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...
Some 10 years ago, I was told by a long-admitted gay man, that any notion gay men seriously wanted gay marriage legislation or protection for gay marriage. He said gay men by their very nature did not want to be tied down to one partner. He was not sure what the Lesbian approach was all about, but, said it sounded a lot like ME TOO--ism. He is also a lawyer and noted many people wanted to be in a position to sue and make money over the issue.
ReplyDeleteI trust what this man said- I did not ask him, he provided it of his own volition.