Support HB 4110 Reproductive Health Bill of 2008

Good day!

I just want to reach out to all pinoys and pinays out there to support an online started by the Philippine Atheists Group.
Its about the Reproductive Health Bill.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HB4110

It goes:

To: Philippine House of Congress

We the undersigned express our support of HB 4110, The Reproductive Health Care Act of 4110.

We fully support the bill's principles as laid out in Section 2.

We all hope for a healthy Filipino society. We believe the bill will help us build such a society where reproductive health care is available to anyone and everyone, free of discrimination on age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation or non-affiliation. Where policies concerning reproductive health care that affects everyone is not dictated by any particular religion or belief system. We believe in the right to choose one's method of planning a family and spacing children, or to choose to have no children at all. The rights of the individual to choose according to his conscience don't fall under the aegis of self-proclaimed moral authorities of the religious establishment.

The Philippines is a nation of diverse religious beliefs/non-beliefs. No single belief system represents the whole diversity of Filipino religious and non-religious thought or belief nor does any of its leaders speak for all its adherents. The continued opposition by the leaders of certain sects is a clear encroachment on the rights to free choice on reproductive health methods and services of every Filipino, and trample on the rights of those who do not adhere to their beliefs. We strongly condemn the negative campaign being waged by these leaders to mislead its adherents by misrepresenting the bill's content, and by resorting to using dogmatic, unscientific, and out-moded beliefs to support its arguments.

We strongly support the legislation because we believe this is for the well-being our nation in particular and humanity in general as we face the future of a planet with limited resources.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

It’s for our own good as citizen of this country. We would not want to end up like China, paying tax in order to keep our children, do we?

What's Up! Roman Catholics' Youth Day

Hi blog,


THE WORLD YOUTH DAY

The Catholics are calling it the world youth day.

I used to be a part of this almost 13 years ago. I don’t regret ever going there nor do I want to remember it but hey, there’s just no use. Whenever this event comes up, I am reminded that I was once a blind follower.

Time to take away the blinds that cover the said “occasion”

THE WORLD UNTRUTH DAY

First, as one blogger pointed out, (can’t quite figure out where I read it) it shouldn’t be called the World Youth Day. It’s d*mn offensive. Could you please call it “THE CATHOLIC YOUTH DAY”. Better yet, call it the proper way: “THE WORLD UNTRUTH DAY” .

Second, it is not true that welcoming all these people would boost your tourism economy. For pete’s sakes, they are there because of the EVENT and not for TOURISM. Believe me, after they had gone to your place because of this event, they will not be back in a long time, well at least most of them won’t. You ask why? BECAUSE your WORLD UNTRUTH DAY participants are FUNDED by the people who, themselves cannot go to the event. How many poor people live their lives, working, striving really hard just to have food at their table 3x a day, 7 days a week, give ALMS to their churches just to be wasted on these “righteous” people to go to other countries to have fun, to mingle with other people. What if you put all the money you have, instead of giving the Pope a pope mobile, which he really doesn’t need if he just stayed at the Vatican, and gave all the poor people enough CAPITAL to START THEIR LIVES to become productive, earning citizens of their respective countries.

Third, what is the essence of sending the youth to these events? As far as I know these gathering help in reinforcing the FUDs (Fears, Uncertainties, Doubts) about reality. In my time, we are taught (not made to realize, btw) that all men( and women of course) are sinners. What’s wrong with that? For one, it is a BIG LIE! Sinners, to whom? Sinners of what? What did I do wrong? What did I do to deserve everlasting punishment in fire and eternal torment? (maybe this blog, but who cares) Nothing? Are you sure? I know I am. Hell is the sickest, vilest idea that man ever came up with to control other people. It is created by man’s imagination and nothing else. It is the scariest scare tactic that should stop spreading and anyone who spread the lies that Hell is real should be made to shut up.

Heaven, too, is a product of malicious thinking. Promising rewards of good fortune, good health and blissful happiness without proof should be sued for false advertisement. People
live just one (conscious) life. After that, nothing else. Promising people that they would be better off without anything in this life is like asking them to set aside all that makes them happy and free. In truth, the heaven concept contradicts with practice of liberty for all men.

