Social Justice

It is a common warning that when drinking, one should avoid any talk on religion or politics because that's a recipe for disaster.

When religious leaders endorse political candidates, there is an implied underlying assumption that they are 'merely' announcing the will of God to the people.

Here is Weird Al's Amish Paradise, a parody of Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise. I changed some words and phrases to turn it into Fundie Paradise while loosely retaining the general flow of the song. I suggest you play the video and sing along with the new 'lyrics' I wrote below.

A 2004 report by the Catholics for Free Choice and Likhaan finds that no priest accused of sexual abuse in the Philippines seems to have been successfully prosecuted. In fact, most of them seem to be in active ministry today.

The churches in Germany are losing members drastically every year. Look at the following figures showing the number of people signing out of the organization year by year:

With out any form of leverage, we are just victims. Power, real power, comes from the ability to compel others against their will. A simple lesson on how to look at problems and find the solution.

The Catholic Church is doing a lot of puzzling things these days. After centuries of evasion tactics and BS, I think the world (including their believers) are on to their tricks. Journalists are having problems hiding their raised eyebrows/outrage/sarcasm. Read the news here.

In my previous post about the HIV summit, I wrote about my unanswered question (What should the DOH do about the...

I asked the titular question at this morning's HIV Summit hosted by the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC). The event started...