Yesterday saw the march of several different LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders) groups and their supporters from inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City to the office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to celebrate …

A brief review of history will easily reveal that religious conservatism has always been anti-progress, anti-justice, anti-equality and anti-rational thought — from the issue of slavery to racial segregation, from women’s suffrage to women’s reproductive health. Although morality and traditional …

A story about a gathering of non-believers in a mostly religious and God-fearing country such as the Philippines seems like it could be a great start to an interesting novel, one that people are going to read, love and learn …

IHEU VP Roar Johnsen and AAI President Tanya Smith interacts with the delegates as the participants share their joys as well as their struggles of being nonbelievers living in a society dominated by the christian religion. For more information about …

Dr. David Orenstein, an anthropologist based in New York City, shares his joys of being an atheist and how freedom from dogma and religious subjectivity has brought forth a life of personal and social peace, justice, morality, and goodness. For …

Filipino Freethinkers President, Red Tani, shares the history of secularism in the Philippines and the triumphs as well as the struggles of the FF in safeguarding the separation of church and state.

Norm Allen shares how humanist groups all around the world have joined hands to make this world a better place, to promote goodness without god. PATAS is also very grateful for the generous donation of books from Prometheus, publisher of …

Dan Barker shares his inspiring journey from being an evangelical preacher to one of US’ popular atheist plus interesting tidbits on the flaws of the Christian religion. Dan Barker is the president of Freedom from Religion Foundation ( www.ffrf.org )

Jeremiah Camara, who was once a member of the largest black churches in Ohio, speaks to Filipinos about the perils of super-naturalism and blind belief and how African-Americans have been theologically conditioned to rely on divine intervention to solve their …

Atheist Alliance International President Tanya Smith talks about the privileges of religion globally and how atheist organizations and alliances around the world can challenge these religious organizations through education and advocacy projects. For more information, visit www.atheistalliance.org

PATAS Chairwoman welcomes guests and delegates to the 1st Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Convention in Manila.

Good morning, Magandang Umaga – World Renowned Atheists, International and local Alliances, Distinguished Guests, Our Founding Executive Director Jose Juan Paraiso, My Most Beloved Members of PATAS, Our Dear Countrymen: Welcome to the Philippines – “the only country we have; …

Theists will probably love this essay only because I’m about to do something I haven’t done since 2006. That is defending Theists from Atheists. I’d like to add that before I begin this essay; this doesn’t necessarily mean I believe …

April 1, 2012 was a fine sunny day and the weather was a bit hot but nonetheless, it was all good. At noon, I was already excited to join the “Road to Reason” activity organized by PATAS-Cebu.  It was going …

Contributed by Rex Bennett Some people never have enough of it. Others have too much on their hands. We all think we know what it is – until someone asks us to explain. I’m talking about time. What is it? …

Contibuted by Jaako J. Wallenius If one wants to change the world, the easiest and fastest way is to adjust and work with one of the old ideologies. It is much more difficult to change the world through creating brand …

Contributed by Jaakko J. Wallenius There are people who have not noticed yet that science has already explained many of the things that used to be explained with metaphysics. Metaphysics was a useful tool when there was no real knowledge …