tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post116014703200671014..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Winds of War: Why the West Needs to Grow a Moral BackbonePastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1160201360005892532006-10-07T07:09:00.000+01:002006-10-07T07:09:00.000+01:00Europe and return to Christian roots IS Pope Bened...Europe and return to Christian roots IS Pope Benedict XVI's purpose in doing and saying what he has been saying. A well as writing. He even chse the name Benedict, which has much meaning. St. Benedict is the patron Saint of Europe, whose repair Cardinal Ratzinger always had a passion for. The previous Pope Benedict also was Pope in a time of war and played his part in Europe making its stand. There is a great deal of symbolism in all that the Pope does, and leave it to Muslims to think that its all about them. If you read his works you will know what his aims are, and dealing with Europe, Muslims do come into play. But they needn't have researched all of his works, just having read the speech in its entirety would have sufficed.Kiddohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626502212185158978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1160195485867892582006-10-07T05:31:00.000+01:002006-10-07T05:31:00.000+01:00You are right as always, Pastorius. I fear I must...You are right as always, Pastorius. <BR/>I fear I must be beyond the internet for the next four days. It's great that is still that there is the chance to beyond the internet.Demostheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913280827823124219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1160168626184516892006-10-06T22:03:00.000+01:002006-10-06T22:03:00.000+01:00I think you make a good point Demosthenes. But, it...I think you make a good point Demosthenes. But, it isn't only that those we call moral relativists are "non-judgemental to the extreme," because they have no trouble being judgemental of Western values. They are not relativists in that sense. Their moral universe turns on what they believe Western civilization represents.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1160168246262027652006-10-06T21:57:00.000+01:002006-10-06T21:57:00.000+01:00I've posted before on this issue. It's not moral ...I've posted before on this issue. It's not moral relativism that you wish to attack. You have been told it's moral relativism by people with other agendas. <B>A moral relativist can and does make judgments and still can tell other people that they are evil.</B> What you want to attack is taking being non-judgmental to an extreme. Taken to an extreme being non-judgmental is the fear of thinking. You can almost taste these people's fear as they quote Matthew 7:1 like its only verse that matters in the Bible. They may be Christian or non-religious, but they wield this verse as their holy amulet to chase away the demon Reason. Needless to say, to make this verse into the end-all and be-all of the Bible is to trivialize both the Bible and Christianity.<BR/><BR/>I rather suspect that the non-judgmental & mindless are happy to receive the label "moral relativist" from their opponents. It makes it look like that there is some excuse for their profound desire not to think.Demostheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913280827823124219noreply@blogger.com