The best thing to do with a fish:
Good name for a goldfish!
by Open mind 19 Replies latest jw friends
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A.Fenderson
Intolerance of free thought is pretty insidious. It can even lead to lumping Christians into one mindset. I'm hoping that wasn't implied in your comment.
Do I believe a Christian did it? Absolutely--I don't see any non-Christian having any motivation to do so, given the nature of the object in question.
Was I using the word "loving" facetiously? Absolutely--an act of random vandalism based on nothing more than a philosophical disagreement doesn't seem to me to jibe well with the connotations of the word "loving" when applied to a person in general and more especially to a Christian who (to my understanding) believes that the words recorded in Matthew 5:44 were spoken by Jesus and should therefore be followed.
Did I say the act was performed by all Christians, or a representative thereof? No.
Did I so much as imply that all Christians do or would behave in this deplorable manner? No.
Did I imply that the perpetrator was a hypocritical Christian: Yes!
Did I imply all Christians are hypocritical: No!
Intolerance of free expression is pretty insidious. It can even lead to moral posturing in relation to comments by non-Christians . I'm hoping that wasn't implied in your comment.
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Open mind
A Fenderson:
Thanks for the clarification.
As for the religion of the perpetrator, if you live in a country where Christianity is dominant, then it's likely it was a nominal Christian. But I personally wouldn't go so far as this:
Do I believe a Christian did it? Absolutely--I don't see any non-Christian having any motivation to do so, given the nature of the object in question.
An orthodox Jew or Muslim could also have been the culprit, but statistically unlikely.
I fully support your freedom of expression and vigorous debate.
om
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A.Fenderson
I'm in the U.S., specifically Oklahoma, which is generally considered part of the U.S. "Bible Belt." It's a fair guess that the vandal was a nominal Christian (thank you for reminding me of that term, by the way, it would seem to apply) due to the fact that the Darwin fish is a defilement or perversion of the "Jesus fish" emblems (sported by modern Christians) which themselves echo the ichthys symbol supposedly used by early Christians. Jews, Muslims, and other religious non-Christians, to my knowledge, would have no direct interest in vandalising a symbol which itself mocks a decidedly Christian symbol. Still just a guess, but like you said, statistically unlikely it would be other than a Christian. Then again, maybe it was a false-flag operation undertaken by Discordians--that thought makes me smile.
Anyway, whoever they were, they broke mine's little footsies off! It made me sad and angered, but life goes on.
Enjoy yours, om, and protect it from mean people!
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