ChristianityTalk

I should say that I'm not a very widely read student of faith, and I'm certainly anything but religious,

but I must say the above is one of the more profound insights I've read in a long time... It makes me wonder:

Western society tends to be much less forgiving of immoral actions than of anti-authority ones.

In eastern society, is this reversed? For instance, that Clinton had sex out of wedlock was a

scandal, but that protestors heckled Bush's inauguration is kinda considered par for the course

and essentially ignored since "it's normal." In eastern society, would the reactions have been

reversed? Would sexual picadillos be considered a mild curiousity, but a public denouncement of

the authority be considered the scandal?

Second, I wonder if the contrasting ways are, in a sense, required for the society to function?

I.e., humans must have both fluid freedom and firm structure, and those can be in either politics

or religion, but the situation is not stable if both are fluid or both are firm?

-- BryceHarrington

The contributions of religions to a moral code for humans is significant. The authoritarian self-promotion of some spokespersons as privileged interpreters of GoD is incredible, ie. not to be believed. The solace provided to many victims of abuse can't justify the abuse done in the name of God.

-- DickBeldin