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Altruism and the Evolution of Morality

One of the issues being debated by freethinkers is the source of our morality. Some atheists postulate that morality is just the product of evolution while agnostics point out that there are cases of altruistic human behavior that have nothing to do with propagating one's genes, and theists claim that our moral values must have therefore come from a Moral Lawgiver.

Evolution-based morals? Don't pick up the soap!

So I seem to have opened up a can of worms when I tried to point out the absence of empirical...

Killing Babies

Hardcore opponents of contraception just love incendiary language. They repeatedly equate artificial family planning methods with killing babies or the...

The River of a Shadow of Doubt

Oh bless me Lord for I have sinned It's been a lifetime since I last confessed I threw my crutches in "the river...

God's Premature Death?

I just visited the Filipino Freethinkers site and I was pleased to read comments on my “Darwin’s Missing Link” article. However,...

What is the Extent of Religious Tolerance?

I do condemn hate speech (and more so, hate crimes) as much as the next guy hates the Ku Klux Klan, however, banning and criminalizing them is an all-together different story because it impedes an individual's right to freedom of speech.

2010 Wrap Up Vodcast

Well folks, 2010 has been a great year for the Filipino Freethinkers and now we're on the cusp of another great...

It's Confession Time!

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is just one of the many religious practices I learned as a student in a Catholic school....

(intermediate)Victory!

Despite shameless dithering and outright bullying of resource speakers by anti-RH congressmen, isolated and dated studies presented as 'conclusive evidence' and...

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