Philippine President Says If Someone Can Provide Selfie Proving They Saw God, He Will Resign

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DAVAO CITY — In the latest of a number of controversial statements about the divine, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stated during a speech on Friday that if anyone can prove that they have talked to God personally or saw Him face-to-face, he will resign.

“I just need one witness who will say, ‘Mayor, those fools at the church ordered me to go to Heaven and talk to God. God really exists. We have a picture together and I brought a selfie,’” he said. “You do that today, one single witness that there is a guy, a human being, who’s able to talk and to see God. Of the so many billions that passed through Earth, I just need one. And if there is one, ladies and gentlemen, I will announce my resignation immediately.”

Duterte, 73, had raised controversy last month after expressing criticism of how God allowed sin to come into the world after creating it to be perfect.

“Adam ate it (the forbidden fruit), then malice was born. Who is this stupid God? That son of a [expletive] is stupid if that’s the case,” he said at the opening of the 2018 Information and Communications Technology Summit in Davao City. “You created something perfect and then you think of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of your work.”

The Philippine president said that he rejects the doctrine of original sin, which teaches that all men are born with a sinful nature.

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