Monthly Archives: January, 2010

Films: Letting Go of God Root of All Evil Enemies of Reason Sex, Drugs, and Religion and short films about Reason Science Secularism Plus a short documentary...

The 2nd Davao Meetup was a success. I wish to thank both new and old members for making it. We had a really great time sharing our journeys and bonding with fellow freethinkers.

This RockEd Radio episode was supposed to be Dean Jorge Bocobo's commentary on the Black Nazarene, with me chiming in every...

The problem in a “reason vs. faith” topic is we sometimes face with semantic difficulties. It is really more of a “what is the definition of faith you are using” kind of a problem.

What do you do when you see the train coming? Common sense tells you to stay away from the tracks. What happens when you are short of cash? Do not spend. It's just common sense.

Contrary to what others may think, Freethinkers have a life. Arguments can be tiring, and it would be nice to have a chance to rest.

It is interesting how education and science allow one to look at the world and honestly admit that it is far more complex than one can ever hope to comprehend. Still, even with the discipline of empiricism, human nature, fear and impatience cause us to simplify things to a point of useless opinions instead of something constructive and usable.

Where was the God that believers, mostly Christians, claim to be true/existing, loving, and powerful? Why would God allow this to happen?

In law, a crime can be categorized as either malum prohibitum (“wrong because prohibited”) or malum in se (“wrong or evil in itself”). In a civilized community, murder, rape, theft, robbery, and kidnapping are generally perceived as mala in se regardless of where they were committed or even if there were no written laws punishing them. On the other hand, illegal possession of drugs or firearms and traffic and tax violations are mala prohibita – crimes in certain societies because their statutes made them crimes.