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...
"Part of this is based in the reality that there is no such thing as parenting — there's no such thing as parenting in the abstract; there's mothering and there's fathering, and children do best with both"
ReplyDeleteOutside of the biological differences, there is only parenting. That stereotype of man's stuff and woman's stuff is outdated. I am not limited by societal norms as to how I can interact with my child and neither is my wife. Our parental roles have been shaped by our personalities, not our gender.