By: Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:04:24 +0000

The crux of this matter is the definition of human. For materialists the only standard is morphology and behavior, e.g., the great apes, and ‘fairness’, e.g., the Swedish example in which they somehow ignore how ‘unfair’ they are being to the boy who was passing out the invitations. Such criteria ignores actual BEING and ends up without any real criteria at all other than whatever those with power say.

Regardless of the political/moral situation in Russia, the wisdom of the Church is always of benefit. As long as the Russian bishops are attempting to express the Church’s wisdom, they do well and we should listen. The battle they are engaging is central to our task in this age. Are human’s just a bio-chemical machine without transcendence or are we really made in image and likeness of God with the responsibility to dress and keep the earth and bring it to salvation as we submit to the love of Christ.

By: Vandepotgerukt

Vandepotgerukt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:44:15 +0000

As long as Russia is not the Russia it pretends to be (for whatever reason), we’ll just have to guess whether Russia really has an alternative to Western human rights on offer. For now it requires a fearless leap of faith.

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