RE: Joking vs mockery, respect or disrespect?
April 2, 2013 at 5:10 pm
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2013 at 5:15 pm by Mystic.)
(April 2, 2013 at 4:58 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I would not respect my future self believing in hell because that would mean I had lost my ability to be skeptical of a place that hasn't a coon's chance...well, in hell...of actually existing. There's no good evidence for it. The disrespect would be because I had lost my integrity as a skeptic and reasoning person.
Now, if evidence for hell surfaced, I would merely accept it into the place I call reality. It's not about belief.
Ok. You perceive integrity in being a skeptic and reasoning. Others believe it lies in faith in God and his true religion. Now if you apply the standard you put on yourself, from that standard that others should perceive integrity in being skeptic and reasoning as you understand, instead of faith, you should disrespect them as well logically.
However, if you apply the notion, that they have a limited understanding, perhaps didn't have an education you went through, perhaps didn't reason they way you did, perhaps don't see it how you see it, or perhaps there is other factors making them stick to faith, then you can maintain respect logically.
(April 2, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I want to go on record as stating that my mockery is ALWAYS intended as a sign of disrespect.
However, I pride myself on being an Equal Opportunity Mocker. Any one who believes in absurd ancient superstitious bullshit deserves to have the shit mocked out of them.
That is all.
Gangster as usual. Everyone loves the Bad Ass. Maybe I should change to one, get the girls lol.
