by Barry Fagin | Sep 9, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, September 15, 2010} I see it quite often, and often when I least expect it. I ran into it again this week in the course of fixing my car. And whenever I see it, it always gives me pause. It makes me feel different, awkward,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 20, 2013 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
The recent riots in Sweden by Muslims are extremely similar to what happened in France a few years ago, and the role of prejudice is being laid once again at the wrong feet. This isn’t about Muslims invading and forcing their host countries to conform —...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 17, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Submitted by Jerry Davis, this gives us an Islamic perspective on when religion can go wrong, something that applies to Christianity or any other belief system or ideology. The first half is from the book “Romanticism” by Harun Yahya and the second half...
by Barry Fagin | May 27, 2013 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, January 20, 2010} Is [[Pat Robertson]] insane, or simply mean and deluded? It’s a question people should no longer be afraid to ask. On a recent episode of the [[700 Club]], Robertson implied that the reason an earthquake...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 25, 2013 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-04-15} Today marks the last day of Passover, when Jews all over the world gather over a meal whose traditions go back to pre-biblical times. No matter what your level of observance, every one of us feels a special pull...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 4, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-10-14} The “Cloth of Turin” is once again in the news. (It’s not intellectually honest to say “Shroud of Turin”, since there is no evidence it ever held a body). Yet another claim of Cloth believers has been proven...
