Boom. “Where the rule of law no longer protects human life, it is questionable whether it deserves the name of law. In saying this, I do not intend to impose a specifically Christian morality on all the citizens in a pluralistic society; no, what is involved here is humanitas, the ‘specifically human quality’ of man, who cannot declare the trampling underfoot of creation to be his own liberation without deceiving himself on a very profound level. The passion with which this debate is conducted is due to the profundity of the question at issue: Is man free only once he has unchained himself from the creation and left it behind, as something that enslaved him? Or does he not thereby deny his own self? Ultimately, this controversy is about man himself, and a Christian cannot dispense himself from taking part in this debate by saying that it is pointless since the others do not share his moral values. That would be to misunderstand the true significance of the question. It would also be to misunderstand the true significance of the Christian message, which is more than the ethos of one particular group. It is a responsibility for man as a whole, precisely thanks to the fact that his Redeemer is none other than his Creator.” —Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:47:37 +0000
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