Comments on: Filipino Freethinkers

By: Darrel Butcher

Darrel Butcher — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:39:02 +0000

I am from Baguio. Is there any meetings in that area?

By: Hank Pellissier

Hank Pellissier — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:35:38 +0000

We’re putting on the first-ever Atheist Film Festival in San Francisco — an easy place for it, sure — would love to have some Filipino youtube videos in it — if you have some, send them to our curator: vernoicachater@mac.com — also, we want to take the festival to Manila, if there’s a theater we can show them in

By: micketymoc

micketymoc — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:30:37 +0000

Sure! Come on down.

By: Awesomesauce

Awesomesauce — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:00:06 +0000

I’m likely to be visiting the Philippines this summer. Are visitors allowed to the group?

By: Red

Red — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:50:14 +0000

Hi Kriss, Pinoy Atheist aka John the Atheist is a member of Filipino Freethinkers, and also a part of the meetup Hemant was referring to. Check out his latest post -- it's very moving. Red

By: Kriss the Sexy Atheist

Kriss the Sexy Atheist — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:23:22 +0000

The Catholic Bishops union takes part in government functions in the Philippines. They try and stop “evil” things like a womans right to choose, and contraception. There is also a site called “Pinoy Atheist: A Journey of an Atheist in Manila.” This dude writes great essays and worth a looksie. Thanxs “H”. Great work as usual.

K.T.S.A.

By: micketymoc

micketymoc — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:07:21 +0000

Red deserves our gratitude for successfully herding us into one place. The striking thing about most of us was, we were mostly "friendly" in our approach to religion... still, sitting with a group of like-minded people is a great relief if you live in a society where BS has a monopoly on the public discussion. Here's my take of the meeting.

By: benj

benj — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:08:47 +0000

…actually, most of the people in attendance chose to put “None” or “—-” under the “faith” column (oh yes, we had an attendance sheet!).

There were a handful of atheists, a couple of deists and a good number of secular humanists as well.

By: max

max — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:54:36 +0000

the “huge” turn out (or turn up?) can maybe attributed to the nature of the group – free thinkers which encompasses atheists, deists, secular humanists .. .etc …

By: benj

benj — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:20:58 +0000

Hey! I “helped” but Red *points up* was the guy who did 99.99% of the work! Thanks Hermant! We’ll keep you posted. We’re planning bigger things for this month!