There’s an old saying that goes like this: “To a man with a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.” That’s where we are today as developed societies. Science is reshaping our morality and social thought, when a genuinely sane culture would have it the other way around. — Archbishop Charles J. Chaput …
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Jul 07 2009
Choice and Sacrifice
I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. — Muriel Rukeyser She is mostly correct, but her warning needs clarification. …
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Jun 16 2009
Because If You Can Convince Me…
This seems to be the motive for all moral relativists: Because if you can convince me, then suddenly your beliefs become more real. Right? The more people you can get to jump on your…train, the more your mission is made. So until you get me to swallow your world and believe what you believe, you’ll …
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Mar 23 2009
Worth dying for…
To paraphrase a quote from Flannery O’Connor: Life has, for all its horror, been found by God to be worth dying for. What more can one add?!
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