“When someone posts a personal, inspirational poem on the religion forum, mockery seems inappropriate.”
Correct.
How about if that is ALL he posts, ALWAYS presuming to speak for God?
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:jedediah/index tab=articles
Do you accept that Jed speaks for God?
No. I don’t presume so.
In my opinion, the best response if someone is promoting false teaching is to make that case respectfully rather than just making insults. Otherwise I just ignore them.
Mockery is appropriate, again in my opinion, if someone posted something like this in breaking news or engaged in an argument directly with you or sent you an unsolicited ping.
I’m just saying a person is entitled to his views and feelings even if the majority of people get nothing out of what he shares.
Personally, I tend to be a bit skeptical of prophetic, healing and miracle claims. Whether they are real or not does not depend on me being convinced. But if it helps someone keep their spirits up through difficult days like these, then more power to them.