Pope Francis on Paris Attack - "one who throws insults can expect a 'punch'"

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Madeline, this reminds me of what the worship band leader said in church Sunday after one song, where he briefly spoke about the Paris attacks and said that while it's safe to assume no one in the room had ever killed someone because they were angry about Jesus or Christianity being insulted, it's likely that most if not all of us had been offended in the past, and might've also expressed this in ways, counter-insulting or whatnot. He then basically just said that this is all unnecessary, Jesus is easily greater than all of us, and there is no need for us to try to "stand up" in cases like this. Got lots of cheers.

I've generally always agreed with that (seriously look at some of the records I own), and that's also why I can't say that I'm offended by the anti-Christian satire of Charlie Hebdo either. It's like getting outraged over the fact that some Tea Party idiot leaves a stupid comment on a site claiming Barack Obama is an evil communist who wants to destroy America. The standard reaction is usually that of amusement rather than anger, and in this case should be even more so, because the power of Jesus to any detractors is infinitely greater than that between Obama and stupid Internet commentators.