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Arguing for the RH Bill with “Bishop Logic”

  The Bishops of the Philippines have some really shitty logic and they have been using this logic to spew lies and...

Stumped

That, in capsule form, is what I felt hearing our legislators defend their opposition to the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill until...

Don’t Fear the Preacher: Fear and the RH Bill

In a final attempt at scrounging for votes against the Reproductive Health Bill, CBCP President Archbishop Jose Palma exhorted CBCP loyalists in the House of Representatives with the words their god told Abraham, “Do not be afraid.” You may recall that Abraham was the man whose son Yahweh asked him to kill to prove his faith.

The Varsitarian Lemon Pity Party

The Varsitarian doubles down in lemon, part 2.

Plagiarism and the RH Proxy War

That RH opponents rallied to defend an obvious and inexcusable transgression betrays their true intention of making Sotto's plagiarism case a proxy war on the RH bill.

Physics for the Soul

The reality of disembodied souls would necessarily overturn everything we know about physics. Any scientist would be itching to find evidence for the supernatural—evidence that never seems to turn up, despite the most adamant and most confident protestations of believers.

Bullets and Dogma: A Musing on Religiously Inspired Misogyny

A few weeks ago, Taliban gunmen stopped a bus carrying students home from school in Pakistan's Swat Valley, singled out Malala...

The Billionaire Bishops Go Begging

Seriously, we need 60 million. We’re going to be celebrating Pedro, and we’re going to need a little extra cash for the tarps, and maybe an AVP. Balloons, if we can find a decent supplier.

Priestly Paranoia

Hot and bothered, the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines’ obsession over sex has gotten them paranoid that everything bad that ever happens about them is because of the RH Bill.

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