Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
Modern Society is not becoming a "dictatorship of relativism" rather that is an attempt to disparage changing moral principles that some authors like George Weigel don't agree with.
ReplyDeleteIt used to be a principle of society, held by the majority of its ethical teachers that homosexuality was a abomination and was often treat religiously as a sin and legally as an offense. Some religions have changed their viewpoints but many haven't. Society on the other hand has changed to the principle that people have the right to exercise their sexual preference. A relativistic society would maintain that sometimes it's okay to suppress homosexuality, while other times it isn't. That isn't the case. The primciple is unchanging. People have a right to their sexual preference.
Paradoxically, the right of some faith communities to disagree with that is another principle of modern society. They don't agree but support their right within their faith community to not accept homosexual behavior. It's paradoxical as only a few hundred years ago such principle of allowing acceptance or rejection of a opinon was not allowed. One absolutism has been replaced by another.