Liberals obviously ignore him and his message (at their peril and that of our nation), but Dennis Prager makes my day.
Today in his ongoing series on Judeo-Christian values, a series which I plead that all Canadians read for their intellectual benefit, he advises that “…those who adhere to Judeo-Christian values must carry them with genuine humility”. Of course here in Canada, Christians are constantly humiliated for being Christian, so that goes without saying! But I jest.
Once again for those who aren’t in-the-know, Dennis Prager made a new year’s resolution to explain Judeo-Christian values this year, to plain folks in a way they’d understand—and he’s doing a fantastic job.
And just as an interesting aside, read his biography here.
Here’s an extended snippet of Part X1V:
I am arguing in this series of columns titled, “The Case for Judeo-Christian Values,” that Judeo-Christian values—as developed and expressed specifically, though not only, in America—constitute the finest value system in the world. If you care about goodness, justice and compassion prevailing in an often evil, unjust and cruel world, you should hope that Judeo-Christian values predominate on earth.
Is such an attitude, that there is a best value system, arrogant—or even chauvinistic or racist?
Let’s first deal with the charge of “racism.” It is difficult to overstate the absurdity of this charge. How can values that are universal—i.e., for people of all races—be racist? The charge is meaningless since people of all races affirm Judeo-Christian values. In fact, outside the United States, whites, being largely secular, are the race least likely to affirm these values.
What about “arrogant” or “chauvinistic”?
Though not as obviously so, these charges are equally meaningless.
If one does not deem one’s value system superior to others (at least the others that one is aware of), it is not a value system. It is a series of personal habits that one happens to prefer. Moreover, it is very hard to find anyone who upon a moment’s reflection really believes that his values are not superior.
Do those who believe in freedom believe that freedom is not a superior value to tyranny? Do those who believe in human equality believe that this value is not superior to the belief that one race is superior? Is the “honor killing” of daughters a value equal to that of allowing daughters to marry whomever they want? The list is almost endless.
The very implication of a “value” is that it is superior to any other. If you value monogamy, you are saying it is superior to polygamy. If you value tolerance, you are saying that tolerance is superior to intolerance.
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You can catch-up on the series at the source. Each one takes only a couple minutes to read, and it will expand your brain. Liberals are against that, I know, but it’s free (liberals are for that).
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