tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897988.post1666618451399494890..comments2023-08-25T03:54:55.647-06:00Comments on Believe and Profess: Katherine Kersten on polygamist raid in TexasDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10829574522791907940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897988.post-7867383841625477352008-08-04T22:57:00.000-06:002008-08-04T22:57:00.000-06:00I'm not here arguing for this or that interpretati...I'm not here arguing for this or that interpretation of any sacred text. The foundation of universal morals I have in mind is a divine Creator who has imparted a moral law on the heart of each person. The validity of this natural law is recognized by all men because all men share the same human nature. Today people shrink from ever condemning anything as wrong in order to avoid being labeled "judgmental." My point is that we all make judgments about right and wrong somewhere. I think it's more productive to argue outright for one's own notion of morality than to pretend to be touting some kind of Laissez-faire "tolerance" when really you're really just imposing your own moral code.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829574522791907940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897988.post-80323869517613403042008-08-04T21:41:00.000-06:002008-08-04T21:41:00.000-06:00Foundation of universal morals like what exactly? ...Foundation of universal morals like what exactly? Or is that the rhetorical question I think it is?<BR/><BR/>Have you beaten your children to death with rocks for talking back to you? No? Why not? Certainly not because the bible doesn't say, chapter-and-verse, that you shouldn't.<BR/><BR/>No, clearly there is a mechanism OTHER THAN the written word of the bible at work, tempering your adherence to scripture, determining what is and isn't truly permissible to you. This implies two things: 1. That the moral foundation of the bible is no more absolute or unchanging than any other holy text or golden rule (because it is subject to interpretation, or "slow revelation"), and 2. That the mechanism for moral judgements that you DO use is actually STRONGER than the words in the bible.<BR/><BR/>What do you suppose that mechanism is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com