Comments on: The Two Worlds of Toronto http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/09/18/the-two-worlds-of-toronto/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: George Freeman http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/09/18/the-two-worlds-of-toronto/#comment-168474 George Freeman Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:04:08 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/09/18/the-two-worlds-of-toronto/#comment-168474 Interesting observation, Matthew, and well said. Maybe another way of saying it is that "secularism" is not so much two "schools of thought," but, rather, its own schizophrenic and dogmatic end for those seeking to discredit religion, or any authoritative partnering of reason and revelation. Apparently, such dogmatists think we can have reason but surely we don't need to appreciate how reality is revealed to our reason. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe Mr. Pettit does not know any decent person of faith; those unpractised and unbelieving any of that which he wrote. Interesting observation, Matthew, and well said.

Maybe another way of saying it is that “secularism” is not so much two “schools of thought,” but, rather, its own schizophrenic and dogmatic end for those seeking to discredit religion, or any authoritative partnering of reason and revelation. Apparently, such dogmatists think we can have reason but surely we don’t need to appreciate how reality is revealed to our reason.

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe Mr. Pettit does not know any decent person of faith; those unpractised and unbelieving any of that which he wrote.

]]> By: Jim Pettit http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/09/18/the-two-worlds-of-toronto/#comment-168473 Jim Pettit Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:34:32 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/09/18/the-two-worlds-of-toronto/#comment-168473 If secularism is not to be our moral guide, do we instead rely on Islam where you bang your head against the floor and blow yourself up to go to heaven, Hinduism where you worship a god with an elephant trunk for a nose, or Christianity which believes god made fossils as a joke. If secularism is not to be our moral guide, do we instead rely on Islam where you bang your head against the floor and blow yourself up to go to heaven, Hinduism where you worship a god with an elephant trunk for a nose, or Christianity which believes god made fossils as a joke.

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