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...
*sigh* That could have been such a fascinating article. Carter is at least a writer of some potential. However, he made two errors back to back that stopped me cold:
ReplyDelete"Let’s call this class of homo sapiens 'non-personal human beings.'"
No. Let's not. For the purposes of this argument, that is much too close to the conclusion to which you would like us all to come. Call it Robert or elephant or even late-for-dinner, but do NOT label it with your destination tag!
"For the sake of argument, let us concede..."
NO! Whenever this kind of phrasing turns up in a discussion, the rest of the arguments disappear into the "concession," and nothing ever gets resolved, except in the mind of the one who made that statement. NEVER concede any point! If such a point is critical to your argument, always, always, ALWAYS settle that point first, before you take it any further! Otherwise, you are simply wasting everyone's time.