So today in my Journalism 102 class, we were talking about this news. According to it, Marlene Aguilar Pollard (the sister of the famous Filipino singer Freddie Aguilar) was arrested for Obstruction of Justice when she tried to make the public, including the investigators, believe that his son, Jason Aguilar Ivler is not in the Philippines when he was on the wanted list for murder. The investigators found out later on that Jason Ivler’s mother was trying to hide him because of what he has done. Thus, the suit for Obstruction of Justice.
Dr. Edmund Ojimba, our professor (a Nigerian journalist, a doctor of Education and a prince(?) in his own country) was pouring out his sentiments regarding the mother of the accused, Marlene Aguilar, for being a very irresponsible mother. According to Sir Ojimba, she has the right to protect her own son, if that’s what she intended to do, but trying to lie to the authorities and trying to hide her son from them, was just not right. Then, he made mention of Marlene Aguilar’s tattoo. Sir Ojimba believes that it is a mere sign of irresponsibility. “If she is a Christian, she should know that having her skin tattooed is not right.” - Dr. O-J.
I raised my hand, out of no where. Sir Ojimba exclaimed, “Yes, my dear, tell me your thoughts..”. This is exactly what I said in front of the class:
Sir, the bible said that, our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). I believe one shall not make use of it to things that will make it unclean. It should be kept holy.
The blood under our skin is royal for we are part of the family of Christ. We are part of the blood line of Christ. Tattoos, as we know it, joins our blood forever, to the end of our days. It corrupts our blood. We don’t want to make our royalty be unclean too, right? We do not want to ruin and corrupt the blood line of Jesus that is running through us, right?
We should be mature enough to know that tattoos is like sin, it will forever convict us once we put it inside us. We should consider our relationship with Jesus, the best thing that will happen to us. So yes, we shouldn’t just let sin drop into our blood.
Sir Ojimba, being an appreciative professor as he is, kept on saying, “Yes, you are right, yes, you are very right my dear..” while I was talking. The class started agreeing after I sat down. He elaborated more of the topic with still few of “She is right, she is right..” inserted after some sentences that he was uttering, and shifted his eyes to me. “Thank you for stating that point to us. You are very right my dear. If only I can hug and kiss you right now for telling us things from the Bible. I’m happy to know that you are reading the word of the Lord..”. The third sentence was rather awkward so my block mates started shouting, hahaha. Funny moment!
Any way, Dr. Ojimba is no Christian. According to him, he attends Iglesia ni Cristo. But what amazed me is his passion for sharing the Bible despite the known difference between him and his students. Religion is worthless especially if you don’t practice and apply what you have believe in. Also, in what your faith convicts you to do so. What’s important is your relationship with Jesus Christ and the testimony that you’re attesting.
So there, with the intention of just sharing the reason behind my tweet (photo above), I was able to share these things:
- The current news about Jason Aguilar Ivler and Marlene Aguilar Pollard,
- My views on Tattoos,
- My views on religion, and yes of course,
- Whenever I get the chance to recite about Christianity and the class agrees, I can’t help but be joyful for God is glorified through me!
Good night, everyone.
(I was just wondering awhile ago on how to become an effective Journalist without my faith being susceptible to it. And then, here comes this post. Praise the Lord!) P.S. Forgive me for mentioning too many facts.
