[aimhigh]

Interesting, thanks for posting.

[colorcountry]

Mockery, Sarcasm and Satire... But remember to do it in love and never lose track of the end result.

Thanks for the thread.

[Logophile]

There is a fine line, however, between responsible ridicule and malicious mockery, and what begins as an honorable effort to separate truth from falsehood can quickly deteriorate into vicious villainy.

I find it too easily to stray over the line, especially in the heat of an argument. For that reason, I try not to mock others' religious beliefs.

"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger." (Proverbs 15:1)

[Graybeard58]

Well, let’s not forget what happened to the 42 children that mocked Elisha:

2 Kings 2:

23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

[Quix]

WHY A DUPLICATE THREAD ON THE SAME TOPIC????

[Elsie]

Good post!

I really like the alliteration of...

Moses-mimes and mandate-makers

As well as...

Earlier in the latter chapter, Jesus mocked the rigid religious leaders with these words (aptly paraphrased in the Living Bible) ? ?You would think these Jewish leaders and these Pharisees were Moses, the way they keep making up so many laws! And of course you should obey their every whim!? (Matthew 23:2-3).

Which could be be construed as:

You would think these MORMON leaders and their circumcision group were Moses, the way they keep making up so many laws! And of course you should obey their every D&C!?

 

[SZonian]

Mocking the messenger is one thing. Mocking the message is another. Many choose to do the former. They have placed themselves in a position to judge what is and is not acceptable and therefore, try to tear down the posters they disagree with through ridicule and mockery.

That’s a LIBERAL tactic ala Saul Alinsky. If you have a problem with the message, rebut/refute the message with arguments of your own to the contrary.

Acting like a bunch of adolescents with posts that aren’t relevant to the thread only proves you have no valid point to make.