By Tawfik Hamid
One of the greatest lessons we can learn from nature is the wisdom of our immune system. This fascinating collection of defense mechanisms has the ability to show tolerance to benign human cells so that we can survive. It also has the ability to not tolerate harmful cancer cells. Failure to express this natural intolerance to cancer cells or to distinguish between malignant and benign cells can prove to be fatal.
What we learn from this “wise” system is that showing tolerance to destructive and violent agents can have devastating consequences. Those who adopt cultural relativism need to be able distinguish between the benign features of cultures such as food, dancing, or art, and between the potentially fatal. Relativism and tolerance work well with the benign features but not with those that could be malignant.
More specifically, tolerating the food, music, and art of Islamic culture is not harmful; however, tolerating the inhumane Shariah laws such as the Redda law, which enforces the killing of converts from Islam, is quite toxic. Failure to distinguish between these features can be destructive to any free society. Read more ...
One of the greatest lessons we can learn from nature is the wisdom of our immune system. This fascinating collection of defense mechanisms has the ability to show tolerance to benign human cells so that we can survive. It also has the ability to not tolerate harmful cancer cells. Failure to express this natural intolerance to cancer cells or to distinguish between malignant and benign cells can prove to be fatal.
What we learn from this “wise” system is that showing tolerance to destructive and violent agents can have devastating consequences. Those who adopt cultural relativism need to be able distinguish between the benign features of cultures such as food, dancing, or art, and between the potentially fatal. Relativism and tolerance work well with the benign features but not with those that could be malignant.
More specifically, tolerating the food, music, and art of Islamic culture is not harmful; however, tolerating the inhumane Shariah laws such as the Redda law, which enforces the killing of converts from Islam, is quite toxic. Failure to distinguish between these features can be destructive to any free society. Read more ...
Source: NewsMax
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