President Rodrigo Duterte said that despite his pronouncements against the Catholic Church, he remains a religious person.
“You might think that just because I quarrel with the cardinals and the bishops that I am not… that I’m irreverent. Yung, I could be a sacrilegious guy. Hindi [k]aya. Kilala ako ni pastor,” Duterte said in a TV interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
The President said he believes in the Bible and even quoted a bible verse.
“I am a deeply religious person, sa totoo lang. And my life, alam ni pastor ‘yan, is the Bible. And if you can memorize by heart and understand Ecclesiastes 3. You can face any problem. You might not be able to solve it but you can understand why,” Duterte added.
He also encouraged everyone going through difficult times to read the book of Ecclesiastes.
“Read Ecclesiastes 3 when you have a problem. Pag namatayan ka sa pamilya mo, basahin mo lang. That there is a time for every season under the sun. There’s a time to live, born and a time to die,” Duterte said.
The President added that he never lost an election.
“So, when I was running so many elections, wala akong talo, eh. I never lost an election since 1988 until the presidency. But I was prepared to deal with it every time because I was using the Bible. As there is a time for victory, there has to be a time for defeat. Kaya, ganun ako,” he said.
