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...
Amen.
ReplyDeleteEven if ‘Right’ was an existing reality and not merely a value judgement on reality, it would still appear to be contradictory and ironic that Ezra T. Benson should say so and that Fr. Tim you should suggest we live by these and that Rationalist you should agree with all.
ReplyDeleteIf what I say is false,thats because I don't know the truth. If what I say is true,thats because it dosn't come from me.
We may not know, with absolute certainty, what is right, but very often we know what is wrong. Now obviously Mr. Benson, being a Mormon, would hold various things to be true that both Fr, Tim and I would disagree with. But stepping outside of who said it, the statement hold truth, even thought we don't always obey it.
ReplyDeleteThe assertions made by each one of you are ironic and contradictory for three separate reasons , each different one peculiar to each one of you three.
ReplyDeleteLarry - So is yours.
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