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...
Maggie Marwah makes some excellent points in her article. Her point that the Vatican is silent while the controversy is swirling reminds me of how Nero played his flute while Rome burned, if I have the story correctly.
ReplyDeletei wonder if the question now is simply...what can we, who are the Church, do to encourage our leaders to speak out? it is not enough just to complain..we need to complain constructively.
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