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...
Here we go again. We are told not to JUDGE- but, we are also cautioned to discern. Over the years, the grave warning of not to judge became the Kool-Aid of those who did not want to have their sinful or illegal practices to be found out, talked bout, or discovered by the Police. Just take the huge number of the historic child sex-abuse cases in the World, in all religions, by clergy as well as others. And, we were told not to judge! Right !!
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