Odin1, your comment about the possibility of there being an "intervention by an ethical or moral society to change..." poses the question: Is it possible to have a totally free, secular and democratic approach to all isms?
I believe it is possible; and ought to be possible.
IMHO, the following: RELIGIONISM, SCIENTISM, RACISM, SEXISM, AGEISM, FASCISM, and the like are all extremes which I want to avoid.
IMHO, in a free, secular and democratic society, no ism ought to be free to impose itself on people who choose to be free from it.
Sure, it is okay for me, or for that matter any member of society, to dialogue about (the method I prefer), debate about, and even declare: My ism (including atheism) is the one true and good ism.
However, I do not have, and ought not have, the right to insist that the state ought to be given the right to impose any ism, including mine, on others.
BTW, am I making it clear where I stand?
Last edited by Revlgking; 05/02/08 09:53 PM.
