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...
Children are living , breathing , beautiful human beings. They are not 'minors!'
ReplyDeleteThose who use the term 'minors' in relation to clergy sexual molestation of children, unwittingly reveal a very fundamental disconnect between thinking head and vulnerable heart.
Children are living , breathing , beautiful human beings. They are not 'minors!'
ReplyDeleteThose who use the term 'minors' in relation to clergy sexual molestation of children, unwittingly reveal a very fundamental disconnect between thinking head and vulnerable heart.
Larry: 1) You could be right, however I suspect that the use of the term reflects the legal reality that abusing a child (aka a 'minor') is different from other types of abuse in that it is more grievous and harmful.
ReplyDelete2) Could you please send me your phone number again? I'd like to see if there's a date where I can finally get together with you
and Arden. I would enjoy the visit and we can get caught up after my absence of so many years. Of course, I won't publish it. Thanks.
Fr. Tim
Legally more grievous and harmful? This represents a brand new use for the term or a lame defence…one or the other.
ReplyDeleteWe refer to children as 'minors' when we want to express the fact that a child is to young to smoke or to young to drink alcohol or vote or even to view pornographic material. But no reasonable ...even sensible person would suggest that a child is to young to be raped by his local trusted parish priest and left for non-existent by the church! Except those who by some malfunction have lost the natural bridge between mind and heart.