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...
As opposed to all those stories and pictures of young children "embracing" Jesus?
ReplyDeleteTim, really...this is unworthy of you. That article is odiously slanted. Even more so than most of what comes out of Lifesite.
Lady Janus: I hope you understand that if I came across an article where a 10 yr old was used to promote ANY political agenda that I would post it here with similar comments from me.
ReplyDeleteI object to kids being misused no matter by whom or no matter the cause.
This is a case that qualifies under that rubric.
Fr. Tim
It's actually Wildmon and his ilk who think it's perfectly okay to use children as long as it's for Jesus.
ReplyDeleteBut when I directed my comment to you, I was actually talking about the language used in the "article." Do you not see what they're doing?