tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post8745559230904346203..comments2023-11-15T13:52:07.183-08:00Comments on + Stella Maris +: Watch out for secular Egalitarianism - it means persecutionFr John Abbertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10319996483623888898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post-29578427272710241562014-04-07T22:35:19.218-07:002014-04-07T22:35:19.218-07:00I agree, people should not be treated specially be...I agree, people should not be treated specially because they have a set of beliefs. If secularists want to express their beliefs and discuss them in public, that's fine. If theists want to express their beliefs and discuss them in public, that's fine too. I don't think either side should have special exceptions made for them.<br /><br />I am a supporter of the separation of church and government, and I am an egalitarian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post-66367494729043757622012-02-19T04:34:59.884-08:002012-02-19T04:34:59.884-08:00I cannot agree with this "Anonymous". Wh...I cannot agree with this "Anonymous". What is needed is a proper respect, in international law and in national laws for the freedom to believe and act and worship according to one's conscience. In so far as this liberty does not infringe on another's liberty to do the same. In a case of conflict, the law should provide safety for both and a means of reconciliation at the level of the common good. It is not impossible. We have had it in great Britain for at least 100 years (since, at least, Catholic emancipation). What is happening now is that secular humanists and anti-Christians are trying to prevent us from teaching and speaking and acting out our faith. it is not Christians, this time, who are trying to prevent others from exercising their consciences, it is those who call themselves "freethinkers" or liberals. Chesterton warned against this many years ago. When it comes down to it, the most intolerant people of all are those who espouse tolerance just so long as we agree with them. This is one route to persecution and perhaps we must now prepare for that.Fr John Abbertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319996483623888898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post-15332916523755550202012-02-18T16:17:31.917-08:002012-02-18T16:17:31.917-08:00Religious liberty must always end here. It pits on...Religious liberty must always end here. It pits one 'freedom' against another. The only true solution is to abandon the Vatican II notion of religious liberty and call again, even die again, for the Catholic state. Let us not die defending secularism, at least!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com