Thursday, December 17, 2015

Michael Moore: Blasphemer


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  1. He should test the truth of what he has written by taking his sign and standing in the square in Mosul ...

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  2. I don't think Moore intended his statement to be taken literally. Even if he did, it's not easy for me to see how it can be said to constitute "blasphemy." Properly speaking, isn't "blasphemy" (as opposed to slander, sacrilege, or some other offense) speaking evil about God himself? Moore is speaking only about his fellow human beings.

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    1. I think we could easily ask a Muslim if I were able to walk around calling myself a Muslim. I don't imagine his response would be affirmative or even very happy.

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  3. I think blasphemy is over the top. It has the same moral weight as "We are all American" or "We are all French" after 9/11 or the Paris shooting. Moore isn't so much a blasphemer as he is a moral emotivist. He just says stuff that--to some people at least--sounds cool but is ultimately pointless.

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    1. Let us remember him in prayer.

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    2. Let us remember him in prayer.

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    3. That "moral weight" and argument was in fact precisely Mr. Moore's intention, as he stated unambiguously in the open letter to Donald Trump that he made to accompany this photograph: <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/we-are-all-muslim_b_8826942.html>. He was indeed not making a theological or dogmatic statement nor in any way trying to characterize any religion.

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  5. How G.K. Chesterton might reply: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wUYTMcXBE

    :-)

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