Well, on a Catholic thread in the last few days, there was a lot of worry and bother about the doctrine of "co-redemption," and Mary dropping by recently on several occasions to spread the good news. All rather difficult for this near Atheist to relate to. Different strokes for different folks. Some things are not subject to reasoned debate in the public square. All one can do is just move on.
lol....
One can't reasonably debate the morality of creating life in test-tubes when dozens of tiny humans must die so that one may live?
What is the moral difference of IVF and abortion? Don't they both cause the end an unborn human life in pursuit of some allegedly more noble purpose?
How has such an important topic been swept from the public square in your mind?
If science can't be debated in the public square, that is sad. I don't know what being an atheist has to do with not acknowledging science.
“Some things are not subject to reasoned debate in the public square.”
That’s a fascinating comment, because it sums up the “meta-curriculum” of government skrools. The process goes like this:
1) Government skrool is understood to be a place where ALL that is subject to reasoned discourse is discoursed upon.
2) Governent skrool EXCLUDES all discourse upon (fill in the blank with God, a rational basis for moral judgments, the possibility of spiritual realities, etc.).
3) Government skrool therefore is constantly instructing its inmates that every subject that is excluded from discourse in the skrool is also not subject to reasoned discourse ANYWHERE.
Congratulations: You have demonstrated that the meta-curriculum of socialized skrools “stuck” in your case.