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...
This is unfortunate if he realy is innocent of any wrongdoing. However, he's not alone. And priests are not being targetted -- all kinds of people in all kinds of professions find themselves in similar situations, and it's mainly due to what I call the "point system" within the legal system (I refuse to call it a "justice" system -- it has been proven too many times not to have anything at all to do with justice).
ReplyDeleteThe grand jury didn't indict because they thought there was insufficient evidence to order a trial. That doesn't mean they think he's innocent. It means they think they cannot get a conviction. They lose points if they go to trial and lose.
If we want situations like this to end, we have to insist that every accused gets the trial to which he is entitled, whether or not the prosecution thinks it can get a conviction.
To that end, can he not demand a trial? I would, were I him.