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...
No it doesn't advance anywhere. And it never will. It's all a big waste of time and money keeping people occupied in useless activities when they could be doing things that are useful. The basic problem is that the Catholic Church is clear in what it teaches and faces one way. (It's all clearly laid out in The Catechism of the Catholic Church.) On the other hand the Anglican Communion is all over the place and faces just about every direction. Look at the recent divisions over the issue of homosexuality. Some of their bishops won’t attend meetings which are attended by other bishops. The Episcopal Church in the USA has been told its membership of the Anglican Communion is qualified because of its decision to ordain people in homosexual relationships. The Anglican Communion has no equivalent to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. What is the Anglican theology of the Eucharist? There is no such thing. There are as many theologies as there are members. While the Anglican Communion conducts talks with the Catholic Church and pretends to come up with some sort of agreement, the Church of England is busy signing an agreement with the Church of Scotland. One part of this agreement is that ministers from each denomination can run services in each other’s churches. Meanwhile the Episcopal Church of Scotland is not very happy about the Columba Declaration.
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