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 excerpt given the NYTimes link is less about why Pref. Dawkins thinks God does not exist (latter in his book he deals with why there is insufficient evidence for God, a subtle but significant difference). But I offered up this excerpt more for the first few paragraphs where Prof. Dawkins talks about the awe both religious and non can share about this universe we have found ourselves in.
ReplyDeleteHere's one you may want to weigh in on.
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