Re: Politics and morality

Marvin Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Ron Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

>> That's not what "sacred" means. <

> One of its meanings is simply "entitled to reverence and respect". It's
> synonym group is "sacred, sacrosanct, inviolate, inviolable - shared meaning
> element: protected (as by law, custom, or human respect) against abuse".
> (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1979). You can be a humanist and still
> hold certain things sacred, for exampe, the worth and dignity of every
> person.

Technically correct, but your effort to force religious attributes on 
humanists is misguided resulting in silly side arguments to serious 
issues.

-- 
    Ron