Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4659 )

• What’s the Story?

  

  Belief is truly an amazing phenomenon. Even as we see it play out daily in the news, rational people ask themselves how people can accept something that all... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ezekiel’s Nightmare

  

  I’m still thinking about Ruby Ridge. It’s not unusual for me to be a bit late catching up on yesteryear’s news, but being alive during Trumpocalypse has made... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Behind the Scenes

  

  Although I confess to being a horror aficionado, it took many years before I could convince myself to watch The Exorcist. I finally saw it in the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Pack

  

  Maturity, in my experience, means knowing little and assuming even less. When I was young I grew up on a diet of books that were linear—plots were easily... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cult of Paris

  

  The cult of celebrity is dangerous. The results of both biological and psychological sciences inform us that mammals, especially primates, hold “alpha”... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For It Is Written

  

  “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose,” William Shakespeare wrote in his controversial Merchant of Venice. He was, in fact, using the Bible as the... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Faithism

  

  Religion, in general, has come upon hard times. Many proponents of science and secularism point disparagingly toward what is, in all likelihood, one of... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mountain Tops

  

  Idaho can be a peaceful place. I’ve spent parts of many summers there. I grew aware, over time, that the northern panhandle had an association with white... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dawn’s Early

  

  Early to bed, early to rise, and people’ll think you’re weird. At least in my experience. Making an island into the place where hundreds of thousands have to... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Evangelical Angst

  

  Unless you know what it’s like to face life with no real prospects beyond making it to Heaven when you die, you can’t understand evangelical angst. That last... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Doubting Normal

  

  The problem with being mainstream is that you have a hard time impressing anybody. “Mainstream church does something normal” is hardly an eye-catching headline. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sects on the Highway

  

  Here in the east, it’s not unusual to see Amish buggy road caution signs. Well, not so much in New Jersey, but in my somewhat frequent trips into Pennsylvania... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Excavating Above Ground

  

  It’s like a horror movie. You’re about to enter a place where the dead were laid to rest. You’re out in the remote Orkney Islands, and nobody knows you’re here. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rains and Bows

  

  It’s raining and I’m here for an outdoor event. Here, in this case, is Ithaca, New York. The event is the parade that’s an integral part of the Ithaca Festival. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Redefinition

  

  The striking thing about Evangelicalism is its protean nature. The earliest forms of this conversion-based “Christianity” began with the Reformation among... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Only Which King James?

  

  Nothing is as simple as it seems. Not that the Bible ever claims simplicity for itself. Among those who make up their minds before seeing all the evidence,... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Hardest Part

  

  The waiting, Tom Petty suggested, is a most difficult portion (no copyright violations!). The late, great departed rocker had a point. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Apb

  

  It’s disconcerting. Being mistaken for somebody else. I suspect I’m not alone in having shown up somewhere I’ve never been before only to have people mistake... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A New Look

  

  I beg the indulgence of my regular readers as I post a public service entry today. As I noted a few weeks back, I have filled the allotted free space on... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Driving Truth

  

  One of the problems with driving is that you can’t get pictures of billboards. Well, given the way people drive around here, I suspect that may not always be... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY