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...
This in no way solves the refugee problem.Nice.Makes for wonderful headlines but really does nothing to alleviate the problem.Both SJP11 and Benedict XV1 have said that the root of the problem must be solved,i.e.,the leadership in Syria etc must beanadian bishops to jump on this bandwagon.I assume the phone lines are buzzing with ideas of how to get out of this mess that the Vatican has created. How about a special collection ? That is the usual route for these guys.
ReplyDeleteI should have reread my comment above....the leadership of Syria etc must be changed.Interesting to see if the Canadian bishops jump on this bandwagon.....sorry...
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