Let’s do a quick word association. What do you think of when you hear the world “Islam?” Take a second to think about it… What did you come up with? Was it a religion that stresses peace, unity of mankind and equality? The sad thing is that those concepts most likely did not come to mind. We often associate Islam with terrorist organizations hell-bent on...

Nov 9, 2012

If you are like me, you are probably sick and tired of all the political debate involving Tuesday night’s election. Romney lost, Barack Obama won: it is time to move on, folks. So let us get back to a totally non-confrontational, light discussion-based topic like religion. That was sarcasm, of course. After my home state, Washington, passed an initiative...

As I was making my usual attempt to study in Coe Library this Monday, the loud yelling of a large crowd outside interrupted me. As I looked to see what the commotion was, I was hit with a barrage of words like “drunkard,” “faggot” and the good old expression: “YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!” That only meant one thing to me: Yep, Brother Jed is back in the...

Religion and politics can be a tricky area, especially in American politics. We are all from various backgrounds, different religious beliefs and contrasting social classes making it difficult to please everyone. But as for that line between religion and church, where is it drawn? In my opinion, it needs to be pretty dang thick between church and government. My...

When one thinks about polygamy, there may be several things that come to mind. The most obvious one is that of the Mormon religion. Another image we may get is that of a patriarchal male that dominates a family unit. While we all may have our own presumptions about polygamy, there are many things that the general public may not know about it. The first of which...