To: LibWhacker
2 posted on
09/21/2006 2:00:21 AM PDT by
GOP Poet
To: LibWhacker
5 posted on
09/21/2006 2:12:45 AM PDT by
ThreePuttinDude
()...Hey Libs........NO FITZMAS FOR YOU.....()
To: LibWhacker
any dialogue [of civilizations] must be based on a shared understanding that human beings can, however imperfectly, come to know the truth of things. . . . If the West's high culture keeps playing in the sandbox of postmodern irrationalism — in which there is "your truth" and "my truth" but nothing such as "the truth" — . . . a genuine dialogue of civilizations [cannot exist].
A "philosopher" is one who does not claim to be wise (which would be arrogant) but claims only to love wisdom. If everyone can have their own "truth," what can "wisdom" possibly mean? What would there be to love in such a as that? The author notes that this "third point" of Benedict XVI "has been almost entirely ignored." Which is only to be expected of the sophists whose argument begins and ends with their own claim of their own wisdom. They call it "objectivity," but they mean nothing else. Their "argument" is
- I am wise.
- You disagree with me.
- Therefore you are foolish. QED
Facts? We don't need no stinkin' facts! </sarcasm> There is journalism's "objectivity."
6 posted on
09/21/2006 2:52:30 AM PDT by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
To: LibWhacker
8 posted on
09/21/2006 3:47:08 AM PDT by
230FMJ
(...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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9 posted on
09/21/2006 3:50:10 AM PDT by
cantfindagoodscreenname
(Is it OK to steal tag lines from tee-shirts and bumper stickers?)
To: LibWhacker
Common sense is the first quality scorned in these times.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
10 posted on
09/21/2006 3:52:13 AM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: LibWhacker
"Irrational violence? What irrational violence?"
< /sarc>11 posted on
09/21/2006 3:52:52 AM PDT by
shezza
(God bless our military heroes)
To: LibWhacker
When the LA Times agrees with the Pope, how far away can Armageddon be?
12 posted on
09/21/2006 3:53:04 AM PDT by
the invisib1e hand
("...peace is the result of victory...")
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Good read to start the day!
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Excellent. Must bookmark.
20 posted on
09/21/2006 5:12:04 AM PDT by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: LibWhacker
This is the best MSM article on the pope's comments published so far. It's also nicely succinct.
23 posted on
09/21/2006 5:16:28 AM PDT by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: LibWhacker
Good read, thanks for posting.
29 posted on
09/21/2006 5:42:57 AM PDT by
Fury
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31 posted on
09/21/2006 6:11:59 AM PDT by
NYer
("That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah." Hillel)
To: LibWhacker
Why isn't this in Breaking News???!?
34 posted on
09/21/2006 6:32:27 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
(Islam is a pathological disorder masquerading as a religion.)
To: LibWhacker
I believe this speech is going to be a crucial point in history. A reference point for the counter-offensive of the post-Christian west. An all-time great moment. A rallying cry. A religious equivalent of Reagan's
"Mr. Gorbachev.......tear down this wall!!" When the initial, unthinking furore has died down, I believe that the truth of Benedict's words will hit home to many people, including Muslims. Far from inciting a holy war, I'm sure that the words of the Holy Father will in fact have the opposite effect and result in improved Muslim/Christain relations, as crazy as that sounds right now.
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