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So This is Blasphemy? I'll be Darned
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Center for Inquiry (CFI), one of the leading organizations promoting secular humanism, stirred the pot a bit last September when it announced a "Blasphemy Contest" on the occasion of the first annual Blasphemy Day, on Sept. 30. Entrants were challenged "to create a phrase, poem, or statement that [is] considered blasphemous" in 20 words or less. "Blasphemy" is defined on the site as "the act of denying or scoffing at God or God's alleged attributes." The contest drew 1,000 entries from 650 participants and, as we reported, it drew fire from within the atheist community, including withering ...
Oh, Damn! Blasphemy Day Looks for a Target
By David Gibson - Politics DailyToday, September 30, is Blasphemy Day, and if that makes you want to curse, then the Center for Inquiry may be the place to register your epithet -- or send a donation. It all depends on your point of view, and whether you want to complain about an atheist whose beliefs you can't stand or denounce a divinity you don't believe in. The Center for Inquiry, or CFI, is hoping for the second option, encouraging people to declare their contempt for God (or gods) as a way of promoting freedom of expression, which the CFI sees as threatened by growing legal and social privileges for religious beliefs. ...
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