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...
The Pope is very concerned about rising sea levels. So is the Government of the Maldives. They are so concerned about rising sea levels that they have given the go-ahead to the construction of two new airports on the islands, a sure sign that they are quaking in their boot about the rising level of the sea. What the governments of these islands want is loads-a-money, especially from rich, developed countries. What better way than to claim that they are about to sink beneath the waves and it's all the fault of the rich, developed countries. In the process the Pope passes the Rising Sea Level Gullibility Test with flying colours.
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