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R. Skyler Oberst

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

R. Skyler Oberst is an active leader in the interfaith movement, both locally and nationally.
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122713 Quote

"...while there have been many churches in the community who are beacons of hope for the impoverished, there seems to be no movement in...
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121013 quote

"...allowing ourselves to become disoriented by wealth, money and its material incentives actually detracts from leading a fulfilled life simply because it turns us...
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Nones on the run

A recent Gallup poll showed that there seems to be movement in religious America, which has seen the sharp rise of the “spiritual but not religious.”  This group of people is categorized as believers without a formal religious affiliation. This statistic is one of many interconnected shifts in our time. 

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We are all (l)inked together

In Herman Melville’s classic "Moby Dick," the character Queequeg explains that his extensive tattoos are a part of his Maori culture, saying, “We tattoo what is sacred in our culture on ourselves”. A third of the population has taken it upon themselves (no pun intended) to permanently display what is important to them and what they value in life on their bodies.

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