Even Irish Gods are Bullshit

I have been trying to avoid saying what, to my shame, has been the only comment in my head since the Irish government proposed the 'stupid rule' or blasphemy law as it's more commonly called.
But my lack of response was also because, I think, it was a shock to me.
Ireland, for me, stepped into the 21st century earlier than most - it seemed like the place of movers and shakers, a new forward-thinking economy boosted by the end of the troubles as they were so delicately described.
But, only a decade later, Ireland stepped back into medieval voodoo!

President Mary McAleese has this morning signed the Defamation Bill 2006 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 into law.

Irish Times Thursday, July 23, 2009
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0723/breaking4.html

Disregarding the fact that the introduction of a law like this, which renews the offence of blasphemy, is only a bad election away from witch-hunts or the Spanish inquisition, when you make it an offence to limit peoples opportunity to speak against unwarranted belief, you encourage the spread of that belief, encouraging delusion and self-delusion. But it does not encourage 'true' belief, which comes from the understanding of the whichever scripture one thinks divine, but a fake belief; a lip service belief, to avoid persecution or imprisonment.That's not just believing the lie (god),
that's pretending you believe in the lie just to stay out of jail.
I can see only honest, well balanced citizens springing from this decision - Oh, no actually, that's exactly the opposite of what I can see! Way to screw up your citizens, Irish government.
In fact this decision is, as I said at the beginning, still only putting one thought in my head, and again as I said, it is to my shame that I must now conclude that, for me, the passing of this nonsense into law has only served to reinforce the impression of the Irish, which is delivered by those hideous jokes.
To those in Ireland whom are not thick, of which I'm sure there are quite a considerable number, get your politicians to apologise for the image they are portraying of you.
Freedom of speech is more important than any damage done to any perception of any god. This is a nonsense law and ALL those who passed it should be at least be hounded from office if not sectioned as Psychologically unstable.

If you want to help remove the nonsense from Ireland check out theCampaign to Repeal the Blasphemy Law at blasphemy.ie
http://blasphemy.ie/2009/07/23/campaign-to-repeal-the-blasphemy-law/#more-694

"Atheist Ireland will now campaign for the repeal of this anachronistic and dangerous blasphemy law, and for a referendum to remove the blasphemy reference from the Irish Constitution, as part of our wider campaign for an ethical and secular Ireland."

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Islam - The Stranglehold Religion?

I Just watched the supreme leader of Iran give his speech.
(You can watch it here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8108938.stm)

First time I've seen him!

Always wondered what Father Christmas did for the rest of the year - Now we know!

What a load of hot air and pompous nonsense!

Santa Said "I recommend that they open their eyes and see the enemy."
Ironic much?Every eye in the room, and across the world, was open and watching
the enemy of freedom speak!
People are on your streets sir, they telling you they are not happy with how THEIR country is being run!
It's not your country, it's THEIRS. Listen to them, you are their servant.

Why not compromise? - You give them a new UN observed election, and they'll stop seeing you as silly old-fashioned santa claus wannabe.

It's time to let go of your stranglehold on your people. Give up your evil corrupt ways and accept that people like to be free.
Yes that's free, you know their BIRTH right, their Human Right.
I know it's a hard concept for the supremely deluded to comprehend but it's widely accepted accross the globe, that people do not want to be controlled by religious bigots, power crazed old madmen, intent on totalitarian control of all they consider beneath them and trying to hang on to ways long dead.

To all people of the world who are ruled by the supremely deluded (my shorthand for religious leaders)
STOP GIVING AWAY YOUR RIGHTS
TO THESE ULTIMATE PROPONENTS OF BIGOTRY.

Santa Said "Islamic republic state would not cheat and betray the vote of the people."
Seems like some cheating went on, so does that mean that your state is not islamic, or that you are a liar?

Santa your crowd chanted "Death to the UK, Israel and the US" - and you did nothing to dissuade them!!
YOU - the 'supreme leader'! OUTRAGEOUS!
You are the most disgusting representation of bigotry and prejudice.

Ordinary muslims say Islam is all about peace, yet we see the 'supreme leader' of what one might call the heart of Islam condoning bigotted, racist chanting.

Oooooh It makes me so mad!!!

There are 303,824,640 people in the US, 60,943,912 people in the UK and 7,411,000 in Israel and you are happy that you crowd thinks that every man, woman and child in these communities, over third of a billion people, should be slaughtered!!
Call yourself a man of God/Allah.
You are shameful and not worthy!

This blog was published from the FREE UK, I use twitter and all social networks FREELY, I have the right to think and say what I choose.
This is freedom
I don't know what you think you have Iran but freedom it isn't.

I find it hard to understand how the people who follow Islam can enjoy what seems, to a non-muslim atheist, to be a totalitarian fascist and sexist dogma, promoted and enforced by bitter and intransigent old men.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T PRAY?
You get more life in your life!

To all religious leaders FUCK OFF and leave us all in peace.

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I was born with no roots, a child of the earth.
I have no natural affiliation to any race,
creed, colour or geographical location.
I bear no label or stamp on me to denote ownership.
My DNA says only; member of the human race;
no religious, political or social emblems encoded.
I owe allegiance to none but those whom I choose.
My freedom is my own to do with as I wish.

Crispy Sea - 2005

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Against Blasphemy Laws

Blasphemy Hmmm, it's all just nonsense really, but recently Irelands Politicos have gone a little nuts and ressurrected an archaic law. More at http://blasphemy.ie/

So, I thought maybe I could contribute some generalised thinks on blasphemy.

Firstly
I find no way to prove blasphemy!!! - I understand that it's possible to prove that this or that person was offended, though the extent of that offence is personal, and therefore difficult to correctly categorize or quantify.
But to prove blasphemy itself?

Surely it must be proven that a crime has occurred before a person can be convicted of committing the crime?
If so, then I feel that the offended party should first have to prove that the words could have offended the god or gods of the offended religion, then prove that those words did actually offend said deity.
And, as a 'religious authority' is not 'the deity', it cannot pretend it is of sufficient affinity with it's 'almighty' as to presume to speak directly for him/her/them, the religious authority's claim of blasphemy must therefore be seen as no more than opinion, for any more than that and the 'Religious Authority' itself becomes Blasphemous by presuming to know the mind of its God.
Without god's direct testimony that he was offended, surely no crime has been proved to have been committed.
Which I feel brings one reasonably to the conclusion - If one is accused of blasphemy, could one make a legitimate defence of Omniscient Corpus Delicti?
Just as you wouldn't lock someone up for suggesting that Snow White's relationship with the dwarves was sexually perverse, how can you convict someone for disrespecting a god which has no more substance than any other fairy tale?

Corpus delicti (Latin: "body of crime")
From Western jurisprudence:
The principle that it must be proven that a crime has occurred before a person can be convicted of committing the crime.

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_delicti

Secondly
If there are blasphemy laws to protect the delicate sensibilities of the, indelicately, non-sensical, then surely it would only be right and fair to have anti-blasphemy laws to protect those conversly afflicted.
An Anti-Blasphemy Law would ensure that no theist would be able to offend a nontheist by holding up a deity as worthy of worship. This would of course require citizens to remove all religio-spiritual bling, so as not to subject themselves to prosecution for AAB - Accidental Anti-Blasphemy.

More Blasphemy
Irish Blasphemy Law - Discriminatory?
Even Irish Gods are Bullshit
Visiting Ireland
Is this Blasphemy?
And Your God Watched

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