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...
I wish everyone was equal and every voice heard in the church but it is not, is it?
ReplyDeleteEveryone in the world is equal. Let us love a world even in which not everyone is treated equally. The world is full of brokenness , weakness , failure and injustice. It’s the recognition of all these truthful things about one another ( as brothers and sisters in humanity) that opens the door to a new and transcendent world.
ReplyDeleteYes and let us love a church who has discovered that everyone in it is equal… and let us show them that everyone in the world is equal… and let us show them that everyone in the world deserves to be treated equally.
Recognition and concealment are not necessarily in opposition but the relationship between them is at the very least sketchy and stagnant.
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See you soon in the bell province.Not sure if you are already over there or not but I'll be over for a visit very soon , you can count on me. We love it over there and spend as much time as possible. We are about five minutes from the church.
Larry: I arrived on the Island this week to take up the reins locally this weekend.
DeleteWhich Church are you close to? I ask because my cottage is only 5 minutes from the Chapeau Church. We could be neighbors already and not even know it!
Fr. Tim