Superstition

FF Podcast (Audio) 45: Do Selfies Cause Demonic Possession?

Filipino Freethinkers Podcast (Audio) 45 - Do Selfies Cause Demonic Possession?

This week, we talk about the children from San Fernando, La Union, who were supposedly possessed by demons after taking selfies under a plum tree.

FF Podcast (Audio) 019: Same-Sex Couple Property Rights and Teaching Superstitions

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This week, we talk about Congressman Grex Lagman's proposed bill that would recognize the property rights of same-sex couples. Then, we talk about superstitions and the consequences of teaching them to children.

FF Podcast 019: Same-Sex Couple Property Rights and Teaching Superstitions

This week, we talk about Congressman Grex Lagman's proposed bill that would recognize the property rights of same-sex couples. Then, we talk about superstitions and the consequences of teaching them to children.

Hiwaga and Humbug on Philippine TV

To the writers, researchers, producers, and hosts of TV programs that promote superstition among Filipinos, I ask you to rethink your values.

Black Nazarene, Black Opium

The familiarity of the Jesus story has anesthetized us from what is at the heart of the ritual. Millions of men, women, and children are moving around a wooden statue of a bloodied victim of torture, capital punishment, and God-sanctioned human sacrifice. The Black Nazarene is an ironic pornographic celebration of violence—the overt violence of the past and the more subtle violence of the present.

Less Golez, More RH: Numerology and the Numbers that Count

Some superstitious people consider the number 4 unlucky because it sounds like the word "death" (死 pinyin sǐ) in Chinese. What does this...

Across the Hall

Writing this now sitting at plenary hall of Congress. Am listening to yet more ludicrous delays by the anti-RH congressmen in...

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