This is International Blasphemy Rights Day, and y\u2019all will probably not be surprised to learn that I am a strong supporter of blasphemy rights. The more blaspheming the merrier, I always say.<\/p>\n
I favor speaking ill of the supersized-human god of the Old Testament, the smarmy god of the New Testament, and Alvin Plantinga\u2019s \u201cground of all being\u201d \u2014 whatever that is supposed to mean. I\u2019m fine, too, with people who speak ill of cows (beloved by Hindus), rats (beloved by other Hindus), vultures (beloved by some Zoroastrians), and magic crystals and incense (beloved by New Age nutjobs).<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t have a problem, either, with people who wonder what sort of deformed human being would want to spend eternity with the inventor of Hell. I\u2019m cool, also, with people who frankly acknowledge the incontestable fact that Joseph Smith was a con artist, and that those who don\u2019t know it are mor[m]ons. I\u2019m allright with ridiculing Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, too, because they\u2019re still trying to puzzle-out why the godly weren\u2019t whisked to their reward in 1917. Provided you\u2019re armed, have a good giggle at the idea that Muhammad galloped off to heaven on a white horse. And while you\u2019re at it, flick your nose at Valhalla, where Norse warriors go after their career of carnage and mayhem down here on earth.<\/p>\n
Just don\u2019t make fun of Paul Bunyan. I\u2019ll kick your ass, you do a thing like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is International Blasphemy Rights Day, and y\u2019all will probably not be surprised to learn that I am a strong supporter of blasphemy rights. The more blaspheming the merrier, I always say. I favor speaking ill of the supersized-human god … Continue reading