{"id":5158,"date":"2017-10-09T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T12:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/10\/09\/have-progressives-lost-their-minds-entirely\/"},"modified":"2017-10-09T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T12:28:37","slug":"have-progressives-lost-their-minds-entirely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/10\/09\/have-progressives-lost-their-minds-entirely\/","title":{"rendered":"Are ‘Progressives’ Now Entirely Devoid of Moral Sense?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From an article<\/a> by A. N. Wilson:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not believing in abortion, like not believing in gay marriage, is now, unquestionably, a thought crime. It was hardly surprising that the Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg recently said he did not believe in abortion, because he is a man of conviction as well as a Roman Catholic, and this is the teaching of his Church. Yet his view was treated with incredulity and disdain by everyone from trolls and women's groups to the higher echelons of the political Establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Catholics need to to realize that it is utterly foolish to invoke the teachings of their church in justification of their beliefs when countering leftists.  If that is what the Tory MP did, then he needs to wise up.  In the eyes of a leftist, he may as well have 'defended' his opposition to abortion on the ground that his mum\/mommy taught him that it is very bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is the abortion question tied to religion in such a way that opposition to abortion can be based only on religious premises? Or are there good reasons to oppose abortion that are nor religiously based, reasons that secularists could accept?  The answer to the last question is plainly in the affirmative, although few seem to understand this. Yet another reason why you need my blog.<\/span><\/p>\n

I argue it out here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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