December 2011
65 posts
Aldrin: Reasons for the season →
Jewish gender segregation campaign turns violent →
This is very disturbing. If these rabid ultra-orthodox Jews wish to dress in a certain way, they are free to do so, but what others choose to wear is none of their business. And WTF gender segregation?
Pope Laments Christmas Consumerism, Urges People... →
Said the Pope, while dressed in ornate robes, gold bejeweled staff inside a jam-packed glittering cathedral full of priceless religious artworks and carried right into the center of the elaborate and expensive Christmas mass by a moving platform. We should receive our admonitions of simplicity from a better source, not this senile old magician.
If you see a cab with the plate TYL-409, please...
Said cab is suspected of being an accomplice to robbing and mauling a friend who’s currently in a hospital due to the incident. Help from guys in the media will also be appreciated, since QCPD (Kamuning) is reluctant to help.
Other details: P#: tyl409 / E#: 2E-3254892 / C#: EE110-8009918 / MV#: 138000000225318 / Col: Freedom White / Sticker#: 2011122773755 / MVType: Car / TradeName: /...
CBCP: Church of the Poor or Conference of... →
Jesus denounced the Pharisees for not practicing what they preach. Don’t the bishops commit the same when they ask Catholics to share their wealth while these bishops hoard theirs?
The billionaires of the CBCP may have failed to follow Jesus’ teaching about selling their riches and serving the poor, but they’re doing an excellent job spreading Jesus’ teaching about the hypocrisy of religious...
CBCP: Avoid giving 'angry bird' gifts →
Because the CBCP are a bunch of pigs?
Srsly, bishops? What about the billions of pesos in your coffers? The women and children you’ve molested? The rapist-priests you cover up? The indigenous groups you owe blood-money for the murder of their ancestors and the suppression of their ways? INUNA NIYO PA TALAGA ANG ANGRY BIRDS??!
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Movie Trailers →
OH MY FREAKIN’ GODS!!!!!!!!!!!
25 Ridiculous Reactions To #GodIsNotGreat →
Proof that just because you believe in a good and all-loving god doesn’t necessarily mean you become as good and all-loving. Most of the time, not even close.
I have removed all my tags on Tumblr. Must. Not....
They were getting messy. Me hates clutter.
Christ Is NOT the [only] Reason for the Season →
[addendum mine] An interesting article that leads to an interesting chain of comments, albeit nothing I would consider new information.
I leave this for those who still need to know.
Interfaith/Intrafaith Series #11: 8 Things I Love... →
No, not all religion is poisonous, fantastical, or “the same banana” — but yes, any ideology (religious or otherwise) that feeds blind faith, unquestionable tradition, infallible authority, immutable dogma, or absolutist morality (etc) inevitably hampers human progress.
This polytheist will miss you, Christopher Hitchens. Thank you for all the awesome.
This is what we all look like to Alien... →
No description necessary. At all.
Despite claims of early warning, PAGASA caught... →
This is very, very disappointing.
#PatheosMirth Needs #Pagan Funny →
AMG PAGAN JOKES!
Catholic bank owned pill shares →
A Roman Catholic bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies.
Old news; still relevant. When shall the people take back their mother church from these corrupt, bigoted hypocrites?
Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back →
My heart goes to Wukan and all of China. No more winters! Set the people free!
Tips For Helping Your Heathen Child Deal With... →
As much as it warms our hearts that our kids have the opportunity to grow up in our folkway, we can’t forget that they live in a far different world than we do. They have some very perilous territory to navigate, and holding beliefs that are different from the majority make it that much harder.
Brilliant. This works for just about most Pagan parents, Norse or otherwise. And possibly atheist...
Time for courage →
Q. Isn’t it the case that had Mama Dionisia practised family planning, there would have been no Manny Pacquiao?
A. Had there been an RH Bill, there might have been more Manny Pacquiao’s since smaller family sizes among the poor would have resulted in less infant deaths and in more children being better fed and having access to better health care.
