BYU/St. Mary's

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Originally Posted by VaTerp

In fact, I don't even think it's silly to ridicule some of the beliefs of Mormonism or any other organized religion once one learns more about the true origins of them. And that is not an "attack" on anyone, rather a simple opinion. I'll leave it at that in recongition of time and place for that conversation.

I think mocking someone else's religious beliefs is silly, no matter how outlandish you may think they are. If you want to disagree with someone, that's just fine when you do it in a mature way.

But to ridicule (mock and deride) the beliefs that someone else has is immature and petty, and it only leads to becoming more insular and less accepting of people who don't share the same beliefs.

Do I always practice this? No. I'm not perfect. But I wish I was better at it, because I know I don't appreciate my beliefs being ridiculed, and I'm sure you don't either.