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...
Can't say he was a personal favorite. More into Woody and Leadbelly for prol/pop anthems and Dylan for naked 60s angst. Still, he did more to keep White, roots folk alive throughout nearly a century of threatening extinction than any other single person. He must also be admired, like him or not, for never backing down an inch from his core beliefs in nonviolent, socialist, pacifist political dissent. There is no one left living to even begin to take his place. A politician with no party. A soldier with no weapon. A profit with no God.
ReplyDeleteHis name is now inscribed indelibly on the blacklist in the great beyond.