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 any culture deliberately sets up a class system based on superficial attributes, it does not deserve to survive.
ReplyDeleteAnd no culture which suppresses the rights of some of its citizens should be allowed to claim that it is on the side of equality for all.
We have evolved our own culture from that which only recognizes white male property owners as fully free citizens with all the rights entailed with citizenship to one that embraces women, non-property owners, and people of color and every religion and social status.
"...if every Christian in America who claimed to be pro-life would simply refuse to vote for any candidate—regardless of party—who supports abortion, the abortion laws would change within two election cycles."
No it wouldn't. All that would do would lower the number of pro-lifers at the polls. But politics is not about one single issue, that issue being abortion. It's also about jobs and the economy, which is a MUCH hotter button than abortion. And it's about other things, as well. It's about the immediate future of each and every voter, all of whom have escaped their own potential abortion, and most of whom do not care one fig for the rights or lives of their neighbors across the street, much less the purported life or "rights" of something that has not yet even been born.
Ask any voter: would you give up your house and/or job/income in order to ensure that some woman you don't know is not allowed to have an abortion? Any predictions on the answer to such a question?