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Filipino Freethinkers = Atheist Preachers?

To a freethinker, no idea is sacred; the worth of all truth claims is best determined by skepticism, rational inquiry, and scientific testing.

Al Gore goes the convenient route

In his first public event following his divorce with wife of forty years Tipper Gore, Al Gore went to the Philippines...

Sex Education by DepEd and CBCP: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Sex education will be pilot-tested by the Department of Education (DepEd) in several schools starting June. This news should have been...

Dissent and Islam

“Do not suppose the statements of the prophets to be true; they are all fabrications. Men lived comfortably till they came and spoiled life. The sacred books are only such a set of idle tales as any age could have and indeed did actually produce.”

Moral Standards and the Elo Rating

Morality has always something to do with how we relate to our fellow human beings (unless you consider masturbation a moral issue), and we are only as moral as how we treat others in relation to our society's standards.

Reverie

I had a dream — That darkness was all there is to see That cold is all there was to feel That there was...

Homosexuality and Islam

Normally when you ask an Imam (a religious scholar) what is “Islam” they will respond with “Islam is peace”, “Islam is the straight path”, etc., etc. Then when you ask about homosexuality in Islam, the answer will range from “it is forbidden” to “it is unnatural”, “it does not exist”, or “it is a grave sin”.

Iglesia ni Cristo's brand of democracy

Risa Hontiveros may be a devout Roman Catholic but her values are very inclusive in the sense that she believes in...

Prayer in Politics

Incompetent candidates seem to have flooded the top ranks of the election results and there is no other way to rectify this situation with an omnibenevolent God than to say that "He has a plan" — the glorious exemplar of non-thinking that appears at the end of every wild theodicean goose chase.

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