[goldstategop]

There are universal norms of right and wrong Dennis Prager calls "moral absolutes." We don't apply these norms rigidly, without regard to the context of the situation. The aim is always to do the right thing, so saving an innocent life during World War II transcend an obligation to to tell the truth. Secular people are confused since they are guided not by any objective sense of what's right and wrong - but by their feelings. When you have values to guide you, you have clarity and faith in the future. A spiritually alienated civilization that doesn't have them has neither reassurance nor the hope things will get better. Nowhere is the case for Judeo-Christian values better stressed than in Prager's emphasis on the importance of moral absolutes. They are the key to the spiritual health of both individuals and society.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Slicksadick]

Prager Bump

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping.

Oh good, more Dennis Prager. I am crosseyed with tiredness and can't read this article but I know YOU all want to read it, so here it is.

I will read it tomorrow and add my incisive and illuminating comments /end sarc.

Living one's life according to "feelings" and especially bringing children up that way creates a veritable hell on earth. Why, one may ask? Because only the big dog's feelings are the ones that count.

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[TAdams8591]

"Moral relativism means that murder, for example, is not objectively wrong; you may feel it's wrong, but it is no more objectively wrong than your feeling that some music is awful renders that music objectively awful."

The above brings the Terri Schiavo case immediately to mind.

[bondserv]

BUMP!

[GSlob]

Well, as far as taking of life is concerned, it could be felonious, excusable, justifiable or praiseworthy - it all depends.

[garylmoore]

It's not that complicated, everyone knows in their heart what is wrong and what is right, even homosexuals know that they are wrong, why do you think that they bring it up so much?, they just choose the wrong way and want up to agree.

[windcliff]

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