Steveawiggins
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Sects and Violence in the Ancient World
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A blog that tries to find intelligent things to say about religion and related subjects.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4140 )
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Next to Godliness
Catholics, secularists, and even a Pharaoh or two. Loud, pounding music. Dancing teenagers. It must be FIRST Robotics season again. Read more
Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Evolving Leadership
Simple answers are seldom correct. Unfortunately many people will accept a simple answer rather than try to sort through the complexities that life in the... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Trouble Feature
I must be a glutton for punishment. My fascination with horror films grew more out of enjoying the unsettling mood these movies used to set. Read more
Posted on 15 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pope Springs Eternal
All channels lead to Rome. In a world where Christians lament their public influence, we can’t seem to get enough of the pageantry, the mystery, and the... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
HRH Vs C of E
An article from the Sunday Daily Mail, the UK newspaper, opens with the headline “Queen fights for gay rights.” I was pleased, as most even-minded individuals... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Tale of Two Bees
We’re nearing the competition season for FIRST Robotics. The animated, mechanical creatures created from scratch since early January are now set to compete for ... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Flight of Fancy
I’m about fully recovered from my recent visit to Texas. Travel is perhaps the greatest form of education. After having my regular government pat-down, and... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Real Life Zombies
In recent months Binghamton University has been on my mind. Binghamton has a number of videos available on YouTube which I find to be entertaining and even,... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Esalen
Every great once in a while, you read an academic book that really makes you think. Not that many books aren’t erudite or thought-provoking, but the ones that... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Celebrating Women of All Nations and Faiths
So it’s International Women’s Day, and I’m thinking about what various religions might do to celebrate it. How about equality? True equality. With rare... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Beg Your Martyr
Despite the extreme antipathy shown toward religion by the educational establishment, the Chronicle of Higher Education doesn’t shy away from the topic. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Animal Mentalism
Science is how we know things. Most things, at least. One of the fundamental aspects of human life not yet grasped by the great empirical method is creativity. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Flying None?
While reading about a saint or two recently, I once again came across the concept of levitation. Long dismissed as overly gullible piety of superstitious... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Computer of Dr. Caligari
To be human is to be ethical. Not always in the best way, unfortunately. Nevertheless, our moral sensors are pretty much constantly running as we try our best t... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Religion and Its Discontents
Travel broadens the mind. I’ve always felt that travel, for those who pay attention when they do it, is one of the best forms of education available. Read more
Posted on 03 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Guidance
My relationship with Shiri is a love-hate relationship. Shiri is what I called my “Neverlost” GPS in my rental car in Texas. My iPhone has a female voice... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Monkey’s Uncle
An opinion piece in Saturday’s New Jersey Star-Ledger highlights the 150th anniversary of T. H. Huxley’s Man’s Place in Nature this month. Read more
Posted on 01 March 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Persistent Idealism
Few spans of human life are so idealistic as our college years. There we meet many people from beyond our hometown, and we learn the treasures of diversity and... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Austin City Limits
Maybe it’s just because Texas feels like the brass buckle of the Bible Belt, but I had moral qualms about landing in George Bush International Airport this... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Continental Drift
So this is the way epiphany works. (I know it’s Lent, but I’ve got bigger fish to fry.) I sat down to check my personal email after a horrid day at work, and... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY