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...
Except it has to be the relationship that he prescribes. He forbids you from developing a relationship with God that may lead your conscience, thoughts or actions toward any state of being that may be in conflict with those dictated by the Church,
ReplyDeleteWe all must realize that all wisdom of God is only valid after the pope's infallible interpretation. We can see how this is true when we observe the immaculate behavior of the pope and his flock of priests. Works of charity and social justice must not interfere with the more important political and financial goals of the Church because in order to serve God the Church must be both powerful and affluent.
"Except it has to be the relationship that he prescribes. He forbids you from developing a relationship with God that may lead your conscience, thoughts or actions toward any state of being that may be in conflict with those dictated by the Church"
ReplyDelete-Actually Jesus left us a Church, the Catholic Church, with a head to lead us from its very beginning.(Matt. 16:18). He promised the Spirit guide that CHURCH. I'll trust that 2000 year old Churches discernment on matters of faith and morals far more than some freelancer claiming to tap into the will of God on his own.
"We all must realize that all wisdom of God is only valid after the pope's infallible interpretation.
We can see how this is true when we observe the immaculate behaviour of the pope and his flock of priests.
-Imagine the horror, sinners within the ranks. I'd love to go to your church where the clergy are spotless. Not a Judas among them.
How exactly does the sins of some homosexual pedophile priests prove that church teaching is wrong when their actions are a grave violation of Church teaching?
"Works of charity and social justice must not interfere with the more important political and financial goals of the Church because in order to serve God the Church must be both powerful and affluent."
-Charity and social justice are great but the churches primary mission is getting people to heaven. When you become a secular social worker and do nothing for the soul, or worst yet, you jeopardize it by promoting sin, you've dropped the ball as a Christian. Some peoples ideas of social justice are downright evil. Some think social justice includes promoting the death of the unborn through abortion, the greatest social injustice of our age.