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...
When did our choices get so skimpy and our lives so narrow? When did we lose the ability to be religious without blaring it to the world at the top of our voices? And when did one religion become the only religion...and its only alternative secular humanism -- and when did that become a bad thing?
ReplyDeleteSadly many Catholics have been poorly catechized (especially in the last 40 years) and are sifted like wheat when confronted about their faith. And sadly, theres no shortage of people out there with Catholicism in their cross hairs. Lewis is right, you can't defend your faith if you know little or nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Paul