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. This guy is an Oppie, Fox news correspondent and has lived in Rome for decades. This tells us that they are not looking to craft the message for the general public or even most catholic laity but aimed straight at the super orthodox, traditional followers of the Church. These people should be strongly in the hierarchy's corner anyway. The fact that they have hired him to craft their message tells you that they are not. This group constitutes no more than 20% of laity. When you remove those under the age of 60, it is much smaller, maybe 10-12% at most. the fact that they feel they must extend themselves to keep these guys in the fold tells you that the church is in much worse shape than anybody realizes.
ReplyDeleteI thought the Holy Spirit advised the Pope.
ReplyDeleteAre we now to believe that a Fox News correspondent is on the same level as the HS?
Oh dear...