RamboPreacher wrote:difference of being laughed at and being laughed with.
example one, for those that still don't get the difference:
Special Olympics. Someone can stand back and say something about fighting on the internet and comparing it to the SO, all with a laugh/humor attached - "laughing AT". (rude, and disrespectful)
Or... a family member that is in the SO can be talking with others and reference that same thing; about themselves (understanding full-well it is about them and their handicap), and folks laughing - "laughing WITH". (friendly and jovial)
Example two:
RP posting a picture of himself wearing a camo-kilt in the entertainment forum, about him playing paintball in a kilt, with intention of and in context of being humorous, and others laughing. "Laughing WITH". (friendly and jovial)
RP posting a picture of himself wearing a kilt as part of a wedding ceremony, in complete seriousness, and no humor contextually at all; and people laughing - "laughing AT" (rude, and disrespectful)
Poimen: It's not about the holiness/sanctity of the situation. my point was that it was NOT meant to be a humorous situation/context. you mentioned yourself in a kilt with a smiley icon then even explained that you were intending it to be humorous to someone else - this is "laughing with" them.
How did Special Olympics get into this?????
Uh, Rambo....if you took a survey of the wedding guests.....
somebody was privately chuckling at that wedding.
Although nobody laughs out loud at the shiny purple, petticoated southern bell bridesmaid's dress complete with parasol and gloves the Bride tortured her wedding party with....to their faces.........trust me.....there are laughs going on.....even though the Bride was perfectly serious abouting choosing them to perfectly match her bridal colors.
I actually figured you posted the pix for laughs.
Next time...put a disclaimer on the pix like...."don't laugh...because I find this perfectly serious...."
Like I said....you are just upset cause I didn't tell you that you were pretty....uh handsome .........so you called me unchristian for it.
...
I don't have to prove God's existance. He's already proven that. I just have to prove that He lives within me.
For the GRACE of God that BRINGETH Salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, DENYING ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should LIVE soberly, righteously, and godly, IN THIS PRESENT WORLD; Titus 2:11-12