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...
Why, in all that is Holy, is this article on this blog ? It is an argument put forward by some nutty atheist in the nutty USA, and it is here for comment? Come off it!
ReplyDeleteAnon: It's on the blog because it's about where faith and life collide... 'where the rubber hits the road' as it were. This isn't a blog dedicated to teaching the Catholic faith. That's what I do in my full-time job. It's a place to discuss controversial topics where the world of faith intersects the public square. I hope you can see that this means that I need to post a wide variety of articles and columns on a variety of topics.
ReplyDeleteFr. Tim
So, then, is it not an Evangelical Blog? Are you NOT trying to convert?
DeleteIs it not the duty of a Priest to teach and preach the word of God?
Are you not, always, a Priest in the Order of
Melchisedech?,
Does a Priest have days, or hours, or minutes off where he is Not a Priest? If so, there has been a change mad since I was in Catholic School
I do not recall the saying- Where the rubber hits the road- from the Bible! I do recall the expression Thou art a Priest forever.