Austrian cartoonist faces Greek jail over blasphemy

[trev]

I am secure in my faith, but I also know that God is angered by all the blasphemy in this thread, whether the artists blasphemy or Thorn's blasphemy or others and that he will severely punish all those concerned, as well as the societies and nations that allow and encourage this blasphemy. Please cease this blasphemy, repent and avoid the future wrath of God.

[Whaleboy]

[Boris Godunov]

Why an omnipotent, omniscient deity would give a rats arse about what a cartoonist or poster on an internet forum thinks is beyond me. Any god I'd believe in wouldn't be so ludicrously petty.

[Whaleboy]

Indeed, and if you were Jesus you'd be too busy killing Romans and banging Jewish chicks to worry about starting a religion. It's so obvious that Paul caught genital herpes from Christ .

God, this means that Thorn was right all along!

[trev]

Why an omnipotent, omniscient deity would give a rats arse about what a cartoonist or poster on an internet forum thinks is beyond me. Any god I'd believe in wouldn't be so ludicrously petty.

It is difficult to believe that He does care about relatively trivial matters, but the fact that He sent Jesus to live on the earth and to die so that we could be given eternal life through Him proves that He indeed does care about trivial matters and loves all of us sufficiently that He will forgive all those willing to repent regardless of the evil they have done.

[Whaleboy]

but the fact that He sent

That's the bit you're having problems with isn't it?

[Spiffor]

This means I get to blaspheme all my life and still get to heaven, provided I repent on my deathbed?

[Sava]

Originally posted by trev

It is difficult to believe that He does care about relatively trivial matters, but the fact that He sent Jesus to live on the earth and to die so that we could be given eternal life through Him proves that He indeed does care about trivial matters and loves all of us sufficiently that He will forgive all those willing to repent regardless of the evil they have done.

a just God would not forgive all... Hitler for instance... if there's a chance at all that Hitler is in heaven, then God isn't just and I want nothing to do with him.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by trev
but the fact that He sent Jesus to live on the earth and to die so that we could be given eternal life through Him proves that He indeed does care about trivial matters

Even if that were a "fact," I would hardly call that trivial. That's a bit different than getting irate because somebody doesn't believe in you, or draws a cartoon about you.

[Odin]

Originally posted by trev

Please cease this blasphemy, repent and avoid the future wrath of God.

Not untill you you quit spewing BS in the T-rex thread.

[Spiffor]

Now that I'm allowed to blaspheme

[Whaleboy]

[Odin]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Now that I'm allowed to blaspheme

[Sava]

[Boris Godunov]

Oh, heck. Since we're all blaspheming, let's not forget this gem.