Oh God...and this from the pen of a man professed of great marketing skills, directed towards the service of the Golden Calf of Capitalist consumer marketing.

That is the same marketing Gurus responsible for the destruction of our freedom of speech and the pulling down of a workable historically constructed Christian ethic, that has driven societies successfully the world over, for thousands of years.

Congratulations fool.

Ian – you say, “personal behavior, ethics, and morality all dwell in the domain of the individual – oneself”.

That seems to indicate that you think that each person is responsible for their own ethics. If that is so, do you think that the ethics of one person is just as “good” or “right” as any other person’s? For example, were Hitler’s ethics morally equivalent to say, Mandella’s or Mother Teresa’s?

If not, how can it be determined who is right or who was wrong if ethics is just up to the individual?

We need only look at the differences in societies to know that the personal responsibility/ethical theory is untrue; particularly between Christian societies and non-Christian.

The fact that Western societies have benefited by being based on Christianity is becoming more apparent everyday, as the West gradually disintegrates as more Westerners turn their backs on Christianity.

Ethics can be described as the knowledge gained through one's personal experience after noting the outcomes of different causations.

Ethics can be a moral matter but nonetheless remains a personal one, therefore attempts should not be made to assign that individual knowledge to other individuals, or indeed, a group.

this sort of waffle could only drive somoene to the belief in a personal God.

Dear Nancey [1]

Your heretical views deserve excommunication from Pell's boss or at least a severe hand spanking from runner.

Note "I am not the Messiah" from The Life of Brian (escusing 2:23 expletive!) http://youtu.be/iktKXIsRUIg

Time to top up your indulgences http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2010/04/explanation-of-indulgences.html your Eminence.