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...
Charles Colson was a religious bully who styled himself a minister of the Gospel, a thug in the Marine Corps, pretending to false patriotism and one of the worst criminals in the Nixon White house of the Watergate era. He is notorious and reviled by all but the most reactionary and repressive elements of society.
ReplyDeleteTim Moyle and George Weigel think he was a grand fellow. Now there's a surprise!
Anon: Actually, we believe in the power of conversion: 'metanoia'. Mr. Colson was an excellent example of that grace. You, on the other hand are offering the opposite grace with your comment: paranoia.
ReplyDeleteChuck Colson is in better shape than you.
Fr. Tim