It is interesting to me that in today's world of political correctness and moral relativism, the people who are tolerated the least and are often called racists, bigots, homophobes, etc. are those who believe there is absolute right and wrong, that there is such a thing as sin and that sin has been defined and never changes. To me, having those beliefs does not make one a hater or any of the terms used to attack them. It doesn't make them better than those who think differently, either. It just sets them apart from those who so vehemently disagree with their belief systems that they want to demean, belittle and even joke about their life philosophy in hopes they will shut up. And some do want to discriminate against and silence them. Open, honest discussion with an exchange of ideas in the form of back and forth, respectful debate just doesn't happen anymore. The crux of the issue comes down to authority - What is a person's authority for what they believe? Is it me, is a person's authority just what each thinks and desires? Is it the government, a political leader, friends, parents, a church, books we've read, a professor or university? And remember, humanism is a religion, too, and our public schools have been indoctrinating our kids with that belief system for quite a long time. A disagreement about these type of issues can only be reasonably decided when the parties agree on the ultimate authority that will be used to determine the correct answer. And that is the real problem. People no longer recognize a Supreme authority and so each of us becomes our own authority and then we seek out others who agree with us to reinforce our system of beliefs. Those who disagree or take opposing views become "the other" and must be minimized or destroyed. Kind of sad, really.