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 can find no official report of this from UK news media such as the Wiltshire paper, which reports on every motorcycle accident, or from any hospital. The only reports come from Bp. Hill's Facebook status and the email that members of The Ark Community received. Seems odd.
ReplyDeleteVivian: +Prendergast of Ottawa was the one who first reported this death. I've found a number of articles on the story today online as well. I am quite certain that (sadly) this story is true.
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I, too, am persuaded that it is true, and am so terribly sad. Losing Tony seems a horrific blow to those of us called to the unity movement. I was troubled by the lack of facts in the online reports, but more recently even that is explicable from the Bristol newspaper. Presumably more official reports (and a response from Pope Francis) will be forthcoming. Pax Christi.
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