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When it's ethical to disclose your religious beliefs : Comments

By Jennifer Wilson, published 17/2/2012

What sort of Christian doesn't bring their morality to public debate?

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" .. concerns of the 'normal man' .."?? " .. irrelevance, “La Femme”."
by diver dan

I want a world where my daughter or her friends will be Not manipulated into marrying young; manipulated into marrying a faith; or, manipulated into being a breeding vessel for someone part of a group who think that is what women are primarily for.
Posted by McReal, Friday, 17 February 2012 8:16:14 AM
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Briar Rose, are you saying you are Jennifer Wilson, the author of this article?

I agree that, when asked, someone should be upfront about their beliefs, and to not do so shows cowardice.

However, the article concludes "If anyone seeks to morally prescribe from such a position, I am entitled to know that and to make my decisions accordingly. In those circumstances it is, to my mind, completely unethical to refuse to discuss one's relationship with religion and its influence on one's very public work."

You should be able to decide if someone's position is right or wrong from the position itself. Murder is wrong whether someone believes that it's wrong to take a life or that God told them so. It's still wrong! If you can't decide on whether you agree with someone's opinion unless you know whether they're a Christian or not, you have failed to exercise your intellect and moral reasoning.

I don't see how knowing MTR is a Christian changes anything. Why can't you just ask her what she believes about [x]? Christians aren't all the same. They disagree with each other on many things. I don't see how identifying her as a Christian illuminates the situation.
Posted by Mishka Gora, Friday, 17 February 2012 8:58:18 AM
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I don't think the author gets it.

No one has to disclose much at all to anyone. They don't have to disclose their political views or what political party they voted for, nor do they have to disclose their religion or why they belong to a religion or not.

I certainly wouldn't disclose much at all to a feminist, and who is judging, and who is playing at God here.

The author?
Posted by vanna, Friday, 17 February 2012 9:23:57 AM
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@Mishka Gora
Yes, sorry, I should have signed Jennifer.

I did not identify Reist as a Christian. Reist identified herself as such.

Reist says in several interviews that her faith influences perceptions of her moral campaigns in ways she doesn't like and won't talk about. I wouldn't unquestioningly accept that statement from anyone who made the same claims about any other religion or ideology. Why am I expected to accept that refusal from a Christian?

What else is remarkable is that followers of other religions and ideologies who take public stands don't usually attempt to separate their belief system from their morality, in my experience. This seems to be specific to some Christians. Why is this, and what makes you think I'm not entitled to ask that question?

Murder, and pornography, sexual representation of women and abortion are very different things. Reist is not arguing about the crime of murder, she's arguing about matters of morality and opinion. Your analogy is false.
Posted by briar rose, Friday, 17 February 2012 9:26:58 AM
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The fact that the morality of some in Emily's list allows them to lie, break up marriages, live in debauchery and make up the rules along the way attests to their lack of belief in accountability. The godless press however are not game to go there. It is true that one's faith does influence every part of one's life. Look at the idiotic outcomes and predictions made by the likes of Gore and Flannery. Their faith is costing taxpayers heaps. If all belief systems were attacked equally the godless atheist would lose out in any rational arguement.
Posted by runner, Friday, 17 February 2012 9:56:34 AM
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I feel that you might be on shaky ground here briar rose/Jennifer.

>>Reist says in several interviews that her faith influences perceptions of her moral campaigns in ways she doesn't like and won't talk about.<<

As vanna pointed out, she is not obliged to discuss them, or even disclose them.

The only point at which it is relevant that a particular "moral campaign" is informed by Christian/Muslim/Atheist/Marxist etc. beliefs is when the justification for holding that position is a bald "because I'm a Christian/Muslim/Atheist/Marxist etc."

Blind adherence to dogma of any kind is no substitute for independent thinking. But equally, holding firm moral views that are based upon the collective stance of a particular group of people is not in itself disqualification from holding those views.
Posted by Pericles, Friday, 17 February 2012 9:59:18 AM
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