From Robert A. Jason.Original letter submitted & published in Winnipeg Sun, May 3, 2005. Habemus Papam ("We have a Pope"): Benedict XVI. My wife and I are staunch evangelical Protestants. But we were ecstatic in hearing the good news. Why? We loved and admired Pope John Paul Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
This stand for eternal truth is highly encouraging for Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Orthodox Jews, and other theists or non-theists who passionately believe in traditional family values that built our country--and our civilization--and made it great. We should all stand in solidarity--we respectfully agree to disagree Agree to disagree or "agreeing to disagree" describes or refers to a situation where two or more people or groups of people resolve conflict by reaching an agreement whereby both sides tolerate but do not accept the views, opinions or position of the other side. on our theological differences--and fight the good fight together against the destructive forces of nihilism nihilism (nī`əlĭzəm), theory of revolution popular among Russian extremists until the fall of the czarist government (1917); the theory was given its name by Ivan Turgenev in his novel Fathers and Sons (1861). , moral relativism, secular fundamentalism & other "isms" that seek to destroy our precious Judeo-Christian civilization. Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. wisely says we must not become prey to modern moral relativism or ideological trends--like the nice-sounding but dangerously undefined "rights", "equality", "diversity", "same-sex marriage" etc. (that are grabbed out of thin air by pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. , self-indulgent, hedonistic special interest groups.) Continuing a theme he has been developing in books, articles, and interviews over the last few years, he warned again of the advance of anti-Christian secularism both outside and within the Church. He said, 'A dictatorship of relativism is being formed, one that recognizes nothing as definitive and that has as its measure only the ego and its desires." The Church has been "thrown from one extreme to the other: from Marxism to liberalism, even to libertarianism; from collectivism to radical individualism; from atheism to a vague religious mysticism; from agnosticism agnosticism (ăgnŏs`tĭsĭzəm), form of skepticism that holds that the existence of God cannot be logically proved or disproved. Among prominent agnostics have been Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, and T. H. to syncretism syn·cre·tism n. 1. Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous. 2. , and so on. Every day new sects arise." Pelham, ON |
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