Think of his pain and his fear
I do, but I can't let go of the big picture because of that. How I wish he was only stating his views instead of imposing them. But he has attacked and condemned someone with vile name calling--just because her ideas are different. If he was only mocking her ideas, this would not be a problem, but he is trying to POLICE and CONTROL those ideas, thus depriving her of the right to think--ergo, the right to exist as human qua human.
If he had power and authority, as the Church used to, I have no doubt he would apply torture until she recanted whatever he imagines her to have said. He genuinely believes that what a person is allowed to say must not go outside of the party line as determined by his own judgement--in consultation with the walking and talking God he has decicded to believe in. He believes this God gives him absolute authority over all laws and civilities. The worse of this is that it deprives him of the ability to experience feedback. He is only doing God's work, and correcting His children, right? What is the harm in that?
Obviously, his mental integrity has been so interwoven with his particular canon of God beliefs, that any questioning of his ideas is taken as a personal attack and as a threat to his sanity, rather than a challenge to his reason.
I am glad that he illustrates the thread points, but I am sorry that he has to. |
