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...
Despite what the article says this is not a"values and morals" debate, it truly is an education debate. I have several acquaintances who side with the anti-vaxxers and spout the most ridiculous claims about vaccines. Reading a few articles about the ant-vaxxers claims allowed me to shoot down their assertions. Is it a values issue when a person decries vaccinations because they contain mercury. No. Because you tell them it contains less mercury than a tuna sandwich and they have learnt something. If it is about values then the only value is that they need to fact over fiction when it comes to this topic.
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