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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

The bottom line is that mocking God is meaningless. If as an ordinary person, if you pass by an anthill, and one of the ants is mocking you, even if you know that ant is mocking you, do you destroy the ant, or the entire anthill?

Then what if you see the ants tearing apart that one ant that was mocking you. What does that inspire you to do?

Otherwise, it has been said that the truly fanatical are that way, because among believers, they doubt their faith the most. So their response is to oppress others, on the grounds that *the others* faith is not strong enough.

If you mock the faith of a true believer, they will laugh at and ignore your mockery. Only the fanatic gets upset about it, because their faith is weak enough as is.

There is one proviso to this, however, which is that if the mockery is patently offensive beyond faith, it can be reasonably condemned, not out of fanaticism, but on the grounds of good taste.


30 posted on 01/16/2015 7:54:13 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

If I were at a march where every religion and faith under the sun was being mocked, it wouldn’t bother me one bit to march in that Hebdo-like march.

It would not affect my faith in Jesus Christ, as their mockery would not have any bearing on what I believe, would not affect it one whit, and would not affect the faith that I have in the One in whom I believe in.


36 posted on 01/16/2015 7:58:24 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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