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...
There a story of a recent upstart in Boston Society who was attempting to join one of the more exclusive clubs. Looking at his lack of pedigree this Boston Brahman descended from the Mayflower said to the prospective member. "In our club we put great emphasis on breeding." The young man remarked. "I think it's fun too, but I do have other interests".
ReplyDeleteMy point is that the human species is defined by more than it's ability to create progeny, inaccurately pigeon holed into male and female (by some estimates 1 to 10,0000 births have ambiguous sex). But even if we were, as Genesis proclaimed, "male and female He created them", in fact we transcend sexual roles. Yes it's important, but we do have other interests. We love, we learn, we help, we create, we explore, we emphasize, we support, we do all those things that make us human. Compared to our biological roles, determined by evolution, these are much more important.