Blasphemous!
Today is International Blasphemy Day! And I support what it stands for 100%. Today is the (4 year I think?) anniversary of the Mohamed comic that outraged many Muslims. This outrage over the blasphemy of depicting Mohamed in a cartoon erupted in to physical violence and death threats. National Blasphemy Day was created to remember this ridiculous reaction to blasphemy and, I like to think, to help make a change in the world.
I already did a bunch of blasphemy the other day when I made it clear my feelings on Jesus. I can’t really top that. Even though it’s quite tame and no where near aggressive (which makes it quite ridiculous that I lost a friend over those very thoughts, or so he claims), my respect for others beliefs does stop me from going further. But I can point out that you can substitute any of the following for “Jesus” in that list of 10 things I personally believe are better than Jesus.
I believe those things I listed are better than:
- Mohamed
- Yahweh
- Vishnu
- Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Zeus
- Buddha
- The Pope
- Mother Teresa
- The Universal Life Force Theta
- Mother Mary
There are many others, but I think that covers the big ones. With a shout out to Zeus.
Did you know that it is illegal in many countries to commit blasphemy?
In Ireland, blasphemy is prohibited by the constitution and carries a maximum fine of €25,000. A controversial law was brought into law on 9 July 2009 making blasphemous libel a crime for material “that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion; and he or she intends, by the publication of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage”.
And here is a few of my favorite forms of blasphemy: humor!
Keyboard Cat Blasphemy!
Jesus and Mo
And one last link over to Mr. Deity!
That’s about it for me, I’m blasphemed out.