What constitutes morality? Good news and Bad

Couple of ongoing discussions about morality and evil at bad christian and the parish. I have blogged about this before--in how we discuss morality and evil. GWB's discussion of evil has always left me cold--as if he is stuck in junior high and cannot see the world with any nuance. Not that I don't believe in evil, nor that people flying planes into buildings aren't examples of it. But as we have seen, the face of evil is not always what we think.

Now, for the good news. A friend of mine who tolerates my rantings on this subject sent me this link, noting that it sounded very similar to my arguments on the subject. Very interesting to hear a Baptist suggesting that morality includes more than sexual issues.

Now for the bad news


Yahoo! News - Gonzales Named to Succeed Ashcroft as Attorney General

"Many conservatives interpreted the Gonzales appointment as a sign that Bush is preparing to nominate a more ideological figure to the Supreme Court.

'I find it reassuring,' said Jeffrey Bell, a consultant with ties to religious conservatives. 'It shows that Bush is a loyal person, which on a different level assures people who care about the Supreme Court.'"

A) the fact that religious conservatives like this candidate makes me very nervous. Loyalty is a good thing, but when it is blindly extended to people who do bad things (thinking now of appointing Kissinger to the 9-11 commission) then it is simply stupidity. Not loyalty. B) this is the same guy that suggested that Bush should be able to both torture people and incarcerate American citizens as "enemy combatants" for as long as the government decides. That's right, Alberto the Torturer. Appointed by GWB the Christian. Yay.