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Geographically, the Philippines in Asia, but by race and culture, Filipinos are harmonious blend of the east and the west. Their western heritage, largely acquired form Spain and America, has made them distinctly different from other asian nations. Because of Christianity and Islam, their Eurasian and American education and custom,and their intelligent assimination of asian, latin, european and american civilizations, they are eminently qualified to bridge the east and the west. According to an american writer, Dr. Frank C. Laubach, "The Filipinos are in a position to be, and many of them today, the most cosmopolitan so far as orientals are concerned; the Chinese may be cosmopolitan as far as the orientals are concerned: but who, save Filipino, can feel equally at home in a palace in Peking, in the white house in Washington, or in a salon in Paris?"
Geographically, the Philippines in Asia, but by race and culture, Filipinos are harmonious blend of the east and the west. Their western heritage, largely acquired form Spain and America, has made them distinctly different from other asian nations. Because of Christianity and Islam, their Eurasian and American education and custom,and their intelligent assimination of asian, latin, european and american civilizations, they are eminently qualified to bridge the east and the west. According to an american writer, Dr. Frank C. Laubach, "The Filipinos are in a position to be, and many of them today, the most cosmopolitan so far as orientals are concerned; the Chinese may be cosmopolitan as far as the orientals are concerned: but who, save Filipino, can feel equally at home in a palace in Peking, in the white house in Washington, or in a salon in Paris?"
Of all nations, the Filipinos are unique not only in Asia but also in the world, due to the following reasons:
1. religion
2. political history
3. cultural heritage
Firstly, Filipinos are predominantly christian in the asian region where other nations are Islamic, Buddhist, Shinto, Cunfucian, polytheistic and animistic in beliefs. The Philippines has served as Christianity's lone citadel beneath Asian skies and the light from which the gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached to other Asian countries.
Secondly, the Philippines is the first Republic in Asia, being the first Asian nation to achieve independence by revolution and estaablish a Republic, led by General Emilio Aguinaldo in 1898 to 1901. It was the first Southeast Asian nation to secure independence by the voluntary decolonization of a colonial power after the Second World War in 1946.
Finally, Filipinos are unique in Asia culturally and scientifically assimilating four heritages-- the indigenous Asin, the European, the Latin, and the American heritage. Our history is indeed unique for the variety, the intensity and the duration of our political, cultural and scientific relations with other nations.
1. religion
2. political history
3. cultural heritage
Firstly, Filipinos are predominantly christian in the asian region where other nations are Islamic, Buddhist, Shinto, Cunfucian, polytheistic and animistic in beliefs. The Philippines has served as Christianity's lone citadel beneath Asian skies and the light from which the gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached to other Asian countries.
Secondly, the Philippines is the first Republic in Asia, being the first Asian nation to achieve independence by revolution and estaablish a Republic, led by General Emilio Aguinaldo in 1898 to 1901. It was the first Southeast Asian nation to secure independence by the voluntary decolonization of a colonial power after the Second World War in 1946.
Finally, Filipinos are unique in Asia culturally and scientifically assimilating four heritages-- the indigenous Asin, the European, the Latin, and the American heritage. Our history is indeed unique for the variety, the intensity and the duration of our political, cultural and scientific relations with other nations.