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 Vatican will drop the charges and let the butler go free on the condition that he remain silent. Stopping further leaks about unethical and illegal financial activities on the part of high Vatican officials and getting the stories out of the media eye will be the top priority of the pope, his Cardinals and bishops, many of whom enrich themselves, family members and associates by purloining Church resources.
ReplyDeleteAnd you know this..how?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think those leaks were about, Saturn? Why have the head of the Vatican Bank and a Sicilian Cardinal been removed this week? It's all been about theft, cronyism and corruption in the highest levels of Catholic Church.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the pope's butler was the one leaking the documents containing such information proves at the very least that the pope knew of this state of affairs and let it continue. At worst, it indicates a whole different situation.