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...
Interesting article, but I don't think they're going to find much of anything here on earth. That for which they search does not live here.
ReplyDeleteBut I like the unsubtle, and perhaps unintentional, snark in the title...
Lady Janus: I have a particular attachment to this story because:
ReplyDeletea) I am very interested in this area of science, and
b) I was raised one mile from Creighton Mine, in the (then) INCO town of Lively! (and no, it was not 'lively' :)
Fr. Tim
In fact, the name of the town was changed when regional government melded it with the surrounding townships and village... the new name was WALDEN... equally funny from the perspective of anyone who has read either Thoreau or Skinner.
ReplyDeleteFr. Tim
Fr.Tim said: "b) I was raised one mile from Creighton Mine, in the (then) INCO town of Lively! (and no, it was not 'lively' :)"
ReplyDeleteI was way young way back then.
I seem to recall that town then called "Lively" was hit by a tornado.
I had an older cousin that made a joke after the tornado past and he was laughing when he said the town was not lively now. I remember thinking what a sick joke. Like I said that was a long time ago.
Lina