Wednesday, September 11, 2013
A right-wing Catholic priest lectures in Morocco!
I went to a lecture tonight at AUI. A conservative, right-wing Catholic priest gave a lecture to a Muslim audience on the place of faith in education. The lecture was professionally presented but it was factually flawed and historically inaccurate. At one time, I would have started an argument or written a rant about the lecture but I just don't care anymore. What's the point - it would not be a debate but a clash of ideologies? I don't care about what people believe anymore; I prefer what they do. If you're a good person what does it matter what you believe. If you're not a good person, what does it matter what you believe. Religious or atheist - you can be an moral and ethical person. It is not dependent on faith, belief or lack of either. It is dependent on how you act and treat other people. I will leave the debate of theology, ideology and other such nonsense to the true believers, the extemists and the fanatics.
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It's kinda surreal to be reading your blog while remembering the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks . . .
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Jodi
Mike,I am beginning more than like you than I care to admit. As a evangelical Christian, I am becoming more and more bothered by beliefs. As Andy Stanley said, we need to be more concerned about our behavior and less about beliefs. The world will only be a better place through good and right actions, not beliefs.
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