Crossing the Bridge to the 19th Century

Approximate conversation with my daughter:

Her: I have a form for my divorce proceeding that has to be typed. Can you scan it in for me?

Me:  Well, I'm not absolutely certain I have the right software to manipulate it after we scan it in.  Can't you ask someone to let you use their typewriter?

Her;  The lawyer can't believe I don't own a typewriter.

Me: [gapes]

Her:  No one I know owns a typewriter any more. We all have computers.  The lawyer demands I make an appointment to get it typed.

Me:  [gapes]  to USE her computer??????????????????????

Her:  yup

Me:  Call the library. Surely they have one you can use.  Or will have a suggestion where you can find one. Otherwise bring the form on Friday and we'll try to get it to work with my scanner and computer.

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Me:  What the hell is wrong with these people?  They haven't figured out that typewriters have long since gone the way of the dinosaur except for a few offices which have no one with any sense in them????

Moral Relativism

Reading defenses of religion, I often encounter the complaint that the modern, secular world is caught up in moral relativism. What we need, however, are moral absolutes.

I've seen this argument uaed a ton of times against those of us who espouse no religion, and against modern thinking generally. That we are, gasp, relativists.

I'm worse, I'm an existentialist. So I really don't get it. So let me ponder this aloud (sic) a moment:

We should all love religion because it has moral absolutes. Like, say, the 10 commandments?  Surely those are supposed to be absolutes for all who claim the Christian religion.

Right?

So. Taking only one of them:  Thou shalt not kill.

So, it is wrong to kill. Wrong to bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran - not to mention Iraq, and unmanned drone attacks on wedding parties - and all Christians are against the death penalty, right??  Right???????????

Oh, wait....

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