Religion

Nearly everything before 1521 is blurry in national textbooks. Thus Butuan, which was predominately a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom founded by Tausugs and which flourished for 500 years, is left out along with the art works it produced such as the Tara of Agusan.

"...It is not by accident that we are the only Christian nation in Asia. We are meant to be the bridge between the Christian West and the non-Christian East..."

We're already used to the kind of logic used by Catholics against condoms. The CBCP has called it worse than corruption....

Since I have come out as a full-fledged atheist, I have experienced being bullied on the Internet. I wonder if it has something to do with men being misogynistic towards me. The two men who bullied me were flaming with anger, using capital letters and words of condemnation such as "YOUR SOUL WILL BURN IN HELL!!!"

Not many people realize this, but many Muslim clerics worldwide actually do support family planning. Back in 1979, a fatwa (religious degree) was issued in Egypt by Sheikh Jadel Haq Ali Jadel Haq which stated that "...A thorough review of the Qur'an reveals no text (nas) prohibiting the prevention of pregnancy or diminution of the number of children, but there are several traditions of the Prophet that indicate its permissibility...."

So much discrediting news about the Church does little to change how people think. In the Science of the Mind, we learn that such convictions can withstand even physical or mental torment. If one thinks the Truth can set one free, some of science will have to disagree. One of the few things that damage this fanaticism is appealing to what is good. Science, Logic and Philosophy may be intimidating, but shirking from it to understand the consequences of one's action makes one as complacent and accountable as those they accuse as evil.

A behavior one can observe is how the Anti-RHB groups have actually attempted to dehumanize their opponents. One can easily see it in the headlines as Bishops accuse Pro-RH people of immorality in public online discussions. The readiness of the Anti-RHB to never understand a side that understands them all too well is apparent.

In the FF forum and Facebook page, every once in a while someone oblivious to the standard definition butts in with the assumption that freethinking means setting the mind completely free – unrestrained even by reason, logic, or reality. More commonly, people have assumed that freethought is synonymous to atheism.

We live in a time rendered uninterested and detached by familiarity. Ignoring the marvels that can be plainly found in nature, we turn to superstitions that we think will recover the excitement we had as children, cowering under the bed sheets from monsters that are deterred only by cloth blankets.