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...
The pope can't kick Kung out of the Church because he reflects the beliefs of the majority of German and Austrian Catholics. He can't let the SSPX back in because they affront the beliefs of most of those same people.
ReplyDeleteIt's what's commonly called a "pickle".
To be a Sedevacantist you need to affirm that the papacy has been invalid since Paul VI, like the SSPX claims. By opposing the current pope's attempt to let the SSPX back into the church, Fr. Kung is being called a Sedevacantist. Isn't the wronge person being called a Sedevacantist?
ReplyDeleteRationalist: I think that's the argument the article is making: that B16 is the sedevacantist in as much as he is illegitimate in the eyes of Kung.
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Stop the presses. You have to stop this before all is lost.
ReplyDeleteVatican in pact with Microsoft to initiate world's youths into Office
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/05/25/vatican_microsoft/
How quickly can they make Steve Jobs a saint so he can put an end to this? :->
Rationalist: As I type this message on my iMac while charging up my iPad and iPhone, I couldn't agree with you more!!
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