Declaration of the Bab 2013
Tomorrow (May 23), members of the Baha'i Faith will celebrate "the Declaration of the Bab," one of eleven holy days on the Baha'i religious calendar. Of those eleven Baha'i holy days, work is suspended on nine of them; this is one of those nine. Baha'is, like Jews and Muslims, reckon "days" as be

posted 6:01:22pm May. 22, 2013 | read full post »

At the Intersection of Church and State, the Violations Continue...
In a previous blog entry, I commented upon a recent news story involving the cancellation of an Arkansas school district's elementary school graduation ceremonies in the wake of a local controversy over prayer, which the district had intended to incorporate as part of the official proceedings. Ra

posted 6:04:38pm May. 20, 2013 | read full post »

Pentecost 2013
This Sunday (May 19) is the Christian holiday known as Pentecost, widely regarded by many believers as marking the actual birth or nativity of the church. Pentecost commemorates the descent of, and the manifestation among Christ's apostles, of the Holy Spirit (one of the three divine Persons of t

posted 4:32:17pm May. 17, 2013 | read full post »

Shavuot 2013
At sunset yesterday (Tuesday, May 14), Jews worldwide began the Jewish holiday festival of Shavuot (pronounced "shav-oo-OT"), otherwise known as the Feast of Weeks. Shavout is traditionally both an agricultural harvest festival (originally dating back to when the first fruits of the harvest seaso

posted 7:01:29pm May. 15, 2013 | read full post »

It's Not About Being "Too P.C." or Not Wanting to "Offend"; It's About the LAW
There seems to be a rather widespread misunderstanding regarding the actual underlying motivations of people who object to schools leading prayers and courts posting copies of the Ten Commandments, or who protest against "under God" being in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" being on ou

posted 6:46:02pm May. 13, 2013 | read full post »