Yes, stupid questions exist. Kudos to those...
On Saturnalia Eve →
Io Saturnalia! Io Triumphi! Io Saturnalia!
The Virgin returns, returns old Saturn’s reign,
With a new breed of men sent down from Heaven.
Virgil, Eclogue IV
Yes, we don’t all celebrate with orgies on Saturnalia.
The World's Happiest (And Saddest) Countries →
1) Norway
For the third year, Norway ranked no. 1. With per capita GDP of $54,000 it is among the richest in the world and ranks first in social capital and second in safety and security.
Are Scandinavian countries part of the happiest? Is the Pope Catholic?
I am... →
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag everyday.
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long...
Irreverent atheists crowdsource charitable giving →
Many donations were tagged with messages such as “Because god won’t”, “Good without god” or even “Good without Zeus”.
Why do they always have to drag Zeus into this? Don’t tell me the Loud-thundering One broke their hearts, too? Stick to the gods you actually know.
Senate 'anti-discrimination bill' mandates... →
So, according the CBCP, it should be OK to bully or discriminate against LGBT as long as one’s religion approves of it? Bigotry straight from the horse’s arse.
Facebook-savvy bishop installed as new Manila... →
Even before 6 a.m., Catholic faithful from Imus, Cavite performed a “Karakol” dance for Tagle near the Manila Cathedral. Tagle took part in the dancing, the report said.
Ang mga Imuseño talagá, hanggáng Maynilà dinalá ang karakól.
In more important news, I hope he is as progressive as we all hope him to be. I wish him strength to withstand the bullying of his more conservative...
Joshua Bell "Stop and Hear the Music" by the... →
Of course, I would stop and watch, and dream of amazing things. I love violinists…I mean, violins.
Then again, if I was running late, I probably wouldn’t stay very long. Or maybe I would for that talent and that face.
Vatican official: UN gay 'rights' agenda endangers... →
Indeed, the fruit (CBCP) does not fall far from the tree (Vatican).
BTW, MarleneB (from the comments section) is AWESOME.
No same-sex unions under anti-discrimination bill,... →
Dear CBCP: discrimination and gay marriage are different issues.
The bill prohibits discrimination in employment, delivery of goods and services, and in portrayal in media. It bans, for example, the use of religious characterization such as words of religious importance in print and broadcast media when geographical, political, socio-economic, or other distinction might be more accurate.
HOW...
My Letter to the Editor of The Philippine Daily... →
In a country where the right to non-discrimination is often triviliased, did we really expect we could get anything less skewed, even from a well-respected broadsheet? Well, no, not here. But we should, most definitely. And we should be passionate about it, like Robert Diaz over here.
Scandinavia's Sami Reindeer Herders →
I have always loved and will always love the Sami.
Islamic Cleric Bans Women from Touching Bananas,... →
In a ridiculously repressive and absurd proposal, an Islamic cleric residing in Europe has said in a ruling that women should not touch or be anywhere close to bananas and cucumbers, in order to avoid “sexual thoughts”.
An unnamed sheikh was quoted in a religious publication, el-Senousa News, as saying that if a woman wished to eat cucumbers or bananas, it should be sliced into...
CBCP wants anti-discrimination bill cleansed of... →
The Senate has recently passed on third reading the bill which is after penalizing all forms of discrimination.
Ronald Reyes, a lawyer of the CBCP, said they had no qualms about the bill before but became concerned when the bill was amended and “sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity” were included.
The very words of an organisation of bigoted, outdated arseholes you’d trust...
“We should stop listening to priests. They are not poor and they are not women.”
– Atty Elizabeth Pangalangan at the Women’s Rights Forum
Why LGBT People Must Get Personal with the... →
When children are bullied because of how they express their sexuality, it doesn’t matter to them what disorders are on the list of the American Psychiatric Association. To these children, it is hardly political, it is personal. When lesbians are raped to cure them of their “disease,” they don’t care much about how homosexual activists gain public sympathy. To these lesbians, it is hardly...