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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Outaservice
Orca
Outaservice
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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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stillin
carp-a-dium
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Scully
Bait?
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its_me!
Hmmmm, I think that the name Stigmund has a lot of character. Or not, but you could call him Stiggy for short, and that is kinda quirky.
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AllTimeJeff
Floater?
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Mattieu
Baxter.....