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...
If God didn't want us to have a lot of sex, he wouldn't have made it feel so good, be so much fun or so addictive. If God didn't want us to have a lot of sexual partners he wouldn't have made us be so sensorily attractive to each other.
ReplyDeleteAnon: A juvenile argument! Sex is an appetite. Just as with food, too much is not good for the health. (Watch 'Supersize Me' if you need proof of the dangers of over indulgence.) God created us with certain desires to bring us pleasure AND to perpetuate the species. Too much emphasis on either half of that equation is a sin of immaturity and sinfulness. We are rational animals. We know how to rein in our appetites both for our self-interest and for the welfare of others. It's part of being civilized.
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