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TechnoratiPope Benedict XVI addressed the trend to such cafeteria-style Christianity in a speech to Swiss Bishops in November 2006, warning that it could become a "substitute for religion."
"Modern society is not simply without morality, but it has, so to speak, 'discovered' and professes a part of morality", the Pope said. "These are the great themes of peace, non-violence, justice for all, concern for the poor, and respect for creation."
The Pope warned that these "great moral themes" have "become an ethical complex that, precisely as a political force, has great power and constitutes for many the substitute for religion, or its successor."
"It is only if human life is respected from conception to death that the ethics of peace is also possible and credible," concluded the Pope. "It is only then that non-violence can express itself in every direction; only then that we truly welcome creation, and only then that we can arrive at true justice."
Carter is, with his new initiative, attempting to set up a substitute religion. A religion which regards "fundamentalists" as he pejoratively refers to Christians who refuse to bend to on the controversial life and family teachings of Christ, as the enemy.
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John-Henry Westen is the founder and editor of the first life and family issues news service operating on the internet in Canada – LifeSiteNews.com.
