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Rape and Abortion

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Abortion. This is currently one of the most debated topic. This is even considered in some of the laws that are being legislated in the senate. This topic can be linked to life, morality, child rights, civil rights and many more other topics. When I asked this questions, I received mixed responses but all are eager to share their ideas. 

Senator or Preacher?

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Senator Manny Pacquiao did it again. He quoted another bible verse during one of the senate meetings and started preaching about morality. We understand that he is a Christian and he have his faith but I personally think that the senate is the right place to preach. Personal beliefs and practices should be confined in the walls of his home and in his church. Most business establishments or companies even have a rule about topics that are considered as NOT SAFE FOR WORK and religion is one of them. 

The Rising Trend

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What is atheism for you? Each of us may have a different answers to this question. We may have different reasons, beliefs and practices. The idea of atheism is very broad and the definition varies from person to person. What makes it worse is that even among our group we still have some sort of differences. We agree on certain terms according to what's convenient for us and what we consider as moral. But, even our morality is being questioned. Religious groups think they monopolize morality itself. And we still even have several arguments internally within our group about it. We all agree just on a singe thing; there is no definite proof of any god.

Road to Apostasy

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..... a story from  " discreet" I never knew that I would end up to where I am right now. My family is somehow what you can call religious. Everything we do is for the glory of god, so they say. I used to agree with this and I followed blindly to the whims and lessons I am being thought of. In a place where doubt and questions are unacceptable, all you have to do is to be silent and listen. That's why they are called servants. And I used to be one of them until I started asking questions.  Growing-up Religious My mother is a church servant. Being humble, compassionate, understanding, and being patient  are among so many things she thought us. For that, I am very thankful. She also thought us to pray, to do the rosary, to sing songs from the Church and to respect the priests and religious leaders of the church. They are god's representation in this world after all. At least that's what they claim to be. We do rosaries every 6:00 P.M. . Pray when we w