It's International Blasphemy Day!



Taken from blasphemyday.com

Today is Blasphemy Day International, a campaign started by the Center
for Inquiry to promote freedom of speech. As stated on its facebook page:

“Blasphemy Day International is a campaign seeking to establish
September 30th as a day to promote free speech and to stand up in a show
of solidarity for the freedom to challenge, criticize, and satirize
religion without fear of murder, litigation, or reprisal. The event was
created as a reaction against those who would seek to take away the
right to satirize and criticize a particular set of beliefs that have
been given a privileged status over other beliefs.”

Such a campaign should not just be championed by atheists alone, but
anyone who has ever spoken out about another religion. We have the right
to challenge ideas and criticize beliefs; no one has the right to not be
offended.

Blasphemy Day International is not only a promotion of free speech but a
protest against the UN Resolution that is attempting to put a ban on
criticisms of Islam. As further stated on the facebook page:

“The UN, rather than standing up for free speech, has given in to
pressure from Islamic nations and has proposed a resolution to
essentially ban criticism of religion. In its pursuit of ‘tolerance’ for
religion, this resolution wants to strip everyone, everywhere, of their
freedom, even their obligation, to criticize what they oppose. Unlike
one’s political affiliation or favorite sports team, religion demands –
and has been granted – unique immunity from criticism since its very
inception. Labeling anything deemed critical ‘blasphemy’, religions have
effectively defined the boundaries for what can and can’t be said about
them. We propose we knock down this barrier and break this spell.
Religion is no more undeserving of criticism than anything else, and if
people’s insecurities are upheld as a reason to stifle the expression of
the equally sincere feelings of others, and indeed, the pursuit of truth
itself, we will have forsaken our ideals in favor of one-sided and
entirely undeserved sympathy.”

September 30th was chosen for Blasphemy Day because it is the
anniversary of the 2005 Danish Cartoons that depicted the Prophet
Muhammad, which is strictly forbidden in the Islamic religion. This
resulted in riots from the Islamic community as well as attacks on
foreign embassies and deaths.

It’s important to recognize that promoting the freedom to criticize and
challenge a religion in no way promotes the idea of persecuting people
for their religious beliefs. It should always be an individual person’s
right to pursue their religion or lack of religion without fear of
repercussions too.

As P.Z. Myers states on Pharyngula, “Every day should be Blasphemy Day.”

For more info: visit the Blaspemy Day International facebook page





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Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

H the K wrote:
It's International Blasphemy Day!



Taken from blasphemyday.com

Today is Blasphemy Day International, a campaign started by the Center
for Inquiry to promote freedom of speech. As stated on its facebook page:

“Blasphemy Day International is a campaign seeking to establish
September 30th as a day to promote free speech and to stand up in a show
of solidarity for the freedom to challenge, criticize, and satirize
religion without fear of murder, litigation, or reprisal. The event was
created as a reaction against those who would seek to take away the
right to satirize and criticize a particular set of beliefs that have
been given a privileged status over other beliefs.”

Such a campaign should not just be championed by atheists alone, but
anyone who has ever spoken out about another religion. We have the right
to challenge ideas and criticize beliefs; no one has the right to not be
offended.

Blasphemy Day International is not only a promotion of free speech but a
protest against the UN Resolution that is attempting to put a ban on
criticisms of Islam. As further stated on the facebook page:

“The UN, rather than standing up for free speech, has given in to
pressure from Islamic nations and has proposed a resolution to
essentially ban criticism of religion. In its pursuit of ‘tolerance’ for
religion, this resolution wants to strip everyone, everywhere, of their
freedom, even their obligation, to criticize what they oppose. Unlike
one’s political affiliation or favorite sports team, religion demands –
and has been granted – unique immunity from criticism since its very
inception. Labeling anything deemed critical ‘blasphemy’, religions have
effectively defined the boundaries for what can and can’t be said about
them. We propose we knock down this barrier and break this spell.
Religion is no more undeserving of criticism than anything else, and if
people’s insecurities are upheld as a reason to stifle the expression of
the equally sincere feelings of others, and indeed, the pursuit of truth
itself, we will have forsaken our ideals in favor of one-sided and
entirely undeserved sympathy.”

