Yeah, I can't wait for some of the more conservative Christians looking to find a "sin-free" operating system to dig around and start reading some of Terry's more... colorful writings.
> I can't wait for some of the more conservative Christians looking to find a "sin-free" operating system to dig around and start reading some of Terry's more... colorful writings.
Wait for what? That's more or less me and I've read some of his writings. He looks like a man who struggles with mental illness. What kind of cartoon characters are you imagining people like me behave like?
He tends to swear a fair amount, and go off on racist tangents. I realize that it's due to his mental illness, but I was just smiling at the disconnect between someone looking for a nice, sin-free operating system coming across a comment like "Fucken nXXXXr. I judge you, pig. I'm fucken Moses. Suck my mother fucken dick."
I'm really sorry if this comes across as making fun of someone's mental illness; that's not my goal.
> I'm really sorry if this comes across as making fun of someone's mental illness
On the contrary, I got that point, but it seemed like you expected some sort of Hollywood caricature of how conservative Christians behave. A mature Christian would not be surprised by contradiction or hypocrisy, especially if mental illness is involved. Being a good person is not a requirement to be a Christian. In fact, the people with the most obvious problems tend to be the most eager admit their failings and work on their issues. Christ actually had the harshest things to say to the self-righteous.
In other words, the Westboro fools are pretty much the opposite of how a Christian is taught to be. In fact, I'd be surprised if some of them don't have mental health issues of their own.
I encourage you to read up on Christian theology a bit more, then. And maybe make friends (or a better friends) out of more evangelicals so you can understand them a bit better.
I once worked for a company where due to a customer's religious sensitivities we had to change the name of a service from 'demon' to 'daemon' and remove an icon featuring a cartoonish devil.
Interestingly, there's a passage in the book of Romans about this sort of thing. That's pretty much the right attitude. The relationship with the person is more important than bickering over whether 'demon' is a big deal or not.
Wait for what? That's more or less me and I've read some of his writings. He looks like a man who struggles with mental illness. What kind of cartoon characters are you imagining people like me behave like?