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...
Not far away will come the suggestion to give less to the Church and more to the poor !
ReplyDeleteWhen the Church is financially bankrupt, then the cleansing will be thorough.
Those members of the Clergy who do not wish to follow will become known, and they will be gone.
Those who have lost site of the meaning of SRVICE, will refuse and run away. If martyrdom raises its head , they will run even faster.
Then we will know who the True Followers of Jesus really are. Joe