Yes, rhetorical of course.
Catholicism is still so deeply embedded in the Filipino psyche and way of life....possibly more-so than in any other country in the world ?
Let them get on with it, but I certainly didn't permit my boy to be baptised or in any other way interfered with by religious brain washers.
He did participate in RE at school though, because I believe that it IS important to have a good knowledge of the beliefs of others as a part of one's general education.