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dpareja:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHirweOnthA

As Ireland nears a referendum on whether to repeal its blasphemy law (not opposed by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, incidentally), the Freedom from Religion (remember, freedom from religion is the very first guarantee of the First Amendment to the US Constitution; freedom of religion is second) Foundation would like to remind you that blasphemy laws are still on the books even in some US states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo

The rant that got Stephen Fry investigated for blasphemy in Ireland, on The Meaning of Life on RTÉ One, hosted by Gay Byrne. (Transcript follows, but watch it just for Byrne's reactions.)


--- Quote ---Byrne: Suppose what Oscar believed in as he died, in spite of your protestations, suppose it's all true, and you walk up to the Pearly Gates and you are confronted by God. What will Stephen Fry say to him, her, or it?

Fry: I will basically--that is the odyssey, I think--I'll say, bone cancer in children? What's that about? How dare you. How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault. It's not right. It's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain? That's what I'd say.

Byrne: And you think you're going to get in?

Fry: No, but I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want to get in on his terms. They're wrong.

Now, if I died and it was Pluto--Hades--and it was the twelve Greek gods, then I would have more truck with it, because the Greeks were, they didn't pretend not to be human in their appetites and in their capriciousness and in their unreasonableness. They didn't present themselves as being all-seeing, all-wise, all-kind, all-beneficent, because the god who created this universe, if it was created by a god, is quite clearly a maniac. Utter maniac. Totally selfish, tot--we have to spend our life on our knees thanking him? What kind of god would do that? Yes, the world is very splendid, but it also has in it insects whose whole life cycle is to burrow into the eyes of children and make them blind. They eat outwards from the eyes. Why? Why did you do that to us? You could easily have made a creation in which that didn't exist. It is simply not acceptable.

So, you know, atheism is not just about the not believing there's a god, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of god is he? It's perfectly apparent that he's monstrous, utterly monstrous and deserves no respect whatsoever. The moment you banish him, your life becomes simpler, purer, cleaner, more worth living in my opinion.

Byrne: That sure is the longest answer to that question that I ever got in this entire series.
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Remember: Blasphemy is a victimless crime.

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