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...
As a cradle Catholic 73 yrs old there is never a day goes by that i do not pray for all priests...from the Pope down to my own pastor...my prayer is two-fold...that God will continue to bless them and a thank you to God for the wonderful reflection of Him they have been for me. Have some of them done awful things...yes...but it does not negate whatever good they have also done and the difference between them and me is simply that their sins have been made public and mine have not.
ReplyDeleteMary G, your humility is truly inspirational.
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