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...
I think you'll find that the "anti Catholic" faction in the press, World wide , are mostly men and women who grew up Catholic, received Catholic educations, love and revere the Catholic faith and still, by and large claim to be Catholic.
ReplyDeleteThey are unhappy with the current leadership of the Church. They want reform and so they rail against the current make up of the hierarchy, the persecution of Catholics that follow a liberal tradition, the marginalization of Women religious, the ostracization of the out Gay Catholic community, forced celibacy etc, etc.
You may not, probably do not, like these people. You may not want to consider them Catholic at all. That's your problem. To their lights, they are in fact pro Catholic. To mine as well.
There is something wrong with the Church, Tim. Something wrong with you. To say this is not anti Catholic at all. It's pro Catholic. Saying that these people should leave the Church and become Protestants and that they are anti Catholic just doesn't wash. Head in the sand stuff.