Religion

The endless meddling of the CBCP in the affairs of the supposedly secular State from one presidency to the next drives people to angrily invoke Article II Section 6 of the 1987 Phlippine Constitution: The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable. But as tempers cool down and rationality takes over, one begins to wonder if the CBCP is indeed violating this rule.

"The atheist's morality of "do no harm" is actually much more complex than the theist's "10 commandments" when actually put into practice. By no means, however, does this make the atheist's morality inferior. Our morality is more nuanced, which many theists interpret as lacking principles, because they are unable to understand what isn't spelled out exactly for them in a simple list."

It was inevitable. Oft it's been said, an idle mind is the devil’s workshop, so I knew if I’d be cooped...

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

“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.”

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.

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

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”.

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.