[xzins]

Does not such a one not only honor men above God, not only insult God, but, which is even much more dreadful, whilst he fears them, despise Him?

[stuartcr]

How could God get insulted, when He created those same people that insult Him, knowing what they are going to do?

[GraniteStateConservative]

But you know that offenses are also judged by the quality of the persons: for instance, he who has insulted a private person has done wrong, but not so much as he who has insulted a magistrate, and he who has offended a greater magistrate offends in a higher degree, and he who offends an inferior one in a lower degree; but he who insults the king offends much more. The injury indeed is the same, but it becomes greater by the excellence of the person. And if he who insults a king receives intolerable punishment, on account of the superiority of the person; for how many talents will he be answerable who insults God?

So, I should feel worse about insulting Hildebeast than I do because she's a "magistrate" and soon-to-be "king", and it's totally acceptable and reasonable for her to retaliate with intolerable punishment?

[blue-duncan]

“The injury indeed is the same, but it becomes greater by the excellence of the person. And if he who insults a king receives intolerable punishment, on account of the superiority of the person”

Not the excellence or the superiority of the person; it’s the office that commands respect.

How can the dead insult the Living One? You first have to have a relationship with someone in order to insult them.