RE: Is this a true Christian?
February 18, 2012 at 9:19 am
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2012 at 9:50 am by Aardverk.)
(February 17, 2012 at 9:13 pm)whateverist Wrote: The preacher struck me as very highly agitated. I have to think the camera in the hand of his woman servant is a measure he took to protect himself from the retaliation he fears. You're saying in the face of that fear, he none the less is relentless in carrying out his verbal attack on the atheists. Given that the preacher is a monster and a tyrant with an agenda, he sure does lash out with malice and cruelty energetically to inflict the most harm as possible on those he hates. I suppose I can concede the point. It isn't that his 'courage' ameliorates the loathing we must all feel toward him in any way.
What goes against the grain for me is that he isn't incurring the risk reluctantly out of necessity. If the person who kills the enemy that is about to kill me is motivated more by a desire to kill rather than to save me, was he courageous or just monstrous? What the preacher does seems more gratuitous than necessary to me. What really does he hope to accomplish? He isn't going to win any converts. He is simply lashing out against those who reject his world view. There isn't any nobility in it, no discernible purpose served. If the preacher is motivated by his enjoyment cruelty and venting his spleen then courage may not be the right word. He certainly isn't a coward either. I think he is just brash.
You are absolutely spot on from beginning to end Whateverist. Thank you for expressing it so clearly.
I have absolutely no idea why some people appear to struggle with the concepts.
(February 17, 2012 at 6:36 pm)padraic Wrote:Quote:Which bit(s) do you assume is sarcasm?
Me?None. You lack the wit to be sarcastic.
Isn't sarcasm said to be the lowest form of humour padraic? I actually have little sense of humour and what I have I try to use at a higher levels than sarcasm.
Perhaps it is better a lack of wit than a lack of ability to explain why you think we should be unfair to fools and villains. Have you thought of a valid reason yet?
