Well, I (and I'm sure everyone else) are delighted that you are back. I know that you have been very active here in times past and I have oftentimes found your commentary to be quite insightful.
If there was something specific that made you want to be away for awhile, I hope that it will no longer be of any concern to you.
I’ve wondered about your screen name for a long time. Do you particularly like stoats?
I've had this screen name at various forums for about ten years now....I initially chose it because in live chat forums it's a name that's fast and easy for people to type when they are speaking to me. It also suggests a small and unobtrusive furry little creature that may be cute to look at, but it has very sharp teeth if you decide to mess with it. :-)
Oh, and if you see a relevant article, feel free to ping me or even freepmail me.
I appreciate that, thank you very much. I have a question, if I may. I believe that I understand the focus of the Homosexual Agenda list and what sort of articles that list is designed to highlight, but I'm a little bit less clear on the focus of the Moral Absolutes list. Could it be defined as one meant to highlight articles that illustrate moral decay in society?
Thanks for your kind words! Wasn’t there a Stoat in “The Wind in the Willows”?
I actually wrote a long reply to you this morning and then the electricity went off and erased it all.
I’ve been away from FR just because I have many other responsibilities and interests and some involve actual people... Sigh, I need to sleep less.
I started the Moral Absolutes list to cover moral decay, why it should be turned around, and help people become aware of the gravity of it, and how much worse it’s getting. Basic moral absolutes are essentially the same throughout history and all over the world, in every religion, and by rejecting them we are ushering in an era of unimaginable barbarity and ultimately anarchy, which will be followed by totalitarian repression. I have a wonderful quote from Edmund Burke which says it beautifully; I’ve posted it numerous times on FR.
Every really great thinker, seer of truth, moralist - says the same thing. For instance, the Golden Rule - do unto others as you would have them do unto you - is extant in every religion in the world, including Buddhism, which isn’t really a religion, sort of a quasi religion. The basic virtures of sexual restraint, honesty, loyalty, forbearance, forgiveness, fortitude, sobriety, charity - are the same throughout history. I’m not saying that every culture or society was an embodiment of these! But any society which rejects the basic moral asbolutes spirals into ruin very soon.
I was planning to write an essay about the universality of moral absolutes with examples from all kinds of religions but never got to it. I should, though.