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 …
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“Road to Reason” An Atheist Day Celebration
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 …
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Can I Change The World?
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 …
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Do We Still Need Metaphysics?
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 …
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Rainbow People… Society’s Biggest Phobia!
The media loves feeding everyone fear. If they didn’t the world would be a pretty boring place wouldn’t it? I mean why put up on the big screen, “Scientist may have found cure for breast cancer!” when you …
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Religion As We Know It
Since time immemorial myriads of religions have been seen to have come and gone. And from them, unimaginable, chaotic atrocities were born. Remorseless, in their continuity of countless fatalities. They cultivate tensions and crippling fears, causing such a …
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Altruism (Why Would a Heathen Like Me Be Good Even If I’m Not Expected to Have an Ultimate Reason to Be One?)
I was given a task by my philosophy teacher to make a reflection paper that answers the question ‘Why be good?’ This is my response. I hope you like it. What is a good person? What are the necessary qualities …
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If God Exists…
“God is great!” “God is good all the time.” If you ask Christians to describe their god of worship, “great” and “good” are common words of choice. And to say that those are delusional depiction of God is an understatement. …
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The Struggle for Marriage Equality in the Philippines
At the time of writing this article ten (10) countries in the world now completely recognize same-sex marriage/marriage equality and these countries are Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain (which invaded us once), and Sweden. Some US states also recognizes same-sex marriage/marriage equality. …
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Natalis Invicti: Good without God in Payatas
This Sunday, December 18, 2011, a group of atheist volunteers went to the Payatas Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) for Personal Disabilities to bring joy and abundance to special children. Our young volunteers assured that what they brought to these less …
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Father, No Thank You.
Father, I don’t believe in thee for the truth will set me free our mind, is our own god the naturality of humanity is flowing in our blood Father, I don’t believe in thee for the truth will set …
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Cebu City’s Pride March; An Atheist Coming Out Event
Before I give you all the blow-by-blow details of the Cebu Pride Fiesta March I would like to congratulate the volunteers of PATAS-Cebu who went to the venue to set-up the booth and prepare the venue. They got up early …
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Prayer: The Ultimate Delusion
Prayer: a devout petition to god or an object of worship. – Dictionary.com Every religious and sometimes nonreligious person around the world has done it. It’s understandable, no one likes the feeling of being alone or weak. So they turn to …
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What Is The Most Dangerous Of The Current Religious Dogmas?
One can for a good reason claim that the Catholic dogmas on birth control have already done more harm to the world than any other single other religious dogma has ever done in the history of the world. This is …
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How Could We Quite Easily Put An End To Population Explosion?
There does exist an easy and even cheap solution for fixing the pressing global problem of population explosion. It is, however, a well kept secret, as it does require that first and foremost we should be able to remove the …
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Dear God…
Dear God (if ever you exist), Why is all the evidence for evolution boldly written in our genes, in fossils, in biogeography, in present morphologies? Why such clear-cut progression of forms up the strata? Have you intentionally buried them to …
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Reason
I’m not an atheist because I hate god I’m not an atheist because it’s a fad But I’m one because I know how to logically reason I don’t want my mind imprisoned by the tyrant called ignorance it puts you …
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Settling Religious Beliefs
“Religious Discrimination” as negative as the words may be, has been a common practice worldwide especially in our country. People tend to discriminate others who do not belong to their religious groups or those who do not share their faith. …
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I Did Not Choose To Stop Believing
Sathepine’s Video Contest Winner! A video based on Sathepine’s poem “I did not choose to stop believing”.
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Observation From Abroad
It’s disappointing to see my country being run by the Catholic Church and there is no freedom of religion. The Philippines will never rise above its third-world status because the entire country is being controlled by its religion.
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