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...
You gotta feel sorry for the old guy. Who does he get to control. Not governments. Not the laity of his own church. Not even the priests. I wonder how many of his princes are just waiting for more liberal leadership?
ReplyDeleteGiven those cardinals he and JPII have made, it may be a long wait but I wonder. Are all those boys as reactionary as they seem, really?
Only time will tell but not too much time. Benedict is 85.
Relgious observance is a freely chosen choice by popes,bishops,priests and laity.There is no control.It is one's knowledge and one's conscience that is at play...and of course grace (but that's for another day)
ReplyDeleteThis really has become a tiresome johnny-one-note type of discussion, and nausea is just around the corner.
ReplyDeleteOne would think all of these self-absorbed enlightened thinkers could find something else to whine about.
Or, is that TOO realistic for them ?