The Philippines was subjugated in the medieval ages by both the sword and the cross of the Catholic Church. After a few hundred years of being owned by Christian Europeans, that stuff tends to stick around in a lot of the old-fashioned families.
Hi! Author here! I was young and foolish, but I found another PS2 that was basically being sold for dirt, so it was alright in the end.
I know more than a few people with your exact situation. Oddly enough, it was LOTR that opened their families' minds too!