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I have a great deal of respect for the people who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of solutions that help everyone in the world. Notably, Karen Armstrong delivered a speech (found via Chris) at the TED conference this year discussing the current problems with religion in the world. I have tremendous respect for her [...]

The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.

Article 2, Section 6 of The Constitution of The Republic of The Philippines
I suppose it would be wishful thinking to hope for the US to follow a sensible Filipino lead in this respect. Though it would also be good if Filipinos actually followed their constitution.

What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!Henry David Thoreau

There is a dreadful anxiety surrounding nudity in some modern countries, most notably the United States. [...]

As with any other subject that people are passionate about, religion has its reactionaries who subconsciously categorize interlocutors into generalized positions. There are Christians who will infer from your lack of belief in Christianity as a whole that you think everything Christian is necessarily false, bad, or useless. This is, of course, a logical fallacy.
If [...]

Some books that I’ve read recently and recommend:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals
Why I am Not a Christian
Hackers and Painters
Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by [...]

Almost every adult in a Christian community is more or less diseased nervously as a result of the taboo on sex knowledge when he or she was young. And the sense of sin which is thus artificially implanted is one of the cases of cruelty, timidity, and stupidity in later life. There is no rational [...]

Often in the course of the philosophy of religion, the question of free will vs. determinism is brought up. Typically, the non-religious side claims that every human has complete autonomy and control over him or herself, doing whatever is willed and having unbounded freedom. The religious side usually asserts that there is some omnipotent, omniscient, [...]

There has been more talk lately about bringing creationism into the science classroom, to be taught alongside evolution as a supposed “alternate theory”, but there is a major problem with this proposal; namely that creationism is not a scientific theory at all. I leave the details to Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne.
Findings from a recent [...]

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Bill Gates
If you’re going for simplification and pure reduction of commitments, it makes logical sense to abstain from actively participating in all organizations. Seeing as though I am definitely a person [...]

Atheism is the state either of being without theistic beliefs, or of actively disbelieving in the existence of deities.
Wikipedia
1. a) Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. b) The doctrine that there is no God or gods. 2. Godlessness; immorality.
American Heritage Dictionary
1. archaic : UNGODLINESS, WICKEDNESS. 2. a) a disbelief in [...]