Religion

A terrible thing happened last night. Two young gang members were peing pursued by police. The "chase" only lasted two minutes but by the end of it the 17 and 21 year old men had run a red light and T-boned a car carrying an 18 and a 19 year old boy. One of them, was my friend from high school. Both were upstanding young men. Their death is tragic and confusing. How could this happen?  Read More »

I rewrite lyrics to mean something to me, I also find connections between me and things in my world.

I have found a connection with me to this song by the Fray.

He, they, sings meaningful lyrics that touch people, people question their reasons but I rather just listen to the music but sometimes I find myself sucked into the cycle of knowing why someone wrote certain words...  Read More »

What is the state of the modern American mind? Where is our society headed, and how did we get where we are? What is our responsibility to our fellow man? How do we achieve progress in these uncertain times? What is “progress,” anyway?  Read More »

Individuals immune to debating
Despite topic, arguing will not change anybody's mind

Derrick Skaug

The Daily Evergreen

Published: 02/09/2009

In one of the worst episodes of NBC’s hit sitcom “The Office,” the Dunder Mifflin employees debate whether movie star Hilary Swank is “hot.” A hand vote at the end of the episode reveals not a single mind changed.  Read More »

Yikes, touchy subject right? This issue is on the minds of millions. But this is essentially the response that Miss America first runner-up California's Carrie Prejean gave last night on the Miss America Pageant contest. Infamous online celebrity gossiper, and totally gay dude Perez Hilton asked Prejean the tough question. (I felt sorry for the girl when she got it.  Read More »

So I always try to stay open minded about religion and think that everyone has a right to their own beliefs. I was personally raised as a Methodist but I just don't feel that strongly about religion. I think of it as a good story book with some history behind it.  Read More »

So, I made it quite clear a while back that Christmas was very much a Pagan holiday. I even explained how Groundhog Day's traditions are rooted in Paganism, and how St. Patrick's Day started as a celebration of the conversion of Irish Pagans to Christianity. Well, now it's Easter and I'm back again to share the origins of yet another holiday. At this point (and especially with this holiday), you're probably thinking "what did Christianity steal this time?"

But wait. Easter's different. Believe it or not, Easter wasn't originally a Pagan holiday.  Read More »

A lot of you may remember me mostly for one of two reasons. My ignorant yet passionate rants on religion or my blog on my autistic brother, my complete stranger. Unfortunately, I didn't have the ability to write on anything else so I wrote on those two since they in general attracted a lot of attention. I am glad that by now, I have a lot more to say. A lot has happened since then.  Read More »