Hi Billy, On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Ernie : > For the most part, by far, I agree with Self's essay. Really wish he was part > of Centroids, he'd be a perfect match for the group. But, this said, what he > misses > is the inescapability of culture clash and making some strong stands on > particular > issues. The spirit in which he writes is all for the good, but is his the > only way > to look at social / values issues ? > > As Protestant as I usually am, about sin I take a very Catholic view. > That is, there are venial and mortal sins, these are not equal and > the Bible makes these kinds of distinctions itself. And obviously, > to Catholics ( regardless of failings of the institutional Church ) > priority must be given to combating mortal sins. Otherwise > you get a reductio absurdum in which shoplifting is regarded > as important as rape or murder. The in-betweens are where > the problems usually are found, but you get the idea. > > So, about a couple of Self's views, I take exception, in one case > very strong exception. But, otherwise he is on the money.
Yeah, I figured as much. And he certainly does have strong views (for example, he is against embryo destruction, even for IVF). But he makes a compelling case that we need to work together on matters where we can find common agreement, and learn to live with disagreement elsewhere. E > > Billy > > ============================================ > > > > > In a message dated 4/20/2010 3:18:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > More from Dr. Self. Painful only in that most of it should be too obvious to > need repeating. :-( > > Compassion with Conviction > http://insightsforimpact.blogspot.com/2010/04/compassion-with-conviction.html > > > (via Instapaper) > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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