Mocking?

[Dave_Regenerated]

Does anybody here think that if a person uses the name of a Biblical person by changing their name, for example, John the Bapfist, that that constitutes a form of mockery? Why do you believe that? And how do you deal with it?

 

[CrazyCalvinistUncle]

They called John a lot of things and his response was simply "No". When pressed he said "I'm the voice of one crying out in the wilderness..."

Not sure there is anything particularly holy about biblical names. I think we are commanded to build up rather than tear down which mockery does so you may have a case there. I've seen literal mockery of Jesus's name ( making Hispanic jokes ). Interesting topic.

 

[MamaEtna]

John the Bapfist.. I would call that mockery.

 

[Carbon]

John the Bapfist.. I would call that mockery.

Right. There may be many Johns, but only one John The Baptist.

 

[MamaEtna]

The font is small so the deliberate misspelling is probably very difficult to see unless one has a good pair of reading glasses, but I can see it through my bifocal. His title has been misspelled in mockery. Bapfist
I almost missed it myself.

 

[Deleted member 5]

Does anybody here think that if a person uses the name of a Biblical person by changing their name, for example, John the Bapfist, that that constitutes a form of mockery? Why do you believe that? And how do you deal with it?

Interesting question and way to spell Baptist. What happened, did someone do that elsewhere to mock him?

 

[Dave_Regenerated]

The font is small so the deliberate misspelling is probably very difficult to see unless one has a good pair of reading glasses, but I can see it through my bifocal. His title has been misspelled in mockery. Bapfist
I almost missed it myself.

You don't have to talk about me, you can talk directly to me. And, in my OP I asked 2 questions I hoped could be answered.

 

[Dave_Regenerated]

Interesting question and way to spell Baptist. What happened, did someone do that elsewhere to mock him?

My brother is a gamer, he is older than me, and he chose that name for a character he made on a game. I asked him later why he chose that name and he said he thought it was funny. I asked him if he made it up or got it from somewhere else and he said he did indeed get it from somewhere else. He said he thought I would ask him about it later so he was prepared. He tried to say it wasn't mockery, just a funny thing to say. It's just a name, etc.

About a week ago we got into a discussion and he said I was a homophobe and he got visibly emotional and raised his voice against me.

So I suppose it's a type of spiritual warfare I am going through with him. He's not saved.

 

[MamaEtna]

You don't have to talk about me, you can talk directly to me. And, in my OP I asked 2 questions I hoped could be answered.

Is your brother a Christian? I ask why he would choose such a name for a character.

Arguments get heated when the discussion of sexual mores come up. I don't recall any instance where it doesn't. Immorality does have a spiritual element to it.

 

[Dave_Regenerated]

Is your brother a Christian? I ask why he would choose such a name for a character.

Arguments get heated when the discussion of sexual mores come up. I don't recall any instance where it doesn't. Immorality does have a spiritual element to it.

I said he isn't saved, my brother, that is. So obviously he is not a Christian.

I said absolutely nothing about sex.

 

[Fred]

Does anybody here think that if a person uses the name of a Biblical person by changing their name, for example, John the Bapfist, that that constitutes a form of mockery?

Yes.

Why do you believe that?

It belittles/changes what the Bible actually refers to him as.

And how do you deal with it?

Pass it off as more stupidity and a catering to the world and what it thinks is cool or funny.

 

[Bob Carabbio]

Does anybody here think that if a person uses the name of a Biblical person by changing their name, for example, John the Bapfist, that that constitutes a form of mockery? Why do you believe that? And how do you deal with it?

Depends on the "modification"/intent. Peter was/is often called "hoof in Mouth Peter", because of his penchant to mis-speak. And it DOES indicate a "Mockery" in the absolute, but also a correct observation of his character.

"John the Baptist", on the other hand is simply an ACCURATE TITLE indicating his Holy Spirit dictated function in ministry, so no mockery at all. It's like calling Peter "the big fisherman", or calling me "Banjo Bob".