![]() ![]() ![]() What are the teachers to say about all this if ERC is imposed upon them? That the Magi were not wise men but on a fool’s errand? ![]() The poster features the Magi from the east. Tonight, they are having their Christmas concert and, yes, they call it a “Christmas” concert. I spoke in front of a large Christmas tree and nativity scene. Loyola had its Christmas decorations up when I visited. Surely not here! But what else to call a state mandate that dictates that Catholic schools - and every single religious believer in Quebec of any creed - must teach relativism pure and simple, namely that between two contradictory positions, both are equally true or equally false, or to put it more directly, equally nothing. When we hear about dictatorship in Canada, our initial response is to be skeptical. We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive.” Whereas relativism, that is, letting oneself be ‘tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine’, seems the only attitude that can cope with modern times. “Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labelled as fundamentalism. I half hoped he might send one to us: “Canada, good luck with the dictatorship of relativism!” For Joseph Ratzinger warned us about this on the day before he was elected pope, in an address to the college of cardinals: Pope Benedict XVI sent his inaugural tweets yesterday. Consider that: A Muslim mother who homeschools her children in order to better teach them the Islamic way of life would also have to teach them that being Muslim is no better than being an atheist. And, in any case, the ERC applies even to homeschoolers. This is not an argument of public provision. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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