Monthly Archives: March, 2010

Since I have come out as a full-fledged atheist, I have experienced being bullied on the Internet. I wonder if it has something to do with men being misogynistic towards me. The two men who bullied me were flaming with anger, using capital letters and words of condemnation such as "YOUR SOUL WILL BURN IN HELL!!!"

Not many people realize this, but many Muslim clerics worldwide actually do support family planning. Back in 1979, a fatwa (religious degree) was issued in Egypt by Sheikh Jadel Haq Ali Jadel Haq which stated that "...A thorough review of the Qur'an reveals no text (nas) prohibiting the prevention of pregnancy or diminution of the number of children, but there are several traditions of the Prophet that indicate its permissibility...."

So much discrediting news about the Church does little to change how people think. In the Science of the Mind, we learn that such convictions can withstand even physical or mental torment. If one thinks the Truth can set one free, some of science will have to disagree. One of the few things that damage this fanaticism is appealing to what is good. Science, Logic and Philosophy may be intimidating, but shirking from it to understand the consequences of one's action makes one as complacent and accountable as those they accuse as evil.

Of all the areas that the issue of reproductive health has touched I have always considered that population should be removed...

A behavior one can observe is how the Anti-RHB groups have actually attempted to dehumanize their opponents. One can easily see it in the headlines as Bishops accuse Pro-RH people of immorality in public online discussions. The readiness of the Anti-RHB to never understand a side that understands them all too well is apparent.

It's sad reading all this debate between the CBCP and Secretary Cabral on this issue of free condom distribution. Personally, I believe that contraceptives should not be given freely. The secretary is better off distributing free medicines rather than focusing on free contraceptives. There are those who are in dire need of medicines these days.

In the FF forum and Facebook page, every once in a while someone oblivious to the standard definition butts in with the assumption that freethinking means setting the mind completely free – unrestrained even by reason, logic, or reality. More commonly, people have assumed that freethought is synonymous to atheism.

We live in a time rendered uninterested and detached by familiarity. Ignoring the marvels that can be plainly found in nature, we turn to superstitions that we think will recover the excitement we had as children, cowering under the bed sheets from monsters that are deterred only by cloth blankets.

*written at the back of a framed picture that i gave *cough bribe *cough to Chatelaine. i stupidly attached the hook at the bottom, hence the "I'd rather see this picture hung upside down." indeed, stupidity can sire productivity. =^.^=