Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
Priests within academia who seek to broaden the spectrum of how scholars think about God. Those in journalism who want to write about how different people celebrate God. Those in the social justice community who seek to broaden the scope of who participates and how in the Church. Those in nontraditional parishes who seek to bring those people into the Church who are usually ignored and to address their unique spiritual needs. Do I have to name these guys or can you figure out who they are for yourself. They are all honest, open men, committed to the search for spiritual truth, wherever and within whoever it resides.
ReplyDeleteThese people, the cringing, closeted, Ratboy has no problem removing from contact with the world, marginalizing, laicizing and excommunicating.
He gets all anxious about removing child sodomites though. Maybe just a little therapy and a transfer. Why did it take seventy years for the church to decide to take action on this and still they do not move aggressively?
Pope Benedict is not a fit Pope.
reddog: We may not agree on the Pope, but we are definitely on the same page when it comes to any seeker of God.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good thing.
Fr. Tim