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...
Fighting the contraception mandate is a loser for the Catholic Bishops, the laity is not solidly behind them on this but if that's what they want to do, more power to them.
ReplyDeleteTaking the case to the courts is suicidal, win would be worse than lose. I hope somebody they trust clues them in and dissuades them from that course of action.
If the bishops are leading a popularity contest where right and wrong are determined by the winds of the day you'd be 100% correct. They should cave and do whatever would be the most popular course of action. However if they are in the business of serving God and upholding truth, they should fight this with every ounce of there being. If "catholics" choose to bail because of it, so be it. Jesus never compromised with the devil, nor should his church.
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