Natural Law and Religious Freedom by Charles J. Daryl

Author:Charles, J. Daryl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)
Published: 2017-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Does John Paul resort to over-statement by warning of “an alliance of democracy and ethical relativism” and by the potential for this to “make the acknowledgment of truth impossible?” This theme, it should be remembered, was a common feature in his writings and mirrored the conviction that if there is not ultimate truth to guide and direct the activity of a society, then ideas and priorities are easily manipulated for the purposes of raw, corrosive political power. John Paul seems to have in mind lessons of recent history when he reiterates that a “democracy without values readily turns into open or thinly veiled totalitarianism.”40 John Paul’s burden calls to mind the words of the social philosopher Michael Novak, who had a knack for understanding the times in which we live:

During the next hundred years, the question for those who love liberty is whether we can survive the most insidious and duplicitous attacks from within, from those who undermine the virtues of our people, doing in advance the work of the Father of Lies. “There is no such thing as truth,” they teach even the little ones. “Truth is bondage. Believe what seems right to you. There are as many truths as there are individuals. Follow your feelings. Do as you please. Get in touch with yourself. Do what feels comfortable.” Those who speak in this way prepare the jails of the twenty-first century. They do the work of tyrants.41

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