Manila Philippines - I don't think it's a good idea for a cult leader not to use the last name of his father. It is like disowning your own father. I would have been angry if my kid will not use my last name. It is so disrespectful for a father. I cannot find any valid reason why Felix Manalo opted to use the last name of his mother MANALO instead of his father's YSAGUN. Again, it’s disrespectful and ungrateful to his father not to use the lawful last name YSAGUN. Is Felix YSAGUN Manalo an illegitimate son of his father? (Anak ba sa labas si Felix Manalo?) Certainly, with Iglesia Ni Cristo's main doctrine that all non-INC members will be going to hell, Felix Manalo's father and mother will anyway burn in hell so I think the last name of Felix Manalo does not mean anything that much to Felix.
