No one is mocking religion here, it is the nonsensical, foolish and comical that is being mocked. Again, just because it involves religion doesn't mean it's off limits.
If a Nativity scene is created to look garish, gaudy, ridiculous and comical and totally irreverent, yes, absolutely. Nativity scenes aren't mocked and vilified on a wholesale basis because they are Nativity scenes. Neither are reverent and tasteful depictions of Jesus. But, if you create something silly lookin', it's gonna be mocked, no matter what it is.
Free speech a disclaimer? Not hardly. It's the core of who we are. Many people confuse what free speech is all about. Some think it is supposed to mean that you can say whatever you want, no matter how ridiculous, and no one should be allowed to disagree with or criticize what you say.
"...and these people display their beliefs and get blasted by some as being overzealous... "
Yup. These people have the right to say what they want and in the manner in which they want to say it, but that doesn't free them from any and all criticisms for their message nor for the method in which they convey it. Free speech cuts both ways. People have the freedom to say what they want, but other people have the same right to criticize, even make fun of, what is said.
"I don't like they way you live your life. I don't like the way you talk about things or think about things, and I feel threatened by the decisions you make, so I'm going to get together with my like-minded friends and talk about how you're a horrible and stupid person."
Christians will think, "What?!?! He's making fun of Christians! How dare he?"
No, he's not making fun of Christians. He's making fun of vegetarians. OK, Christians, too. But also Atheists, and Muslims, and French Canadians. They all think the same way. It comes from all camps of all beliefs. Sometimes it's because the one side is genuinely threatening to the other, but often enough, it's just because of the nice little ego boost that comes from calling someone else stupid. It's is also very upsetting for some people to admit that they might not understand something. For someone to say something you don't understand, to admit that you don't understand, and then to admit they might not be wrong and you might be wrong - for some people that is in itself a terrifying threat. So they gather together with people who think like they do, to bolster and validate their beliefs and egos.
I'm gonna start a new religion. A cosmic zombie turtle who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat the fruit of a magical tree. He will impregnate a woman with himself as her child so that he can be born as himself, and once alive he will sacrifice himself to himself to save you from the original sin he and that dаmned snake condemned you to. You will have to go to church on a weekly basis for worship, however if you spent most of the previous night laying in bed screaming, "Oh, God" then you are exempt from that week's service.
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