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Saturday, October 28, 2006

Dictatorship of Relativism

Trước ngày được bầu vào chức vụ Giáo Hoàng, Ðức Hồng Y Ratzinger có một bài giảng trong đó ngài nói đến sự độc tài của chủ thuyết tương đối - Dictatorship of Relativism.

Bài này giúp hiểu rõ thêm về chủ thuyết đó. Tuy hơi dài, nhưng rất hay và có giá trị



.... "Simply put, the Dictatorship of Relativism is now demanding that when religious faith comes into conflict with non-faith, faith must give way. When belief comes into conflict with unbelief, belief must give way. When religion comes into conflict with anti-religion, religion must step down. The model expected by the authors of the Constitution that religion would inform consciences and consciences would form those who make the laws is being scrapped by some who insist—dictate—that personal conscience must play no part in public affairs. As when relativists insist “there are absolutely no absolutes,” this is an absurdity. Out of what conviction can anyone claim personal conscience must not come into play? Convictions usually reside in the conscience ..."

Xin theo link này:
http://www.insidethevatican.com/articles/conscience.htm