tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post7635525956306632625..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: OneThing 2015: Stuart Greaves and EmpathyAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-34148433217862649292016-01-05T22:21:29.780-05:002016-01-05T22:21:29.780-05:00Infidel -- The opportunity to wallow in faux perse...Infidel -- The opportunity to wallow in faux persecution is definitely another option. I wish we knew more about just how conflicted Greaves might be.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-80981408501684041552016-01-04T22:17:14.338-05:002016-01-04T22:17:14.338-05:00Your hypothesis shows great charity toward this ev...Your hypothesis shows great charity toward this evil man, but I think there is a simpler explanation.<br /><br />These people get tremendous psychological gratification out of telling themselves they are suffering persecution, and out of viewing themselves as heroic lonely warriors for the Truth against a sinful and contemptuous world. The Supreme Court ruling for gay marriage was a harbinger of unprecedented opportunities to wallow in such deeply satisfying self-imaginings. And remember, the more badly they're losing, the more it means that the End Times are coming and <i>Jesus will punish all these infidels and they'll grovel and see I was right bwahaha</i>. That, I suspect, is what was really going on.<br /><br />Your assessment of his reaction to the disgusting Bible passage is more likely to be right -- the Bible is full of barbarities that would revolt even the most staunch fundamentalist -- but without knowing what passage it was, one can only speculate.<br /><br />Remember blogger Rosa Rubicondior's wise observation -- that religion is not a source of morality, but a source of excuses for behaving immorally. It applies in a very wide range of cases.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com