[monday]

"Meaning that anyone who believes in moral absolutes is 1) self-righteous and 2) a murdering thug? "

No. I simply pointed out that you have in common with the Taliban, the conviction that your moral beliefs are the absolute truth.

Your morals are, I expect, somewhat different from the Taliban, so it would not follow that you would also be a murdering thug.

[hopespringseternal]

No. I simply pointed out that you have in common with the Taliban, the conviction that your moral beliefs are the absolute truth.

Ok, easy lesson as to why this is a real bad idea except as a way to illustrate a point.

"Thats what the Taliban say too."

Is what you posted, in reference to my assertion that morals are absolute. Who are the Taliban, and what are they primarily known for? Being autocratic murdering thugs. So throwing the Taliban out there is equating moral absolutism with autocratic murdering thugs. And no, actually the Taliban aren't moral absolutists at all. They aren't exactly moral relativists either, except in a wierd sort of reversed way.

What you are really saying is that you view moral absolutism as being autocratic and brutal in nature. It isn't. There are millions of moral absolutists across this nation, and we are one of the most peaceful nations on the face of the globe. So that equation is just so much garbage too.