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...
"In the midst of the September 11, 2012, attacks on U.S. embassies in the Arab world, the mindset of the Obama administration was more fully revealed. The initial reaction from an official U.S. source came in the form of a statement: “The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. . . . Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.”
ReplyDeleteThe comment from the Cairo embassy occurred several hours before the Libyan attacks despite the author's attempt to conflate the incidents. Does she not agree with the statement? Would she have disagreed with it had the attacks not occurred or is she so desperate to rid American of the President Obama, the first black president, that she would resort to this dubious device.
I did something similar in the above paragraph, not telling a false hood but implying racism where there is none.