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...
Where is the Lazarus in each one of us. The weak and the vulnerable one that has been hidden away from ourselves and others. Has he been buried deep within …a place where the stench of death is frightening and revolting ? Do we go about our lives avoiding and denying that the tomb of the dead Lazarus is here and now within? Are we afraid that we cannot be loved if anyone finds out or even gets a whiff of the stench?
ReplyDeleteJesus asks to open the tomb. He is not afraid of death. He shudders with deep sorrow that in our relentless craving for human glory , we burry the one He loves the most. There is no ‘free’ will until Lazarus has been risen.