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Blasphemy Challenge

Beady said:
Got a copy. Rather disappointing, I thought.
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The 'main' part is not really geared for us. Did you watch all the extras? That is the gold.

The documentary proper is pretty much all assertion, to keep the duration down to something watchable for a believer. And that stack of assertions is likely to go mostly unnoticed by that audience as well.

The extras are the footnotes, if you will.

ETA: That DVD is a film made by a formerly religious to resonate with the currently religious.
 
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I definitely agree with the cause, but I think that the approach to the Blasphemy Challenge (which seems to me like it's designed to just push peoples' buttons and not start a productive debate) will ultimately produce results similar to this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM
 
Nice, but is denying the holy spirit worse then making a zombie porn flick called Jesus rises again?
 
I thought this thread was going to be about who could fit the most communion wafers in their mouth...

Hmm. With a little Holy Frosting you could have yourself a Jesus Oreo.
 
We could start our own company selling zero-carb communion wafers. They could be named "I Can't Believe It's Not Jesus".
 
I like this blogger's take on it. He points out that saying the Holy Spirit doesn't exist is blasphemy. This, now, is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit:

Allow me to help. Say after me:

The Holy Spirit rests on Sunday on Fire Island dressed in a pink bra and panty set, while tastefully decorating heaven the rest of the week.​

There. That is real defamation ... at least among the crowd that believes in the Holy Ghost thingie to begin with.
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:duck:
 
I don't think blasphemy is a good way to convert true believers. However, I think it's still important to blaspheme, though it should be done tactfully.

Using blasphemy in the face of believers, just to annoy them, would just be rude.

However, using it as a part of everyday language goes to show that:
a) there is no need to be respectful of mythological concepts, there are no bad consequences arising from disrespecting them
b) well-known mythological concepts can be used metaphorically to express ourselves better and clearer, and we have no obligation to refrain from doing so just because some people would find it improper
c) many people don't find this improper at all

That said, if you're talking to a wide audience, you need to adjust your message to avoid offending some people, or you will not get the message across. So in such a situation I don't think it would make sense to use blasphemy unless you're adressing an issue which absolutely requires it.
 
Why set out to purposely offend people for no reason? I accept that to pander to others' beliefs as if they somehow demand an elevated level of respect is not a good thing, but this kind of idiocy is reprehensible and fit only for morons.
 
Cello Man said:
We could start our own company selling zero-carb communion wafers. They could be named "I Can't Believe It's Not Jesus".
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I wonder if there are certain hydrocarbon molecules from wheat that must be present before transubstantiation can work. While obviously God could transubstantiate anything into Jesus' body, clearly it must be something that at least can be called "bread". (Must it be leavened? Obviously not unleavened is required since I've partaken in some very intimate masses given my auntie is a nun and they just ripped normal yeasted bread up, after transubstantiation had apparently occured.)

It further occurs to me there's probably an answer to my question on Wikipedia, or somewhere on the 'net.
 
I've spent 20 years building up material for a thing like this, but I'm afraid to try lest I win and get fired. Becoming an icon of boycot-likeing hatred for the masses is not a good career move for someone in a corporation.

In my place, I nominate Robert DeNiro's soliloquy from the end of "Devil's Advocate". A true beauty of vitriolic ejaculation.
 
baron said:
Why set out to purposely offend people for no reason? I accept that to pander to others' beliefs as if they somehow demand an elevated level of respect is not a good thing, but this kind of idiocy is reprehensible and fit only for morons.
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Some Christians believe that if you deny the Holy Spirit, you have commited an unforgivable sin and are therefore damned to hell for all eternity. They claim that atheists know in their heart of hearts that God exists and will not commit an unforgivable sin. These YouTube videos are supposed to show that atheists are confident in their beliefs.
 
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