[Originally a forum post from http://thetoo.com]

I'm sorry, this post will be long; I don't have the time or energy to trim and edit tonight, but I just had to react.

I'll summarize my post in bullet points:

• The world is complex, and many (If not most) ethical questions are subjective and inherently gray -- to both Christians and non-believers.
• The desire for love is universal.
• A rough guideline for ethics is somewhat obvious from our experience and inherent human nature.

This is my reaction to my first assigned reading for the class "Scripture" (HONS 214H) at Andrews University.

"All human communities live out of some story that provides a context for understanding the meaning of history and gives shape and direction to their lives."

Here's a video blog a friend sent me a link to this morning, titled "More demands from Islam." On the author's site (here) is the following nice, big welcome message:

"Hi, I'm Pat Condell. I don't respect your beliefs and I don't care if you're offended."