Fourth,  shame on you people. Calling it the world youth day. Pure arrogance. Unadulterated pride and sheer arrogance. You are NOT the world and the world is NOT you. Catholicism is but 6% of all religions in the world. If you want to call it world youth day, invite other religions and non-believers, too. If you want to celebrate (not celibate :) the world youth day do it secularly.


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They are at it again!

The Catholic Priests are at it again in my country. These people simply has no respect for the government and the government should not pay respect to those people who can’t respect the government. There is nothing wrong in going against abortion. I don’t care if you are for or anti-abortion (but please, before you EDUCATE your followers in these matters, do it scientifically). If you want your followers to fight against something, coercion should not be at the top of the list. Threats of ex-communication and massive smear campaign against people who pursue reproductive health laws in the Philippines are not the ways of a “True Christian” , or is it? By your actions, you tell people that you are pro-population explosion. You are pro-poverty ( remember prayers and how it keeps money in your pockets and away from poor, hopeless souls?) and you are anti-human race.

I am not FOR abortion, that’s for sure. I think it’s all up to the person. People, if you don’t want abortion, start at the roots. Explain the process of reproduction and the repercussions thereof to kids who are old enough to understand. Don’t scare them. Don’t give them false pretenses that you should DO it with the one you LOVE. Remember, at a young age, LOVE could be really really really really really deceptive. Teach them the truth. Give them the tools that they need to make that decision clear in their head. Or at least, when they really decide that they want to experience it (coitus) , they would be smart enough to use protection.

One thing is for sure though: people are lazy. We all are. Lazy enough to ignore that our environment does not heal itself without our help. Lazy enough to ignore that the children, indeed our future would never be without our guidance and help. We are too lazy to understand that there are some things that we need to seek out and pass on to others so that eventually, we would have answers to our most sought-after questions.

Boldly, I say, these priests are too lazy to tell people “it’s ok. You can have fun.” because they are not having any as a punsihment for being to lazy to have real jobs that will be most helpful to the community.

Without religion, there would be no mouths to feed. Only hands that work.


Renz here, OUT!

Live and let live

Hi blog.

Once again, I am offended by people acting strange around fellow atheists.

I hate it that people (Pinoys, listen up!) thinks we are out of our minds not to believe in a super supreme (pizza) being living in the sky watching us in each and every move we make.

I can only say one word : arrogance. This is plain, simple arrogance. I know that I could never acquire all the knowledge that the universe has yet to reveal, but I know and you know this, that IF there is such a thing as an invisible fairy father in the sky beyond our comprehension, would you think it would be interested in your own little evil heart? Sheesh!

And IF it is indeed, why would it? Have you ever thought of that?

What?

It loves you?

Huh? Come again?

LOVE? HA! Got you! Love is human emotion. Love is needing ... Love is wanting ... Love is ... Well, you get the picture. You love because you feel good about it. You feel something COMPLETING you. You feel something INSIDE stirs UP and making you FEEL good. These are purely HUMAN EMOTIONS. This is ANIMAL INSTINCT. One needs chemical imbalance to SEE, HEAR, FEEL LOVE. If you don’t know what I mean, go google up love’s REAL ingredients ;)

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I’ll be 29 on the 14th, that is, if you are here on Earth and the Earth haven’t swayed more than 140,000km from its current orbit. Let’s see. I am an atheist (We’re all born atheist, until indoctrinated to be not so) again for the last 6 years. Wow!

Compared to the Earth’s 65Billion Years haha I feel so stupid the earth is approx. only 4.5 Billion years old TalkOrigins.org, ha! I feel like a nano second!

Well. I’m tired still have to do something.
Gonna get back to my plans of taking over the world.

Bwa ha ha ha ha


Good night.

Atheist Blog

Hi blog!

No rants, just curious. Aren’t Manny’s (Pacquiao) and David’s (Diaz) friends, families and peers, fans etc. all praying for the same thing? Gee, smell bias in there? Oooohhhhh

It was sad to hear ( read, actually), almost a week now, that one of the truly honest people is now dead ( dead, not passed away, he hates euphemisms *laugh*). I am talking about George Carlin. He’s a good comedian. He always makes me laugh. I know that he would not be able to read this. So, to George’s kin, you’ve got some good genes in your system. I just want to honor George by greeting you instead. Though I never get to see him perform live. I will miss his antics. Thanks for the good laugh.

