When Dawkins was in town recently I wrote several posts, reflecting on the value of the discussions that his visit generated:
This afternoon I read Chris Uhlmann’s post ‘God, the Christian socialist and the Mad Monk‘. Uhlmann describes himself as a ‘lapsed Catholic’, but gives a detailed account of the Easter message from the Gospel of Mark. Uhlmann concludes:
“Maybe Mark is saying Christ proved everyone has the capacity to be godlike, if we have the courage to embrace the best of ourselves.”
Obviously I disagree with the conclusion. But it was good to see Jesus getting a mention in the media over Easter.
As usual, the post attracted a number of comments – 46 in fact – not many compared with similar discussions online. What stood out (again) was the people who were commenting. Only 3 or 4 were sympathetic with Uhlmann, the rest, well – here’s a sample:
“I resent the authors sentiment that my rationality bars me from any moral understanding. Is is this arrogance that pushes me to become a so called ‘militant’ atheist.”
and
“When you have absolute proof of there actually being a man in the sky that forgives us all our tresspass, whilst tresspassing on us to fully, completely and without question, submit to “his” will, then and only then, will I even begin to think that you’re not a deluded fool.”
Where are the Christians in these online discussions? I’m assuming not every Christian has read my post on ‘Why debating atheists online is a fruitless pursuit‘!
- Do you comment on posts? Why/why not?
- Are you more likely to comment if you agree with the author, or disagree?
