Today’s Jesus and Mo takes on the issue of human rights versus religious hegemony. Surprisingly, Jesus appears to be a relativist here.
The author notes the occasion: Today is the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Jesus ‘n’ Mo and cultural relativism
December 10, 2014 • 5:03 am
Warning:Only tangentially related news story about a council in my home state abandoning the practice of opening council meetings with christian prayers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-10/circuses-with-caged-wild-animals-banned-in-victorian-town/5957482
Pretty good reasoning as well.
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Reminds me of something my five year old daughter said about her younger sister:
Kid: “My sister is being so bossy!”
Me: “How is she being bossy?”
Kid: “She won’t do anything I tell her to do!”
Just a matter of time before they accuse one another of censorship.
Yes, that human rights thing is a problem for these religions in a big way.
As this subject also includes the conversation of torture it would be good for those concerned with the Sam Harris views on this to go over and look at some of the more updated things said. He is not generally in favor of torture but would not totally rule it out in extreme cases. He also seems to want to use collateral damage in bombings in his discussion but the reasoning for this does not really stick with me.
I believe the results achieved from it’s use make it useless and the report from congress says this as well. When you act like the enemy you have removed any difference.