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To: coug who wrote (2104)	12/4/2007 7:08:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3961

neat site!

To: coug who wrote (2104)	12/8/2007 7:05:29 PM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3961

Yes, indeed, a neat site, that is.Max

To: coug who wrote (2104)	12/8/2007 7:21:59 PM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 3961

Just grabbed from that site this discussing of Dietrich Bonhoeffer(1906-1945) <<Responsible action, in other words, is a highly risky venture. It makes no claims to objectivity or certainty. It is a free venture that cannot be justified in advance (Ethics, p.249). But, nevertheless, it is how we participate in the reality of Christ, i.e., it is how we act in accordance with the will of God. The demand for responsible action in history is a demand no Christian can ignore. We are, accordingly, faced with the following dilemma: when assaulted by evil, we must oppose it directly. We have no other option. The failure to act is simply to condone evil. But it is also clear that we have no justification for preferring one response to evil over another. We seemingly could do anything with equal justification. Nevertheless, for Bonhoeffer, the reality of a demand for action without any (a priori) justification is just the moral reality we must face, if we want to be responsible people.>> He was himself, of course, executed by the Nazis for his resistance.Max