Internet viciously mocks teenaged alleged UFC Freedom 250 attack plotter — who looks middle aged
The public's vicious mockery of an alleged terrorist plotter reflects a broader moral decline, where cruelty and ridicule replace sober justice and compassion, echoing Scripture's warnings about the heart's corruption.
Proverbs 17:5
Direct Principle“Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.”
Why this passage
In its original context, Proverbs 17:5 condemns the heart that takes pleasure in another's misfortune, specifically the poor—but the principle extends to any person in distress. The verse teaches that mockery of the afflicted is an insult to God, who made all people in His image.
This is a timeless moral principle from wisdom literature: rejoicing at another's calamity, even a criminal's, is a sin that invites divine punishment. The verse does not require the victim to be innocent; it condemns the mocker's heart.
Behold, the internet's mockery of a troubled soul reveals the depth of our age's moral decay. As Proverbs declares, "He who mocks the poor insults his Maker" (Proverbs 17:5), and here the mockery is not of poverty but of a man's very appearance and folly.
Yet take heed, O reader: the world's laughter at sin is but a symptom of its own blindness. The mockers do not weep for the lost, nor do they tremble at the judgment to come.
Let us instead mourn for the hardness of hearts that finds sport in another's ruin.
Today's Prayer
Pray for a spirit of compassion over the spirit of mockery, that Christians would weep with those who weep and point the lost to the only Savior.
Further Scripture
Additional passages that illuminate this event, each grounded in a distinct interpretive lens.
“They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.”
Why this passage
In Romans 1, Paul describes the moral decay that results when humanity suppresses the truth of God. The list of vices includes 'maliciousness,' 'strife,' 'slanderers,' and 'insolent, haughty, boastful'—all attitudes visible in public mockery.
This is a direct principle: the catalog of sins in Romans 1 is not merely historical but describes the moral state of any society that turns from God. The internet's mockery fits squarely within this pattern of unrighteousness.
How it applies
The article's description of 'vicious mockery' and the gleeful targeting of a suspect's appearance exemplifies the 'maliciousness' and 'haughty' spirit Paul condemns. The mockers, in their anonymity, display the insolence and boastfulness that characterize a society under judgment.
This is not merely bad behavior but a sign of the moral decline that Scripture warns will mark the last days—a culture that delights in cruelty rather than justice.
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Source: New York Post— we link to the original for full context.