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 written and worthy of parish distribution. It's laughable the way Kasper and others are allowed free reign with no real voice of opposition from 'The Vatican' .Pell and other bishops are finally speaking clearly. But not so much as a whisper from any Canadian bishops except ,as far as I can see, a mish-mash from Newfoundland.Most if not all of our bishops are holed up afraid to be a voice for the Church which is usually the case with all of them.
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