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...
I agree with the Pope on this. More urgently and crucial though, I think he needs to spell out the consequences , theologically, spiritually and psychologically for the following :: Priests who have sexually assaulted another human being ( even just one) , as well as a priest or bishop who is aware of accusations against priests but do not take the care to bring the same accusations to our professional investigators. That would be a great lesson for everybody to hear. It would also be very good to hear the pope call all on priests who fall into either category to leave the priesthood. Those would be very welcomed and respected words by the world to hear from the Pope!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Pope on this. More urgently and crucial though, I think he needs to spell out the consequences , theologically, spiritually and psychologically for the following :: Priests who have sexually assaulted another human being ( even just one) , as well as a priest or bishop who is aware of accusations against priests but do not take the care to bring the same accusations to our professional investigators. That would be a great lesson for everybody to hear. It would also be very good to hear the pope call all on priests who fall into either category to leave the priesthood. Those would be very welcomed and respected words by the world to hear from the Pope!
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