 I passed by St. Francis Square ( ugh, xtian influence is everywhere ... ) and I was rattled by this xtian music playing loudly in a bazaar. Sheesh ... The nerve. If you want to hear praise songs, can you please keep it to yourselves? One more thing. The Judeo-Christian Idea of God is not the merciful of all if you will analyse that “Good Book” of yours. I reckon you haven’t really read the book or if you had, never cared to see the uber-murderous intent of the being you worship as “God.”

Religious tolerance? Get out of here. Theists could not even tolerate theists of other religion. I have no respect for theists and theism. I really don’t. I may keep quiet around people when they are talking about their beliefs, but inside, I am really laughing. What’s there to respect? These age-old traditions are repeatedly proven to tell people things that are not true, and worse, tell them that what they teach are “Truth(s)” that “shall set one free.” I say they are LIES. Lies that bound them to their “Pastor (Masters)” , taking their hard-earned “EVIL MONEY.” That their “GOD” always has problem producing for his “Children,” which, by the way needs “EVIL MONEY” to be able to live one day at a time “To give HIM praise.” Come on people! Wake up! You don’t need to believe in this bozos. They themselves, if only had they been honest to themselves, have doubt in their hearts. They themselves are not sure if the ever-loving, sweet, merciful “God” would be kind enough not to burn their souls for all eternity. Speaking of eternity, did you ever wonder why I am not afraid of burning in the lake of fire (if it really does exist ?) Think of it, you will burn forever, but you will not die. Eventually, you will get used to the heat and torture and all that shit by the time eternity fades off. (THINK: every foreigner I came to meet, always “gets used to” the heat here .)

It’s 430AM already ... My my my time surely flies doesn’t it? I leave these thoughts to you kiddies. Stop worrying about your “God” I am pretty sure, that with the number of angels that surround him all the time, he doesn’t bother about you, or me, or any piece of scum here on earth that he will someday destroy even if he LOVED the people in it.

Roll....

Start of Disbelief

Even if time is Imaginary [ based on what Mr. Stephen Hawkings said in "A Brief History of Time"], I recall the first time doubt crept my senses. As one fellow Atheist said in a mailing list, it did not occur to me, rather, it was inevitable that I was awaken to the fact that I just cannot believe in an omniscient, omnipotent, omni-benevolent Fairy "Father" in the Sky. I still can recall when I first learned to think before I leapt.

I cannot forget that fateful night, 14th of July 1992. Quietly, I was moved to tears realizing how futile our efforts in "cleansing our soul" is after reading the Book of Revelations. I was reading the part where the seven seals are broken, and already 4 of the 7 trumpets were sounded. Indeed, Horror, Horror, Horror it is. At my age of 12, nothing can be more horrible than to realize that the world we lived in. The same world where we created sweet memories. The very same world that we have come to love, will be ended in one of the most terrible if not the most terrible way that I can imagine. That night, I prayed that if "The Father" is really up there, can he be more merciful towards us, His people, and revoke what was written in that "Sacred" book.

Next morning, I was thinking in class, is there a way that we can avoid this terror? I was too young then so I passed this thinking for several years (another 12 more .) This morning, I was beginning to doubt of god's mercy.

After 12 years. After 4 failed colleges. I began to lift myself up. I started my quest in finding out the truth about me, and the world where I live in. I wrote several questions, essays, poems about life and living. Unfortunately, none of them made it to this day. I can still remember though, at one time I was so at peace that I again realized that one day, all of this will end. I was a member of a Christian Church at that time and opening the bible is common to me. Instead of giving me hope, it gave me depression. I looked for help and found none. Instead, I was told over and over and over again that I am a sinner. I have to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior and all of this will be gone but what the heck.

I got tired of this. I know that I am not perfect, but, I am not THAT bad. There may be some things that I did wrong, but, I am not qualified for a wrath that will never end. Think about this: if you really love someone, would you punish them for all eternity if you could?

What is punishment for? The main purpose of punishment is for humans to realize that they had been wrong. After punishment, what comes next? The lesson. Ahhh!!! of course!

Keeping this in mind, what is eternal punishment for? Hmmmm..... And if this punishment is eternal, when will the lesson be learned? Ahhhh....

Think for a moment and ask yourselves these questions.

I know I often do.

First Post

Good day!

I am not an avid poster. I just want to clear my thoughts on every day thinking. If I were not to do this, my head will explode. Hope that I can please whoever is going to read these things.