tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435692.post109967722207594348..comments2023-10-22T08:23:13.096-07:00Comments on Tiny's: Blind ElitismTinyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14599694563836050971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435692.post-1108232952763425362005-02-12T10:29:00.000-08:002005-02-12T10:29:00.000-08:00'It's not that you need to believe in a god, but w...<I>'It's not that you need to believe in a god, but we are flawed and so a belief in a common good and the idea of ultimate authority can keep us in line.'</I>As we are flawed, how are we to come up with a reliable idea of ultimate authority?<br /><br />Indeed, as there are numerous competing contradictory ideas of ultimate authority knocking around, none of which are provable, it follows that a serious proprotion who do believe in ultimate authority have got it wrong and yet continue to believe anyway.<br /><br />Because they have ultimate authority on their side, they proclaim their rightness and frequently attack those who disagree.<br /><br />Blind elitism is in no way the exclusive preserve of liberals, it can be heard coming from millions of pulpits around the world every day, with people demanding others do not engage in activities that don't affect anyone except the consenting people directly involved.<br /><br />The idea of a common good is essential for a humane society, but it has to be pliable. The founding fathers knew this when they made provision for amendments to the documents on which America was founded.<br /><br />Even though they were mostly Christians they to realised that people handing down ideas as an ultimate authority for all time denies everything we know to be true about humanity, that societies evolve and need the freedom of expression to do it.<br /><br /><I>'but we are flawed and so a belief in a common good and the idea of ultimate authority can keep us in line.'</I> - the Taliban mullahs couldn't put it better themselves.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.com