Imaginary crimes
No.
No, chum, that’s wrong. The concept of “blasphemy” is pretty much the reason we need the concept of freedom of expression and speech and thought.
“Blasphemy” is a stupid word, invented to defend stupid ideas about supernatural bullies who are vastly more powerful than we are yet still need us to defend them against rude remarks by non-believers. What sense does that make? Why can’t your god do its own defending or rebuking or punishing? Why does it need you stepping in? Why does it need you all stern and serious telling us what we can’t say?
Your god is a human invention. Humans invent gods, in large part as a way to bully other humans. Gods are just a story. If they’re real they can take care of themselves, and if they’re not it doesn’t matter what rude things we say about them.
Have a little self-respect. Have it for yourself and have it for other humans too. Let gods take care of their own concerns and let humans mock them if we feel like it. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Do something useful.
So far, blasphemy is a condition evoked by those incapable of being insulted by it on behalf of someone claimed to be offended but who has never shown up to complain. There is no legitimate basis for claiming anything as blasphemous.
If Allah is truly offended by my saying Mohammed was on the down low and liked it dirty, then may he strike me down right now with a stroke. Nothing? I didn’t thin fli fla flo
It was nice knowing you!
Ophelia, I wonder why you haven’t been smitten yet? Is it possibly that God/Allah/Yahweh is afraid of you? If so, keep up the good work.
God/Allah/Yahweh is far too busy chasing down all those people who eat cheeseburgers on Friday or drink water during the day in Ramadan.
Oh. It must be hard work, being a deity. I’m glad I am only human. I actually get to take a day off once in a while.
Or Jews who eat bacon cheeseburgers any day.
Or figuring out where he misplaced Limbo.
Nice to see the multi-millionaire and former womanising playboy cricketer lecturing others on how to behave. He didn’t seem quite so concerned over what his god thought when he was lounging around on luxury yachts with bikini-clad models or waltzing around showbiz parties with a succession of actresses on his arm like so many trophies.
Does the Prime Minister of Pakistan realize that Islam is blasphemous in (largely Catholic) France?
The Universe is vast, with around 10^23 stars, and possibly/probably (take your pick) a fair few of those having planets, with oceans, jungles, life forms and intelligent life in orbit around them, and all supposedly presided over by a god who not only invented quantum mechanics and all the rest of science’s wonders, but who got upset when an apple he was keeping forbidden (possibly because he wanted to enter it into some divine gardening competition) got eaten by this pair of flawed and temptable humans he had created flawed and temptable.
That was when the shit really hit the intergalactic fan. But after God calmed down, and a few thousand years had passed, he came up with a humdinger of an idea. He would assume human form, and have himself sacrificed to himself, thereby paying himself off and making it unnecessary to do anything more by way of divine retribution for all the murder, fornication, adultery, theft, cursing, vile language, blasphemy and most important, impiety that had been going on as a result of the eating of that damned apple.
So he did just that. And did it fix things up? No, it did not..
He got Islam, and Hinduism, unreformed Judaism, and a whole heap more such served up to him instead. And arguably, it served him right.
Omar, I saw a cartoon once in which God, having spent a few thousand years touring the Universe to admire his creation, returned to Heaven. The image showed him and Jesus looking down on Earth, with the caption That was a good trip, son. Now, did I miss anyth….OH FUCK!