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Originally Posted by Knalus
Also, a pretty antagonistic thing for her to do.
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Antagonism isn't always bad. Standing up to a bully is antagonistic. And the Christians in her community are being bullies as exhibited by their responses.
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The best way to get people to show their love and charity is to crap all over something they have a devotion to. Right.
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"Get people to show their love and charity"? The whole point of love and charity is to show it when it's
hard to do so. Showing love and charity when no one disagrees with you or when they aren't doing something you dislike isn't love or charity at all.
Sounds a lot like "hey, don't upset the bully, otherwise they won't show any love and charity".
When I was taught how to be a Christian, that involved showing love and compassion when I thought the other person was wrong, keeping my cool and seeing the other person's perspective rather than bullying and verbally abusing them.
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I'd be pretty sure that the majority of responses aren't motivated by religion, but by school spirit and representing one's school.
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It's not what they're motivated by, it's the content and direction of the responses.
A Christian should make an effort to understand and appreciate that person's view, even if they disagree with that view.
It's like someone getting caught for drunk driving after someone calls 911 and reports them. Some people whine and complain about the cops that they're out to get them, that they're lazy bums. Or complain about busy-bodies with cell phones reporting every swerving driver they see.
But their ire is misplaced, it's the drunk driving law they have a problem with, not the cops or the anonymous caller.
All these people threatening the girl are directing their displeasure at the wrong place.