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If Christ had not been insulted, there would be no salvation. This was his saving work: to be insulted and die to rescue sinners from the wrath of God. Already in the Psalms the path of mockery was promised: “All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads” (Psalm 22:7). “He was despised and rejected by men . . . as one from whom men hide their faces . . . and we esteemed him not” (Isaiah 53:3).When it actually happened it was worse than expected. “They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. . . . And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, ”Hail, King of the Jews!’ And they spit on him” (Matthew 27:28-30). His response to all this was patient endurance. This was the work he came to do. “Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7).This was not true of Muhammad. And Muslims do not believe it is true of Jesus. Most Muslims have been taught that Jesus was not crucified. One Sunni Muslim writes, “Muslims believe that Allah saved the Messiah from the ignominy of crucifixion.”1 Another adds, “We honor [Jesus] more than you [Christians] do. . . . We refuse to believe that God would permit him to suffer death on the cross.”2 An essential Muslim impulse is to avoid the “ignominy” of the cross.That’s the most basic difference between Christ and Muhammad and between a Muslim and a follower of Christ. For Christ, enduring the mockery of the cross was the essence of his mission....

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Re: Try asking politely yourself
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You might try asking Yaro politely to stop using the image--not because you have a right to stifle his free expression, but because it causes you great distress.
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The Administrator lets this go claiming free speech, and does not recognize the situation for what it is: offensive and low class. Yaro showed his picture. He had his free speech. But, enough is enough.By replying to Yaro's message, I would dignify his messages and cause another appearance of the picture by his reply.

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You might try asking Yaro politely to stop using the image--not because you have a right to stifle his free expression, but because it causes you great distress.

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You are kind and rational. Look at Yaro's post. He or she is not kind and rational.
The Administrator lets this go claiming free speech, and does not recognize the situation for what it is: offensive and low class. Yaro showed his picture. He had his free speech. But, enough is enough.By replying to Yaro's message, I would dignify his messages and cause another appearance of the picture by his reply.

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