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...
Had China been evangelized by the sword, like Latin America, there is no reason to believe that they would have been any more disposed to follow the dictates of an orthodox Catholic hierarchy than for example, Latin America, Ireland or the Philippines today.
ReplyDeleteThe Vatican would be in exactly the same position, only with another couple billion dissenting followers. Not a bad thing for the World but no help to the guilded closet in Rome.
You are a menace to yourself. Head straight to the nearest msntal institution, and ask to be committed. You should not be out in the general population.
DeleteWhy is that Mark? I certainly don't feel very self menacing. I don't feel menacing to anybody at all. Are you the guy that wanted to meet me somewhere a few weeks ago and punch me in the nose? I think so. Maybe you are the menace, Mark. Have you considered that? Maybe you should.
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