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 Church is doing 2 things by this demand for records. Ist they want to overwhelm a volunteer organization with no real staff and whose records are largely spread out in the garages and storage spaces of individuals who may not even know each other.
ReplyDelete2nd, they are fishing for as many names as possible of former victims of priest sex abuse now associated with SNAP, knowing that many of them will themselves have become sodomy/rapists of young boys because of the abuse they suffered. By uncovering and exposing these second generation sex crimes they can discredit SNAP.
I agree Father Tim!
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