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...
Well no doubt you have got your wish Tim... comments are shut down on the HP. The blog is completely irrelevant to anyone requiring an open discussion of all facets of religion. You have your 'safe zone' now... you and Charles will be insulated from contact with us non religious.
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Ivan: I have no say at the Holy Post. I'm surprised that the comments section has been turned off on recent articles since the quality of the discussion has been pretty good of late. Why not write to Charlie and ask him why he's not allowing comments these days? He usually responds promptly when a question is put to him. His email link is embedded in the right hand side of the page.
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