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| Our So-Called 'Tolerant' Society Is Actually Very Dogmatic |
| 2017-02-17 |
| h/t Instapundit [IntellectualTakeout] Today, those who most frequently invoke the virtue of "tolerance" would have you believe that it is actually Christianity that requires slavish obedience to dogmatic formulas. However, as professor Anthony Esolen argues in his popular, recently-published book--Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture--the "tolerant society" is much more dogmatic. The citizen of the modern West is forced to pay homage to a growing list of dogmas that far outnumber those of most religions: And you can go along, or give up on any idea of being in white collar profession let alone academia. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 ^ ooops that was me. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-17 16:04 |
| #3 William Penn could not he reached for comment. |
| Posted by: Injun Sforza1102 2017-02-17 16:03 |
| #2 Tolerance is a lie. When a Christian (or Muslim) baker doesn't want to make a gay wedding cake the gay couple could 'tolerate' that choice, or the baker could 'tolerate' the gays. In fact, the issue has nothing whatsoever to do with tolerance. It is simply one of compulsion. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-02-17 10:45 |
| #1 Who would have thought the self-appointed "tolerant" society was actually very intolerant? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-02-17 09:50 |