tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post3954505451989479451..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: The Pope, Cherie, and all thatMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-79416534473021518492010-02-09T17:57:47.201+00:002010-02-09T17:57:47.201+00:00It's not the absolute certainty of many atheis...It's not the absolute certainty of many atheists about their faith-based atheism that bothers me, Martin--I after all can only justify my own faith by, well, faith ultimately. I'm also open to the idea of a secular civic space, which must necessarily be based on us all being restrained; and I know that there are aggressive religious voices who will adopt the language of resentment at the drop of a hat, without really being aware of the irony and contradiction in most religious traditions.<br /><br />There are liberal monists dressed up in secularist clothing around though. In itself, secular is just a word; an 'ist' is a person who is following an agenda. And when you can rely on anti-papal, anti-catholic, african-condom, antisemitic history based rants from liberals sent haywire by a conservative morality, and you know that such people exist, how can you say they aren't aggressive secularists?<br /><br />I wish that everyone could just rise above the nuts, but it seems impossible when the media give them such an easy platform in the service of materialism and narcissism!Martin Meenaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092121503713511010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-51729264217883647012010-02-09T16:10:46.660+00:002010-02-09T16:10:46.660+00:00Good splurge, Martin! Agreed - and I like the rati...Good splurge, Martin! Agreed - and I like the rationale you supply for Miss Booth QC's judgement (hadn't thought of that, & it makes sense in/of the context).Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com