February 2012
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Confessions of an Impeachment and RH Bill Fiend
By Sylvia Claudio
Sin number 1: My productivity is much diminished these days because I am addicted to watching the impeachment. Every boring detail. I seethe at every bone-headed move by the prosecution, at every legal victory of the defense. I think Juan Ponce Enrile is a vampire. He can’t be that good. Especially as I hated him during martial law. I think Serafin Cuevas is brilliant. But I...
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PETA, Sex, and Shock: A Note on Misguided...
by Marguerite de Leon
Over the past few years, I’ve evolved from a staunch carnivore to someone a bit more understanding of why some people shun eating meat. In fact, I was able to stay more or lesspescetarian for the good part of a year, up until I got sick of my very limited choices when eating out (bangus sisig, bangus sisig, calamares, bangus sisig, shrimp tempura, sizzling squid, bangus...
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Filipino Freethinkers February 19 (Sunday) Holy...
The last Starbucks meetup had so many people that the staff tried to kick us out saying that we had essentially gotten a free function room and that the spirited discussion of fifty odd people was bothering the customers.
With no regular source of funds and no desire to require people to support Starbucks’ global empire by buying some minimum amount of overpriced coffee while there, we began...
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More Important than the God Question
by Jong Atmosphera
In The Bottomline episode aired last February 4, Red Tani agreed with Boy Abunda that no one actually wins in debates on the existence of God. And I concur because the god concept has too many facets lumped together and discussions often shift from one facet to another.
For example, in order to prove the existence of God (or at least the high probability thereof), apologists...
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Science By the Wayside: DepEd’s Wrong Choice
The DepEd decided to remove Science subjects in Grades 1 and 2. This was reported in the January 24, 2012 Manila Bulletin article entitled, “DepEd drops ‘Science’ for pupils”. Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, FSC explained the rationale of dropping Science subjects in Grades 1 to Grade 2 by saying that such a move was to “decongest (the) Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) and to make learning...
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Filipino Freethinkers Turns Three
by Red Tani
3 years ago, 26 freethinkers met for the first time in Shangri-la Starbucks to talk about reason, science, and secularism. Since then, we’ve been pretty busy:
We’ve spread freethought on social media through Twitter (over 3,000 followers), Facebook (over 3,000 group members and almost 10,000 fans), and our website, which has almost a thousand posts, has been viewed more than half a...
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The DOH: Does the ‘H’ Stand for Health or...
by Jeiel Aranal
Image from Instructables
Yesterday the Department of Health (DOH), the institution that is supposed to be raising the standards of health for Filipinos, caved in to an institution that is very adamant on lowering the standards of health for Filipinos: the CBCP. It seems that when the bishops say “jump,” the DOH asks “how high?”, instead of doing their job for the Filipino...
mula-kay-anne asked: Hi! I am watching BottomLine right now. I was surprised to see that there is an organization (if that's how you call this po) that have the same beliefs like me. Super tinulungan po ako ng interview of Mr. Tani to convince my parents not to force me into the 'believe God' thought. Though grabe padin ang sermon na nakukuha ko, ok lang naman. Btw, I want to learn more din po about...