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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] [QUOTE]Christianity has yet to fully repudiate its actions during the Inquisition and Crusades and Witchhunts (although I hear the pope may be taking steps in that area.) As followers of the same value system that gave rise to the atrocities, they are as responsible as those who continue to follow OTHER value systems that have had similar effects.[/QUOTE] ??? I hereby repudiate the actions of all the strangers (now dead, unless there's a few immortals I'm unaware of) who "justified" reprehensible actions and atrocities during the Crusades, the Inquisistion, and Whichhunts, by invoking the name of "Christianity". I liken those actions to those of a cop who, upon stopping some poor fool who is not familiar with the law, decides to collect a "fine" on the spot, rather than writing a ticket. Even when corruption is entrenched, that does not make it legitimate, nor is it justified. When people do evil, they generally try to rationalize their actions so they don't have to admit what they did was wrong. The halls of infamy ring with the echoes of "It's not my fault!" and "You [i]made[/i] me do it!" The "Church" (both Catholic and otherwise) has done a lot of things that had nothing to do with right or wrong, but plenty to do with ensuring their power base remained uneroded. As far as immutable ethics are concerned, I believe some do exist. In the case of Eskimo hospitality, for instance, it might be ethical for him to offer the "services" of his wife, but individually, for me, it would not be ethical to take him up on his offer. For him, he is only offering everything he has to show his hospitality. For me, however, he is offering something that, from my perspective, only he has an unquestionable right to (of course, she has a co-equal right to [i]him[/i], but that's another issue). From another perspective, it's customary to perform "female circumcision" in some cultures. If all viewpoints are equally valid, then it's perfectly acceptable for the males of that culture to ensure their females remain sexually unaware and subordinate to the males in their society. If you disagree, then perhaps we must admit the possibility that there is, in fact, a universal set of rules for ethical conduct. Since each of us has a vested interest in his or her own ethical standards, it may well be impossible to come to an agreement on what the universal set of rules might be. After all, if there is a universal ethical rule set, it's very likely that it may condemn something you're fond of doing. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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