Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4647 )

• Which Bible?

  

  No doubt the Bible holds a privileged place in western civilization. Arguably, it is the most influential book that exists in terms of its cultural influence... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jesus, My Foot

  

  A story going around the internet features pictures of Paula Osuna’s bruised second toe. According to the YouTube story, Osuna fell down the stairs then had... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Horse Sense

  

  In an article in last month’s Federalist, Tom Nichols lamented the death of expertise. Well, not exactly. Expertise is not so much dead as lost in the wash. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Myth-story

  

  Either there was, or there wasn’t. An historical Jesus, I mean. I just finished reading Robert M. Price’s The Christ Myth Theory and Its Problems, and I have... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Past Imperfect

  

  Religion is inextricably tied to the past. So when I noticed an article in Wired entitled “The End of Then: Past? Present? Online, It All Runs Together,” by Pau... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• ‘S No Day in New York

  

  “You’re waiting for a train. A train that’ll take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you. But you can’t know for sure. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Engineering Meaning

  

  Engineers have been a part of my life in many ways. My mother’s father was an engineer. Although she did not know it, my grandmother’s grandfather was also an... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ham on Nye

  

  Bill Nye, the Science Guy, comprised a good part of my thirties. My daughter was young and we were living in a religious environment sometimes openly hostile... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Devil’s Advocate

  

  At fives and sixes, the Pope who gave us the devil’s advocate.Those of us who grew up Protestant often had recourse to only faulty knowledge of Catholicism. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Porcine Prognostication

  

  Punxsutawney Phil phled his shadow this morning, leaving many despairing another six weeks of winter, which meteorology seems to dictate anyway. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• TechnoFrazzle

  

  Hebrew can be an obstinate language. And computer software companies can be immature. In a biblically inspired pulling out of the hair and rending of mine cloak... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nc-17

  

  Holy Shit (in the philosophical mention sense, not the use sense), by Melissa Mohr, is a book I had intended to write. I’m glad Dr. Mohr beat me to it,... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Retire Me This…

  

  We’re all getting older.  My daily, grudging glimpse in the mirror reminds me that my beard wasn’t always gray, and there was a time *gasp* when no beard grew a... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who Loves You?

  

  Wonder is too easily lost in a reductionistic world. Even when we get to the level of quantum mechanics we’re told, “it’s just physics.” How depressing. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weather Or Not

  

  The internet’s nothing if not self-referential. A post by Fred Clark over on Patheos, pointed out to me by my brother-in-law, has received 235 comments (at the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Girl Named Cthulhu

  

  It was only a 25-word blurb in last week’s Time magazine. A Canadian couple decided to let the internet community name their daughter. As of the time of... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tweeting Treason

  

  Partisan politics can be very depressing. Religion seldom helps. Good ol’ boys hepped up on Jesus and lynchings creep me out a bit, especially when they’ve got... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Material Goods

  

  Few ideas are as insidious as the reductionistic materialism touted by some of the New Atheists. Atheism and materialism need not walk down the same garden path... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Stealing God Blind

  

  Photo credit: Raul 654, Wiki CommonsA friend who also works in the book trade recently revealed that the section in one of the few remaining brick-and-mortar... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sidekick

  

  I have moved from the territory of Sharon to that of Laura. New York City is a conglomeration of smaller neighborhoods, and even Midtown Manhattan hosts hundred... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY