(March 15, 2014 at 2:39 pm)discipulus Wrote: People are entitled to respect because you would want respect. Christians who picket funerals do not have respect for the dead. You should respect such people because you would want respect.
Respect is given when you can demonstrate you deserve respect. It's not (for me at least) an automatic thing. That doesn't mean I go up to people and be a dick for the sake of it, but if they give me reason to then I will absolutely question them and their actions/views. Picketing a funeral is just one example of many that does not deserve respect.
Quote:I did not say you had to agree with their actions. I disagree with them personally. But I do not stoop so low as to be like them and mock and ridicule people and scorn and disrespect them.
Picketing a funeral is not the same as ridicule. What planet are you living on where picketing a funeral is the same as calling people who do so dicks. Get a clue. Seriously.
Quote:I am encouraged to be the salt and light of the earth. How can I stand apart from the hate and bitterness and evil in the world if I run right along with the crowd and act as they do?
Again, calling someone out for committing abhorrent acts is not 'stooping to their level'. It's called criticism.
Can you also answer these points that you conveniently ignored:
(March 15, 2014 at 11:16 am)Napoléon Wrote: ...
Mockery and criticism of certain actions are important and constructive in many instances. It can highlight things that are wrong with society, encourage people to speak up and speak freely.
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FYI there is a difference between mockery and hate. Criticism != hate.
