me proof that God exists and I'll resign (July 7, 2018)
Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists (July 7, 2018)

(Updated on July 7, 2018)

Donald Trump in one of his expressive moods

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Donald J. Trump, commonly known as Donald Trump, is one of several U.S. presidential candidates vying for the Republican Party nomination in mid-2016.

In his campaign trails, he was most vociferous, disrespectful of other candidates, rude to some women, and racially biased. Some called him a bigot, megalomaniac, narcissistic, misogynist, racist, rude, and divider rather than a uniter.

In spite of all these, in the last six months, he bulldozed his way in the campaign and was the frontrunner in the Republican voters' opinion polls.

Yesterday, in the Iowa caucus, Ted Cruz, another co-campaigner of Trump who was trailing behind him in the polls, won the votes, Trump being in the second place. Donald Trump, unexpectedly, accepted the results gracefully and congratulated Ted Cruz! He also said that he would keep on campaigning.

It would be interesting to see how far Donald Trump can go with is brash, quirky, unpredictable, and vindictive behaviour because whatever he did and said so far during his campaign, would be difficult for a person with common sense to accept and support.

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