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...
Again, a Conference of Bishops decides it has the power and AUTHORITY to cause trouble for the Catholic Church.
ReplyDeleteWhen, OH WHEN will the Pope tell these conferences of Bishops they have NO AUTHORITY as a group.
Only a Bishop has authority in his OWN Diocese- not some namby-pamby conference of Bishops..
Bishop Fulton J Sheen said the destruction of the Church would arise from within, and he was right.
I would love to see an accurate poll of all the Catholic Bishops and Cardinals on one question---Do YOU believe in the Roman Catholic Church and the Authority of the Pope?----- A sub-question could be, for those dissenters to the above-- DO YOU believe in Jesus Christ, and the Eucharist ?
These would bring the skunks into the open . Marg Sheahan