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...
Funny, all I hear around my church is the voice of women. Maybe your church is different, Archbishop Durocher? My church is filled with women- the church groups are filled with women and run by women, and daily Mass is predominantly women. Women clean the rectory, act as secretary and sacristan, play the organ, lead ministry groups in my church and run the fundraisers. However, if the Archbishop means that the voices of radical feminists are not being heard, my only answer to that would be "alleluia!" What we don't need is to listen to the strident feminists voices that claim they have no place at the Catholic table, or other such euphemisms. The Catholic church needs an era of male renaissance, where men are encouraged to take more leadership roles in the church. I'd love to stay home and relax for a while, and let men shoulder the heavy lifting around my church!
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