September 30th was chosen for Blasphemy Day because it is the
anniversary of the 2005 Danish Cartoons that depicted the Prophet
Muhammad, which is strictly forbidden in the Islamic religion. This
resulted in riots from the Islamic community as well as attacks on
foreign embassies and deaths.

It’s important to recognize that promoting the freedom to criticize and
challenge a religion in no way promotes the idea of persecuting people
for their religious beliefs. It should always be an individual person’s
right to pursue their religion or lack of religion without fear of
repercussions too.

As P.Z. Myers states on Pharyngula, “Every day should be Blasphemy Day.”

For more info: visit the Blaspemy Day International facebook page





This is the day you've been waiting for. Enjoy, WAFA.

On Sep 30, 2:23*pm, H the K wrote:
It's International Blasphemy Day!


GODDAMN IT!!! I missed it! jesus h. christ on crutches...

On 9/30/09 3:06 PM, wf3h wrote:
On Sep 30, 2:23 pm, H the wrote:
It's International Blasphemy Day!


GODDAMN IT!!! I missed it! jesus h. christ on crutches...


If Jesus were alive today, he'd puke at what was being done in his name.




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Idiots All

"wf3h" wrote in message
...
On Sep 30, 2:23 pm, H the K wrote:
It's International Blasphemy Day!


GODDAMN IT!!! I missed it! jesus h. christ on crutches...


Ok. This once.

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Nom=de=Plume

"H the K" wrote in message
m...
On 9/30/09 3:06 PM, wf3h wrote:
On Sep 30, 2:23 pm, H the wrote:
It's International Blasphemy Day!


GODDAMN IT!!! I missed it! jesus h. christ on crutches...


If Jesus were alive today, he'd puke at what was being done in his name.


I really agree with this. There's a lot of good happening out there in His
name, but there's a lot that's total hooey and frankly offensive.

I just don't get how people can claim to be a Christen, use His name in
public, and then tell someone who's poor or disenfrancised to bugger off
when they ask for help. I'm totally shocked by the healthcare situation. I
was talking to a friend who was helping at the Free Clinic health place
where 1800 people showed up in Texas. He also helped with another program in
Los Angeles. The people are mostly the working poor. I just have to wonder
where Jesus would spend His time these days... I think it would be in a
place like that and not marching with offensive signs.

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Nom=de=Plume

On 9/30/09 5:40 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
"H the wrote in message
m...
On 9/30/09 3:06 PM, wf3h wrote:
On Sep 30, 2:23 pm, H the wrote:
It's International Blasphemy Day!


GODDAMN IT!!! I missed it! jesus h. christ on crutches...


If Jesus were alive today, he'd puke at what was being done in his name.


I really agree with this. There's a lot of good happening out there in His
name, but there's a lot that's total hooey and frankly offensive.

I just don't get how people can claim to be a Christen, use His name in
public, and then tell someone who's poor or disenfrancised to bugger off
when they ask for help. I'm totally shocked by the healthcare situation. I
was talking to a friend who was helping at the Free Clinic health place
where 1800 people showed up in Texas. He also helped with another program in
Los Angeles. The people are mostly the working poor. I just have to wonder
where Jesus would spend His time these days... I think it would be in a
place like that and not marching with offensive signs.



Some of "those people" are right here in this newsgroup.

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Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

On September 26, 2009 Krausie wrote:

“Very few of the few posts I post initiate political crap!”

On Sep 30, 2:06*pm, wf3h wrote:
On Sep 30, 2:23*pm, H the K wrote:

It's International Blasphemy Day!

GODDAMN IT!!! I missed it! jesus h. christ on crutches...

Is that what you scream when you show up late to the Salvation Army
soup line?