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Pope Rails Against the Internet and Transparency
tcd004 writes "At a conference on digital media at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI attacked the idea of transparency in the Internet age, warning that digital transparency exacerbates tensions between nations and within nations themselves and increases the 'dangers of ... intellectual and moral relativism,' which can lead to 'multiple forms of degradation and humiliation' of the essence of a person, and to the 'pollution of the spirit.' All in all, it seemed a pretty grim view of the wide-open communication environment being demanded by the Internet age."
The head of the biggest institution protecting child abusers with strange bending of the own laws tells something about moral realtivism? Yes, moral relativism is bad. especially if you use it to argue with strange arguments, why its not so bad that your Bishops protected the Child molesters. Get busy with to analyze the bigotry inside the church instead of mourning that now everybody can communicate - and even faster than the church.
Well for democracy too much information can be bad. The ignorant and incapable will be overwhelmed and loose interest and sabotage the election when they vote for the taller candidate. Not that controlling information would be better but there are trade offs.
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I am also an atheist and I consider myself to be an avowed enemy of the Catholic Church -- they have been enemies of science and reason since their very inception. They continue to oppress the world with their backward world views on homosexuality and birth control. Add into the mix the institutionalized cover up of what I consider to be the most heinous crime that we humans have ever disgraced ourselves with (or at least the most inexcusable) and you have an institution that has outlived its usefulness and is simply holding the world back. They need to go away, and for one would be willing to help in this process, given that the steps taken do not involve violence, deceit, or anything else that would conflict with my personal moral code.
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If morals are inherently relative, does this mean that in some situations pedophilia is OK? Like, you know, if it's a good guy doing it?