The Filipino Freethinker

Amateur (or should I say “immature) and defenders of certain Christian cults have a peculiar way of confronting the issues posted...

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

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.

There are three truths which must be accepted at the beginning of any investigation into the problem of knowledge and truth: The First Fact: The fact of our existence. "I exist." The First Principle: The principle of contradiction. "A thing can not be and not-be at the same time in the same respect." The First Condition: The essential capability of the mind to know truth. "My intellect can reason and discover truth."

I was cheated. I was cheated when I was in school, not by my classmates but by the very exams that...

The Filipino Freethinkers Film Festival is the first film fest in the Philippines intended to challenge your thinking about belief, faith, and reason.

As a freethinker I have to be realistic and here’s the fact: LIFE SUCKS!

Tomorrow is the last day of voting and turnout thus far has been quite low. And since we're eager to get...

Well I finally got around to finalizing the entries to our very extended Essay Writing Contest, and the judges sure have...