Dec 30 2008
Blasphemy
Two weeks ago I committed blasphemy. Or so some would say. My transgression? I posted a comic depicting Mohammad. To me this is no crime for there is no victim, no deity to have its bones broken by the stones of my blog postings. But there are those who take fables very seriously and even vow to break the real bones of any individual who disrespects the content of their minds. To them I say: We live in a big world getting smaller, a world that holds a diverse array of thinkers and thoughts . . . and words and drawings used to express these. You and your ideas are not the center of the universe. Get used to it.
It seems to me that it is the responsibility of religious moderates to infuse a more democratic worldview into their “mother church.” Why? Religion by nature tends to be very ingroup/outgroup. We follow the right prophet and the right teachings and behave in the right ways. They do not. Thus, it is more likely that change will come from within.
