Austrian cartoonist faces Greek jail over blasphemy

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Wait...I don't see why a picture of Jesus surfing is so offensive. What am I missing?

Call yourself gay?

The surfboard is shaped like a penis.

[Spiffor]

You are very imaginative, Ag

[alva]

Originally posted by Agathon


Call yourself gay?

The surfboard is shaped like a penis.

So jezes is in to watersports too? Dirty bugger..

[Spiffor]

Speaking of heretics

[Agathon]

****... I knew I'd get found out eventually.

Curse you Spiffor!!!

[Bkeela]

Why don't people pick on Buddha and Mohammed? Leave Jesus alone you dumb cartoonists and modern art drips.

[Agathon]

Because Mohammed is boring and Buddha is just fat. Only Jesus looks like Charles Manson.

[Barinthus]

This is why international court is a bad idea

[Agathon]

Another reason: no Buddhist or Muslim ever annoyed me.

[Space05us]

He should show up to court dressed as Jesus.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Heresson, you still haven't told us why you think we should shun Thron when he expresses his religious beliefs (i.e. that God told him Jesus was sexually liberal, which is his actual belief and not a ridiculing of Christianty)

[Spiffor]

Why do you roll your eyes? Thorn is a believer. He expresses his religious belief. I understand you may disagree with said beliefs, but I don't see why you should shun it. It's certainly not the first time someone bases their religious beliefs on what "God told them".

[Heresson]

Pathethic

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Wait...I don't see why a picture of Jesus surfing is so offensive. What am I missing?

In the panels with full frontal nudity he depicted Jesus as having a small penis.

[Spiffor]

A list of Heresson's arguments

Originally posted by Heresson
Such talk perhaps should not be banned, but should be condemned by all sensible people. But not. For Apolytonian atheists, offending religion is always in good taste, no matter how primitive and obscure it is

Pathetic

Well, I don't see any argumentation here as to why Thorn's religious expression should be shunned. Maybe I'll understand your reasoning better if you respond to the following questions:

1. Do you think Thorn is trolling, in order to offend Christians?

2. Do you think it could be possible that somebody really believes he is speaking with God?

3. Do you think it is possible that somebody who "speaks with God" (whether it's real, or whether it's little voices in the head; the belief is all the same) hears things that go opposite to traditional religious teachings?

4. If you answered yes to th two latest questions, why should the expression of these people's religious beliefs (cuz when you believe you are in direct relationship with God, whether it's true or false, it is a religious belief) be shunned, as long as it's not incitment?

Disclaimer: I don't believe in any religion, and I believe in Thorn's relationship with God about as much as his relationship with the two gay ghosts that haunt him However, he's certainly not the only person I met who claims to discuss with God, and thus I don't see why Thron's particular religious beliefs should be shunned, while others' should be accepted