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Friday, November 29, 2024

R. Skyler Oberst

R. Skyler Oberst is an interfaith advocate in Spokane and in 2016 won Young Democrat of the Year.

Our relationship to language is changing

In a perfect world, we’d all understand each other. We’d all know exactly the meaning and context of every sentence, and it would always be the same—across cultures, times, languages—fixed on the pursuit of verifiable truth.

Practice your own religion, but don’t persecute others

It is wrong to use scripture (ANY scripture) to discriminate against others and it is wrong to declare oneself the victim when one has been caught doing such a thing.

An unsettling rise in Islamophobia, intolerance in our community

Earlier this month, I saw a billboard advertising an Islamophobic lecture series on the end of the world.

R. Skyler Oberst

R. Skyler Oberst is an active leader in the interfaith movement, both locally and nationally.

The scapegoat of political correctness

There seems to be a growing deferment of common sense and civil discourse among American conservatives.

Fair-weather faith, fair-weather fans

Last week, Mayor David Condon did something strange. The 12th man flag, an emblem of the Seahawk fan base, was hung from the clock tower in Riverfront Park.

Turn off auto-pilot, attend this lecture and ask the tough questions

The presenter, a traveling lecturer who has been self-publishing books through Sealing Time Ministries on the topic Biblical references to the rise of Islam in the book of revelations — problems with anachronism and those things called facts aside, it is astounding to me that anyone would take-on reading into the future to look for evidence of boogeymen in sister religions.

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