tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post2755535475970150763..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: ExtremismPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-28796228985811776482009-02-02T18:12:00.000+01:002009-02-02T18:12:00.000+01:00Very silly questions for Americans.What kind of ex...Very silly questions for Americans.<BR/><BR/>What kind of extremist are you?<BR/>Your Result: Rational Person<BR/> <BR/><BR/>You consider these questions obvious straw men, designed to distract people from a meaningful investigation of facts and a serious discussion of relevant political issues. How boring.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-22825698357962154682009-02-02T17:05:00.000+01:002009-02-02T17:05:00.000+01:00Strange. I checked it and it worked OK just now.Ic...Strange. I checked it and it worked OK just now.<BR/><BR/>IconoclastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-32709314857242612612009-02-02T09:57:00.000+01:002009-02-02T09:57:00.000+01:00Iconoclastthat link seems to be incompleteIconoclast<BR/>that link seems to be incompleteErika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-57112664068502891742009-02-01T22:34:00.000+01:002009-02-01T22:34:00.000+01:00Have you had a go at this Pluralist?http://www.got...Have you had a go at this Pluralist?<BR/><BR/>http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_kind_of_extremist_are_you<BR/><BR/>IconoclastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-18815709652925095282009-01-31T17:26:00.000+01:002009-01-31T17:26:00.000+01:00Adrian, this post is so funny, but truly not funny...Adrian, this post is so funny, but truly not funny, if you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>I'm an extremist relauncher, too, also ending up pretty much in the same place.<BR/><BR/><I>I suppose a fascinating question is how extreme can you be?</I><BR/><BR/>Fascinating, indeed!<BR/><BR/><I>Something happens to your ethics: they start to be lost with, to begin, name calling and regarding others as incapable. The ethics warp to the institutional extremism and something of humanity begins to disappear. You become offensive. And this is what this Pope, in all his extremism, is encouraging. Purity comes at a price.</I><BR/><BR/>That's quite true. When one reaches such a point, then one has GONE TOO FAR. Sometimes I wonder about myself, not just about the pope and his followers and the other extremists of all colors and flavors in the Anglican Communion.<BR/><BR/>Have you heard of Fr. Floriano Abrahamowics, a priest serving under Bp. Williams? He said, "I know that gas chambers existed as a means to disinfect. But I cannot say for sure if they killed anyone, because I really haven't looked into it." Oddly enough, the fact that he hasn't "looked into it", did not stop him from holding forth on the matter.<BR/><BR/>"C.D.F. [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]", formerly known as the Office of the Inquisition. How far they have fallen.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-29012933912518290662009-01-31T10:24:00.000+01:002009-01-31T10:24:00.000+01:00After last night's Peter Owen we have been wonderi...After last night's Peter Owen we have been wondering about what it is that unites those who genuinely seek and find self actualisation and transcendence, and those who end up trapped in themselves, clinging to their own particular truths and hating everyone else.<BR/><BR/>Both are found in all faiths and splinter groups, and the real divide amongst humanity is between those who "get it" and those who clearly don't.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.com