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>Because they deserved to be mocked!!!!! They believe in the hatred they'be been taught in the name of religion. A religion that's supposed to be all about helping others.

The religion is a fine thing. But how they idealize & relate to it runs it amok. I'm speaking of fundamentalists here, btw. The 'beliefs' cannot be sustained of their own accord so they need to have 'others' to project and explain their own innate aggressions. This relieves anxiety/responsibility and provides for identity, but ugh! What a life! And it's pretty rude to the 'others' at that. So I'm not suprized when the 'others' mock. This same functioning can commandeer the driver's seat of lots of things: religion as well as science, feminism gets maligned worst by feminists, 'capitalists' I've talked with have rarely really read/understood Adam Smith, what personality types are *driven* by a desire to be police officers, politicians or clergy and why? It is often hilarious and it screws it up for those that are sincere -- whether I agree with them or not.

For example, whenever Larry King hosts some topic and purports to wanna get the "religious" perspective on things, he always has the predictable-same fundamentalist parade MCs. No authentic theologins. (Many don't think they exist cause they've never heard one in the mass media.) It's all ideology-talk all the time. Talk over, cut-off, dismiss, guffaw. There are actual scholars that he could have, ones that don't even agree but *do* have integrity. Guess they wouldn't goose ratings though. Some much for 'free' press.

Hmmm. I think I've come across a pet peeve...

>It might not be in the news up your way, but they arrested a right-wing blogger last week for mailing white powder to many political correspondents who disagree with the right wing.

Violence and deceit always undermine the self-ascribed virtues of one's beliefs, don't they? (Note to Bush: see 'Iraq', 'water-boarding')

>This hard-core wingnuts have no respect for others. Why should I respect them? Not to mention, I'm 100% sure their beliefs are based on ignorance.

Respect for anyone's *humanity* should be remembered - not because they 'deserve' it, rather that you choose it. But these 'beliefs' are based on fear. As for me, I'm 100% sure "they" are a paper tiger.