At 01:55 pm 27/06/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>thomas malloy wrote:
>
>>That area of agreement a leftist notion called cultural relativism (the
>>idea that all cultures are all equally good) which is leading to cultural
>>suicide.
>
>That definition of cultural relativity is completely wrong, misleading and
>childish.
Etc.
The real problem seems to be in the meaning of the
word relativism as opposed to relativity. For example,
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Benedict XVI, however, has been critical of
progressive Catholicism. In a homily delivered
at a Mass before the cardinals began the conclave
Monday, he warned against "relativism, which is
letting oneself be 'swept along by every wind of
teaching.' [It] looks like the only attitude
[acceptable] to today's standards. We are moving
toward a dictatorship of relativism, which does
not recognize anything as for certain and which
has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's
own desires."
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I wouldn't want to hoist you on your own petard because
I think your post was very interesting and well argued.
However. I think you need to get inside the minds of
people like Malloy and the Pope (and me for that matter)
and recognise that we understand the word "relativism"
in a different way than you might. 8-)
Cheers,
Frank Grimer
