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...
I personally found that review something odd but not as odd as the "scientific" show which hammered on in it's first episode of the potentiality of something you could define as god. I find there to be a massive leap from the possibility of there being a god and than the properties that all religions give it/him/her. There is one thing assuming there is a god, there is another claiming there to be without any verification, of course. What I find the bloodiest is the massive claim and than assertions of properties without any authentication what so ever as we have within our "great" religions today. As I've written this I look to the left of the screen an find an odd counter which I have trouble with authenticating.. can you?
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