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...
And yet, I would say that the ruling coalition of government has every right to act in reigning in powers and privileges that may have been previously granted to the Church, just as the autocratic and often unpopular bishops may act to lobby the government directly and enjoin their laity to grant, through the democratic process, such as they may desire. They don't have the political pull they used to have so the entitlements they currently enjoy are bound to shrink. If they are able to burnish up their now much sullied image and regain influence among their flocks in the future, they may once again exercise political influence sufficient to improve their position in society.
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What "powers and privileges" do you see that the government has every right to reign in?
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