Oh now understand you better. Relativism: some might disagree with our morality so we shouldn’t have any laws or standards. No laws against slavery (some might have a different belief). No laws against Jim Crow laws (who are we to judge white southerners ?).
Private health insurance plans have paid for contraception, and even abortion, for ages now.
Previously, JWs could choose not to provide health insurance to their employees so as to avoid having to pay for blood transfusions. Or they could set up an insurance fund which would allow them to avoid that.
There is a difference between paying for something oneself; and paying for something else, like someone’s labor. If I pay for someone’s labor, what they choose to do with the money is not my responsibility because the money is no longer mine.
Estesbob *is *being forced to pay for contraceeptives for his employees by paying for a health insurance policy which provides abc at no cost to the employees.
Employees are not those in charge of the decision, so they are not required to opt out or refuse to work for the company.
Mine didnt
Because some people believe an error, it is all right for the rest of us to sit back while our government allows the slaughter of unborn babies? Or even force us to pay for it?
I guess the answer is yes. Not sure where the poster ran off to, but that is the only answer. There is no truth, no morality, no objective standards. Slavery isn’t wrong. Jim Crow laws aren’t wrong. Infanticide? Go for it. Who are we to judge? It is only wrong when the state tells us we are wrong. Therefore, we must bake that gay wedding cake.
Religious institutions don’t like relativism because each institution thinks it’s the one with the answers. Some more than others. Then they teach people to toss the term around like it’s an error in thinking. When it comes to religion, relativism is simply an admission that while Catholics might believe one thing, and Protestants might believe something slightly different, Muslims believe something else and Hindus believe something else altogether, the truth of the matter is that nobody really knows anything. In truth, the only thing anyone knows for a fact about Jesus for instance is that he was one of at least 12 known self proclaimed Messiahs in Palestine at the time, and among those, he had the fewest followers, and like the rest, he was executed for sedition. After that, it’s all a matter of faith, and that’s all anyone really knows for a fact. You can rail about relativism all you like, but if you had some lock on the ultimate truth, this wouldn’t be an issue. Again, the truth is that nobody knows anything about what all of this is. The world could be anything. ANYTHING. We have no idea what it is or what we are or what consciousness is. Yet some people want everyone else to come to heel and acknowledge their own flavor of iron age mythology as being the ultimate truth. And the insanity of this position is evident in the foolish and petty ways it boils up to the surface of public discourse, for instance, with regard to who we make a cake for or a flower arrangement for. You do see how absolutely trivial that is, right? If you don’t, let me tell you - it’s trivial. As for relativism, well, surprise - the world around us is relative. Everything is relative. The only undeniable truth anyone can say with certainty is that we don’t know anything. And yet we pick on what other people believe.
It isn’t relative in regards to things that the leftist do not like and are therefore intolerant of, like slavery, racism and any hint of religion in government.
So is Catholicism akin to an Iron Age mythology? Are there any absolute truths?
Oh? Give us some case citations we can look up if you wish to persuade us of this. Shouldn’t be hard if they exist.
Colorado ruled a bakery can refuse to make a cake that opposes homosexual marriage
But bakers who refuse to bake a cake for a homosexual marriage are run out of business.
Wow!You say this as a Catholic? The fullness of truth lies in the Catholuc Faith,instituted by Jesus Christ,whi is the Way,the Truth and the Life.That you don’t know this as a Catholic is disturbing.
Well, thanks I guess. Every once in a while someone comes along and posts here and it takes a while to figure out where they are coming from, but I thank you for making things more clear. Given your beliefs as stated above, I can only conclude the following: there is no way to say anything is evil - as there is no truth. So slavery, Jim Crow laws, the Holocaust, etc. Who are we to judge them? Right?
Should an accountant be allowed to not do a tax return for a homosexual?
How would an accountant know a person is homosexual?
Pretty easy if two women sit down and ask to file as a married couple.
If they want Although I will have to admit in 34 years of doing taxes it has never come up.As I have stated before the only returns I refuse to prepare are for those who have W2s from an abortion provider or those who I feel might be involved in an illegal activity.I also prepare for free anyone’s return that has a W2 reflecting combat pay.