I have to disagree, it is nothing like those situations. Here's a good comparison, people going to see a movie about the Jewish holocaust and someone showing up dressed as Hitler.
I do agree with the last line, though, it has nothing to do with tolerance, it's about hypocritical people throwing things at him because he does not believe that you should not throw things at people for having a different belief. That's what it boils down to, the `I'm right, you're wrong, no way but this or the highway, you have no right to be here if you don't believe the same thing, but we're holier than thou, even though our actions don't show it` attitude of the people that were in the theater. I'm sure Jesus would be proud if he saw all of them. I agree, he had no call for being there doing that dressed up as Satan, but I mean, he has just as much right to express his feelings about the movie from either viewpoint as they do. I don't know what all he did at the theater, but if he was just dressed as Satan minding his own business, then he didn't deserve a swimming pool full of Coke dumped on him and getting pelted with candy. He may have had it coming, he may not have, but I'd like to have seen it happen so we could all know if he did have a right to be there. Just dressing up like Satan and going to a movie about the bible is not enough to run someone off from the place, IMHO.

 

I have a brown cow. It gives us chocolate milk. Moo said the cow.


Oh yeah, what were we talking about? Passion... oh yeah.

RP

 

Why are we assuming the candy throwers/coke splillers are Christians.

That is a large leap IMO.

People of all faiths have been going to see this movie. Maybe they were just reacting to the attention seeker.

They're not Christians just because they go to church/movie, anymore than I'm F250 just 'cause I sleep in the garage.

 

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The audience, many who were part of church groups, was visibly upset by the antics of Wendell.


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Once inside the movie, Christians began pelting Wendell with Gummy Bears, Ju-Ju Bees, and popcorn. Management got involved after a 75-year-old woman, Hazel Meyer, poured a 64-ounce Coca-Cola on Wendell.

 

If they don't at least claim to be Christians, then why would they even care what he dressed up like?

They belonged to a church group. Fair assumption that they were Christians.

01 XLT Sport, no, it isn't the same as the KKK guy, Christianity isn't a race, it's a religion that each and every member chose to be in. They weren't born into it and have no choice but to be Christians. Not the same as a racial issue. One is hate, the other is non-belief.

 

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Exactly

Everyone should practice a little more tolerance, IMHO

 

Rob, I am completely willing to tolerate your last post because you didn't throw in an analogy.

Well done!

(but that doesn't mean I won't be watching carefully)

 

I went to my first meeting of AWA (Analogy Writers Anonymous) last night and it's working already! The first step was admitting I have a problem. Thanks to all of you for pointing that out.

 

I can't believe you folks have so much time on your hands, that you can argue about a ficticious event.

That said people looking to evoke a response, good bad or indifferent, deserve the response that they may get. IF, I were a flaming nellie *** and walked into a trucker bar, I should expect a reaction from the folks in there. Its a simple formula. But I'm not a ***, and this event NEVER happened... Christ, I ca't believe I'm even responding to the stupidity of this thread yet again.

 

That trucker bar wasn't in Oregon was it?

I think I read about that in the newspaper.

 

01 there is a difference. Religion and race. Religion teaches tolerance and forgiviness, race does not.

I guess with that, I don't agree with this:
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I see it as everything to do with tolerance. Whether he was mocking them, did not have the same beliefs or both, they were not tolerant of him which went against their religious beliefs and teachings.


Aside from that, the guy was an idiot and got what he was looking for. And no matter which scenerio was previously posted (kkk in slave movie, hitler in holocoust movie, etc) I'd bet 99.9% of the time the crowd would have the same reaction.

 

Captainoblivious…

I got you and I agree with what you stated as well as some others. Stepping back and taking another look at it I can see the point about “tolerance” vs. my example of “race”.

Probably a good thing I don’t go to church but do believe in God, that way I don’t have to worry about tolerance when it comes to idiots that do something only for a reaction. This way I can be tolerant that an idiot wishes to be pelted with M&M’s…

So would that be reversed “tolerance”…

 

Yeah, it is funny and it's wrong as well. What really would've cracked me up though is if they'd killed that kid! Now that would have been funny I also think gramma is the worst of the lot. Gramma gets REAL BIG when a crown is egging her on, ah?

Three things came to me when I read this story

#1) It's a kid in a Satan costume. It's not actually "Satan", himself.

#2) These people were not being very Christ like.

#3) They're there to see a movie, not worship.

People hyped this movie up for months. In the end however, it's a hollywood film. It was produced to make money, not bring Christians closer to God. Think about the irony of having the option of popcorn or a nail pendant at the concession stand. They were not in church. It's a movie theater!

If I saw this kid, I'd chuckle and smile becaue it absurd. Pelting him with Ju-Ju Bees and what not serves no purpose. That they had to go after him rather than ask him why he did it shows that they were afraid he may have a right to actually wear his little costume and they couldn't comprehend why. What they did is only going to encourage him.

Pat Robertson taught me just one thing: To be a Christian is to aspire to be Christ like. What would Jesus do? I am quite certain that Jesus would not be throwing Ju-Ju Bees at some kid in a costume

The conflict was only in their heads

 

Ya'll do realize you're just making bandit_193 madder and madder?

I know he posted something about being a 'flaming nellie ***' but, that doesn't mean he couldn't open up a can of serious whoop-azz if he was driven to it.

You would reconsider posting in this thread if you had read the article I read about what happened in that trucker bar up in Oregon.
I'm not saying it was him for sure but, you never know...

 

Just what are you implying about all those militia and survivalist types in Oregon, Raoul?