DON CASEBOLT, Author at Santa Maria Sun

Religious roots

Implicit sexism won’t go away until we rid ourselves of the sexism in our religious texts

by DON CASEBOLT November 15, 2016August 31, 2022

The implicit sexism lamented by the editor in “Reality check” (Nov. 3) is deeply rooted in our culture in a paradoxical source: the Bible. (And until these roots are extirpated, latent sexism will continue.) This is obvious in many Old Testament and New Testament texts. These texts, starting with the sex roles of Adam and […]

Opinion

Saintliness is in the eye of the beholder

The question of whether Junipero Serra is a saint should be determined by looking at history as a whole

by DON CASEBOLT September 10, 2015August 16, 2023

Junipero Serra: “Is he saint material?” asks the Sun in its Sept. 3 cover story, “Mission to sainthood.” What a fitting question for Santa Maria, the most venerated Saint, Mother of God, and home of the Saints! But is a saint, as the subtitle suggests, and the church and history experts quoted in the article […]

Opinion

Remember patience and humility

Christ didn’t force himself on everyone around him

by DON CASEBOLT November 12, 2013August 17, 2023

Recently there has been a spate of news reports concerning the relationship of religion in the public square. The Sun, a northern Santa Barbara weekly, in its Nov. 7 issue, published a report that Pismo Beach was being sued for violating the California Constitution’s “no preference and establishment” clause regarding religion (“Religious watchdog sues Pismo […]