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22. Without religion, there is no blasphemy.

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 09:51 AM

Mar 2013

Your whitewashing of the realities of religion only perpetuates its abuses and illustrates why it has such power to ruin lives.

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Pakistani Ambassador To The U.S. To Be Investigated For Blasphemy [View all] trotsky Feb 2013 OP

And as expected, crickets from the theists. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #1

Hey, it's a very "complex" issue skepticscott Feb 2013 #2

Even if "everyone here" does oppose that skepticscott Feb 2013 #5

And how would they have justified skepticscott Feb 2013 #8

They wouldn't have justified a blasphemy law... LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #10

Well, unless Allah or Mohammed skepticscott Feb 2013 #11

That would, however, be a complete mischaracterisation of the law muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #13

How to commit blasphemy in Pakistan struggle4progress Feb 2013 #17

Nice try, but without religion, there is no blasphemy. trotsky Feb 2013 #18

Reagan legacy lingers in Afghanistan, Pakistan struggle4progress Feb 2013 #7

Pakistan ambassador to US faces blasphemy probe struggle4progress Feb 2013 #3

It's about theocratic religion LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #9

The Kafkaesque reality of Pakistan's blasphemy laws struggle4progress Mar 2013 #21

Without religion, there is no blasphemy. trotsky Mar 2013 #22

And yet without religion, there is no blasphemy. trotsky Mar 2013 #25

And ... there would be no blasphemy laws if there were no laws! struggle4progress Mar 2013 #26

And yet in the end, without religion, there can be no blasphemy. trotsky Mar 2013 #27

*snork* struggle4progress Mar 2013 #33

Pastor in Pakistan Released on Bail After Blasphemy Accuser Admits to Mistake struggle4progress Mar 2013 #29

... trotsky Mar 2013 #31