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On Infrasound and the Supernatural

Considering the suspected link between religious experience and conditions affecting the temporal lobe - an area of the brain with an important role in regulating hearing - I would like to be so bold as to suggest that maybe finding out the truths about our universe has more to do with listening than it does with looking.

CBCP Backtracks on Calling Gays "Homos"

What was revealing about the CBCP's whitewashing of its continuing history of homophobia was that when the article was first published, they called on "homos to come out." The article was later revised with the more politically-correct headline of "Bishops urge homosexuals not to be afraid."

An Open Letter to the CBCP

On Sunday, February 27 2010, the Filipino Freethinkers were witness to more than a thousand women and their supporters marching up...

Fr. Freethinker, the Secular Priest

It's not everyday that a Catholic priest impresses me with his pragmatism and honesty when speaking about controversial issues like contraception and especially with his guts in defining the limits of the moral authority of his superiors, the bishops. I am talking about Fr. Ranhilio "Rannie" C. Aquino.

Freethinking on Freedom (of Information)

This post was originally supposed to be a summary of the proceedings at the first plenary sessions of Congress this year,...

Virgin Fathers or Dying Mothers: The Filipino Freethinkers Join Fellow RH Supporters in Silent Protest Against CBCP

Last Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, the Filipino Freethinkers and fellow pro-Reproductive Health (RH) groups under the Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN)...

On Religion and Confusion

In the past, I considered myself a religious person. I prided myself in being someone who was pious. I made a...

African Priests Rape Nuns to Avoid AIDS

As pro-choice and anti-choice advocates continue to debate the morality of contraceptives, some priests have discovered a way of avoiding HIV...

Is Oscar Cruz threatening Malacanang with revolution?

"It is true that even the CBCP stands ready to call for some kind of a repeat of EDSA 1 and...

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