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Forty-four Thoughts of a Founding Freethinker

While the world watches Egypt in revolution, many are unaware that almost three centuries today, one of the greatest revolutionaries was...

FF Podcast 002: The Black Nazarene

Second episode of the Podcast, now with better lighting! In this episode we talk about the Black Nazarene, Power Balance, works of fiction and the secular movement in Pakistan.

The Justice System, Courtroom Fashion, Typos and Why You Need to Read the Noli Me Tangere

Carlos Celdran's trial is one of the highlights of the fight for the Reproductive Health Bill, which is encountering a ton of opposition from the Catholic Church and other Catholic organizations, even though the people themselves seem to be all for it.

The Genetic Case Against God

If there was any branch of science that could have ever vindicated the doctrine of vitalism (the belief that something nonphysical is the force behind the phenomenon of life), it would have been molecular biology and its study of the genetic and chemical underpinnings of life.

Why Carlos Celdran is NOT My Hero

On September 30, 2010, late in the afternoon, Carlos Celdran did what most of us could only hope to achieve. He a gave voice to the growing number of secularists in the country, a voice to those who are sick of the undue influence the Catholic Church holds over society.

Carlos Celdran, Civil Disobedience and the Catholic Church

Here in the Philippines, the Catholic Church considers civil disobedience an option in its conflict with the government on the use...

The Black Jesus (The Black Nazarene)

I'm not talking about a soulman who think he's Jesus...nope...I'm talking about a certain image of Jesus hailed as a celebrity in a district in downtown Manila.

Philippine Politics and the Church

“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private schools, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separated.”

On the Church's NFP-only stance: The case of Texas

It's no secret the Catholic Church has been strongly opposed to the pending Reproductive Health Bill, with many of their more...

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