Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan!

[trotsky]

65. Do you think parodies of religious symbols should be banned?

Do you believe people have a right not to be offended?

Perhaps someone who was an avid bicyclist but had an accident and was paralyzed will take offense at your avatar. You're mocking them, aren't you?

"Buddy Christ" is from a mainstream movie (Dogma). Lots of Christians thought it was funny. Do you think they shouldn't have used that symbol in the movie? Was it an insult to those who hold that image sacred? Should we have banned that movie, or prevented it from being made, to keep some people from being offended?

I see quite a few believers participate in threads here - far more than participate in threads in the liberal Christian group, where they are protected from atheists. I wonder why that is? Do you know? Does it ever occur to you to find out why?

I also see several believers making horribly bigoted comments about atheists and atheism in this group (including stating that atheists can only be moral in a society that has a religious ethical framework), and others who stir the pot against non-believers far more than what cleanhippie has done. Why are you not jumping on those individuals for poisoning the group? Do you think it's only mean atheists who are ruining it?

Nonetheless, cleanhippie said only that Sagan dispelled religious mythology, which he did. It's a factual statement, and one you agree with. It's also one that countless religious believers also agree with. So I'm having trouble understanding why you're so upset.