tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post389379599017086877..comments2024-01-01T21:57:26.021-05:00Comments on Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Birth analogy: Appropriate? What do you think?Fr. Tim Moylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18030197987469327645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post-1386989417893609092010-10-14T04:45:23.722-04:002010-10-14T04:45:23.722-04:00"...everyone has a conscience."
Maybe. ...<i>"...everyone has a conscience."</i><br /><br />Maybe. Depends on how you define it. However, even if that were true, any one's conscience will not be the same as everyone else's.<br /><br />And freedom of expression does not stop where someone else's <i>dignity</i> is offended. It stops where someone else's <i>rights</i> are being abrogated. "Dignity" is much too variable in nature to use as a measure of anyone's rights.Janus Bellatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467165902363025714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post-49840630298793633292010-10-12T21:59:30.851-04:002010-10-12T21:59:30.851-04:00I think I would agree with the comparison and the ...I think I would agree with the comparison and the statement, but would add "freedom of conscience" to it. There are people out there who are not religious but everyone has a conscience. The part in parenthesis is unclear though. What is meant by "including full right of public expression"?--Is this referring to public expression of religion, such as public worship, or to the right of religious believers to bring their faith into the public square? Also, is freedom of expression an absolute? I think my freedom of expression ends where your dignity is offended. (ie. I prefer not to bump into a nudist on the corner of my street).<br /><br /> I do believe however, that we must be allowed to express our faith in words and deeds. After all, we are all believers, the only question is.... in whom and in what.Cristina Alarconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161176184582593579noreply@blogger.com