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...
The worst of all possible worlds. Evidence of an afterlife that totally invalidates everything I stand for and there are lawyers involved.
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Rationalist: Ain't it great? I couldn't resist posting it. The blog author himself sent me the link.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of that old joke about the angels that wanted to get married. God put them off for years before granting them their request. After a few decades, the angels realized that they made a mistake and wanted to be free to see other angels so they asked God for a divorce. "IMPOSSIBLE!" thundered God. "Is it because Jesus said that humans couldn't divorce?" asked the angels. "No", said God. "It took years to finally get a priest up here to marry you. You'll have to wait forever before a lawyer finally makes it here!"
Fr. Tim
Always count on you to come up with the very Seraphim of jokes.
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