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...
How, in the Name of all that is Holy, does this rant find its way into the blog of a Catholic Priest?
ReplyDeleteIs someone in the Pembroke Diocese now becoming emboldened to come out also?
Weird begets weird!
Oskar: It would seem that we didn't wazch the same video. The one I watched showed a sports commentator espousing a very Catholic position that refuses to reduce a person down to their sexuality. If one holds to othodox Catholic teaching (sexuality is part of person; sex belongs between married couples - therefore no relevance to football) then there's nothing to take offense at. It's no different than the essence of Pope Francis's answer to this same issue.
ReplyDeleteMay I ask what it was that you saw in it that leads you to cast aspirsions or malicious inuendo n my direction? I do not ask this as a rhetorical question. I'm really curious and puzzled by what offends you so deeply about this video. I hope you will reply further.
Fr. Tim