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'm old enough to remember politicians being endorsed from the pulpit, albeit somewhat implicitly. And that was New Brunswick. In Quebec I was told it was it was much more explicit and we all know how that turned out. That said, if churches want to endorse political parties, then they should, but they should have the courage of their convictions and do it without a tax exempt status. Two of the charities I endorse, Amnesty International and Earthroots both are political and don't offer tax receipts (the latter started this year with a charitable arm so I doubled my donation, same to each).
ReplyDeleteThe Catholic Church should have the courage of its conviction and say the message is more important than the money.