Comments on: Education & Values are NOT the Same http://themoderatevoice.com/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: domajot http://themoderatevoice.com/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-90582 domajot Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:05:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/#comment-90582 I hate to be the spoil sport here, but the'image of God' is just a sugar pill (to me), unless everyone agrees on what God is or represents. Wjat we are are really talking about is the societal need to embrace the same basic definitions of good and evil, and those are arrived at IMO by cultural evolution. It's a cultural process, not a Godly one. Nevertheless, accepting the same definitions is he strongest impetus for cultural survival and advancement. In that sense, Pres. Bush is right. We are being challenged by a culture where our definitions of good and evil have been turned upside down. As far as I can see, our best defense and our best hope for survival is to not slide into coypying them but to retain our own (Western) good and evil ideals. I hate to be the spoil sport here, but the’image of God’ is just a sugar pill (to me), unless everyone agrees on what God is or represents.

Wjat we are are really talking about is the societal need to embrace the same basic definitions of good and evil, and those are arrived at IMO by cultural evolution. It’s a cultural process, not a Godly one. Nevertheless, accepting the same definitions is he strongest impetus for cultural survival and advancement.

In that sense, Pres. Bush is right. We are being challenged by a culture where our definitions of good and evil have been turned upside down. As far as I can see, our best defense and our best hope for survival is to not slide into coypying them but to retain our own (Western) good and evil ideals.

]]> By: jdledell http://themoderatevoice.com/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-90559 jdledell Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:59:42 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/#comment-90559 "Our best chance is to reiterate the central teaching of the Torah: each human being is made in the image of God. You can betray that image or honor it. A world bereft of that truth is a world bereft." True words. I just wish both Israelis and Palestinians would believe this is the truth. Maybe, we could actually get a peace agreement then. “Our best chance is to reiterate the central teaching of the Torah: each human being is made in the image of God. You can betray that image or honor it. A world bereft of that truth is a world bereft.”

True words. I just wish both Israelis and Palestinians would believe this is the truth. Maybe, we could actually get a peace agreement then.

]]> By: cosmoetica http://themoderatevoice.com/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-90530 cosmoetica Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:30:23 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/#comment-90530 There is nothing wrong with eugenics nor euthenics. They are merely tools that can be applied wrongly or rightly. There is nothing wrong with eugenics nor euthenics. They are merely tools that can be applied wrongly or rightly.

]]> By: carpeicthus http://themoderatevoice.com/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-90521 carpeicthus Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:36:06 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/#comment-90521 To add another layer, Holmes himself was a eugenicist. To add another layer, Holmes himself was a eugenicist.

]]> By: cosmoetica http://themoderatevoice.com/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-90498 cosmoetica Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:48:35 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/14007/education-values-are-not-the-same/#comment-90498 Even more apt: education and intelligence are not the same. Even more apt: education and intelligence are not the same.

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