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...
Why do you submit so many scientific bits for us, when there are so many other items more conducive to the tone of the Blog?
ReplyDeleteWe can always go to a better site to get more accurate science info.
Is it that a Priest does not find enough in the Gospels to talk about, that he must get into speculative research?
Anon: Simple! We can learn and appreciate a a great deal about God by learning more and more about his handiwork in creating all there is. Theology has long taught it is wrong to only view God as a cosmic clockmaker, but it is also true that we should always find awe in our hearts and minds when we discover another bit of how God wrought and sustains the universe.
ReplyDeleteBishop Fred Henry, when he was one of my seminary professors, wisely taught that Catholics should have a bible in one hand and a newspaper, journal, or text in the other. The discoveries of science strengthens our faith. At least it does for me.
Fr. Tim
Those poor Apostles, Disciples, early Martyrs, and assorted other followers of The Word
Deletedid not have newspapers, the internet, journals, or other distractions that could lead them away from the Word of God !
Every time I hear the above rationalization, it reminds me of what Lucifer said- I will not serve! If one has mastered the Bible, New and Old Testaments, and the revealed Word, then if he is a Priest I thought that is what he was supposed to talk about !!!
Anon: Those poor apostles etc. also didn't have cars, electricity, modern means of communication or antibiotics. Should I eschew all of them because they are the fruits of modern science? You are either: a) antediluvian b) confused or c)intending only to spread silly malice and insult. I leave it to you to decide.
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