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...
And if CARE does provide contraceptives in it's emergency relief packages, this is offensive to who? Most Catholics use birth control. It is Catholic laity that makes the donations, one has to assume that the idea of birth control doesn't offend them. Most priests are not actually celebate. Admittedly most of them are homosexual but even they use barrier protection for the prevention of disease. Those few who are heterosexual use contraception just like everybody else.
ReplyDeleteSupport CARE. They do good work. So does Planned Parenthood. These organizations are so much more than the polarizing political icons that right wing, reactionary whackos seek to reduce them to.