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 haven't been able to get a feel for Cardinal Mamberti. I googled his name but didn't get a lot of insightful links.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne: Same for me. He appears to have had a successful run in the diplomatic wing of the curia and apparently (according to my sources) will bring an orthodox ecclesiology and theology to the Signatura.
ReplyDeleteI did find it interesting though that Cardinal Burke's term seem to have been among the longest there, at least during the modern period. This would seem to pour water on the argument that he has been evicted prematurely from office. When you look down the list of his predecessors his 6+ year run is longer than only three individuals who successively were each at the head of that dicastery for a 10 year term in the later 50's through the 70's. Virtually all the others were 6 years or less. It kind of leads me to wonder whether or not his transfer to the Order of Malta is actually an unwarranted demotion or not. What do you think?