fred: “Let’s be clear: both the Marxists and the objectivists can be subject to being un-moored from strong ethical grounding.”
Thank God that never happens to Christians!!
Honestly, did it hurt to write that? Didn’t you feel at least some sort of twinge or muscle spasm? Or do you live in an alternate universe where Christians never murdered people in the name of God, never burnt anyone for being a witch, never separated Jews from their lives or property for “murdering Jesus?” Do you live in a world where no Christian ever cheated on his wife, abused his children, stole, murdered, or committed a thousand other crimes?
No, if you want to debate ethics, you need to focus on the content. We all know people can fail to live up to their ideals. It’s the nature of the ideals that should be at issue. If you think you can win the debate by holding Christians up as paragons of moral virtue, well, let’s just say you need to take a wider stance, or you’re going to get bowled over.
