Love and equality
Is he really trying to appease those who have fought against religious discrimination for generations with the consolation prize of “diversity”?
Given his commendable, if unsuccessful, efforts to remove gender inequality from his church it is disappointing indeed that, rather than sweep away all discrimination, he has reconsidered and redefined where his prejudices will continue to lie.
Neil Barber
Edinburgh Secular Society
Saughtonhall Drive
Edinburgh
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdMichael Kelly wrote well on the demands of following Christ (Perspective, 21 March), but his claim that the Church demands “blind faith” is not correct, reflecting the teachings of Richard Dawkins, not the Catholic, or any other, Church.
“Faith”, in Christian theology, is best understood as an expression of trust, not as belief without evidence: an attitude of commitment, not the poor relation of knowledge.
For example, getting married is an act of faith in another person, based on evidence, but making a commitment founded on trust.
Those seeking a belief system that does not make stringent ethical demands might investigate Humanism.
Professor Hugh McLachlan joined the previous Pope in expressing intelligent reservations about human rights, but left-wing liberal Scotland has placed human rights culture at the heart of politics.
Human rights language often assists the side of the debate arguing that people should be allowed to do as they please, against those pointing out negative implications to wider society.
That’s why human rights are cherished by our secular liberal elite
Richard Lucas
Broomyknowe
Edinburgh