Since we've gotten told to stop talking generally about religion twice in the Homosexuality and Religion thread and were told that, if we want to talk generally about religion, we need to make a new thread, I have made a new thread.
Full disclosure: I am an agnostic atheist and anti-theist, but I'm very interested in theology and religion.
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edited 9th Feb '14 1:01:31 PM by Madrugada
Who Am I?
I'll take it. But ain't payin' no tax.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
The law in the night
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Or that Christians are Metal as fuck
edited 2nd Jul '15 8:47:32 PM by AngelusNox
Inter arma enim silent leges
"Ever since I was a kid, I always thought of the Holy Trinity as three fingers in a hand. Appearance-wise seperate, but in reality all part of the same body part. Controlled by one brain."
Thing is, a finger shouldnt be sacrifing itself to his other finger, this is just....weird.
In fact I repeat my question Again: where is for you the most weird thing you find out in your religion, you know the kind of thing that can be only understand in context, In my case it will be the angels in ezekiel....they are just...reaaaaaally weird.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
You're forgetting the finger's resurrection!
edited 2nd Jul '15 9:58:51 PM by Quag15
Ok, admittedly in mathematics when one infinity is bigger than another it is usually infinitely bigger. (integers vs real numbers, for example, because there's an infinite number of decimals between each integer.)
So the trinity thing would work if it was multiplicative rather than additive, I think.
So...god give the finger to the world in order to save them....god that was so awfull 
Never Trust
Yeah, the finger grew back! Which makes God...a lizard?
edited 3rd Jul '15 11:21:16 AM by tricksterson
Trump delenda est
A lizard? Pfff, don't insult the awesomeness of God with the name of a reptile.
edited 3rd Jul '15 12:30:02 PM by Quag15
The law in the night
No points for guessing which finger grew back
edited 3rd Jul '15 12:37:35 PM by AngelusNox
Inter arma enim silent leges
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
<sigh> I'm going to refrain from making a fuss about all this blasphemy that I'm seeing here, since I'm fairly sure you already know what you're saying is blasphemous and may in fact be doing it on purpose. Just know that I'm of the camp that doesn't condone blasphemy even in a jesting manner; insulting God is still insulting God, regardless of actual intention.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
I understand and I'll apologize from my end. It's just that there's often a stereotype that, for example, Catholics are deadly serious and don't want to joke about things related to religion and specifically their own side, and I'm kinda the opposite of that (and I went through all the motions, so I know my stuff). One can be a firm believer but still get to joke a bit. The problem, to me, is folks who joke about things without having researched things properly or having entered in contact with folks of [insert religion here].
Which is why Family Guy sucks.
Got there before you.
edited 3rd Jul '15 1:55:02 PM by Quag15
Lost in Space
There are competing priorities. Nothing should be above mockery, but mockery has an implicit responsibility to be at least somewhat informed. I don't believe in blasphemy at all, though; religions should not get preferential treatment when it comes to what speech is permitted.
edited 3rd Jul '15 1:55:12 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Who Am I?
Most Christians dont consider joking about God to be blasphemy.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
It's a bird.
Who Am I?
Both Russia and Germany put you in prison for blasphemy? Canada fines you? What??
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
I'm pretty sure that Canadian law at least is long outdated and hasn't been used in years (last case was 1936). Any charges would easily be defeated as Charter of Rights and Freedoms violations.
Reading more into it, the Canadian blasphemy law has effectively evolved into a hate speech law, it is perfectly legal to criticize religion in good faith for or any other reason if you aren't harassing or threatening people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemous_libel#Canada
On the subject, Iceland just decriminalized blasphemy. http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33378778
edited 3rd Jul '15 2:21:49 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Disasturbator
blasphemy is little disrespectful towards religions if it's done intentionally,
New theme music also a box
Immanentizing the eschaton
I think God can take a little jesting and japing.
This. It won't be us mere mortals who will cause damage to God.
Now, when it comes to mocking religious, agnostic or atheist people (and I do emphasize people, regardless of what they believe or not believe in), the matter is less clear-cut across the world...
edited 3rd Jul '15 3:00:22 PM by Quag15
I think, the thing is, you really should not insult the omnipotent creator.
He can take a joke, sure, but don't outright insult him.
God seems to be rather protective of his name.
edited 3rd Jul '15 3:01:23 PM by Protagonist506
"Any campaign world where an orc samurai can leap off a landcruiser to fight a herd of Bulbasaurs will always have my vote of confidence"
As with most things, it depends on the joke and its context, as well as the person who says it. George Carlin can make a joke about God or religiously-related stuff (such as the confession) work, for example (him having been Raised Catholic and all).
(I can remove the link, if anyone feels uncomfortable)
edited 3rd Jul '15 3:12:51 PM by Quag15
It's a bird.
Not to be needlessly annoying or anything, but... why does being (allegedly) omnipotent make an entity less deserving of criticism?
Disasturbator
Thing is,people interpret through scripture that he takes offence..
New theme music also a box
So, according to Islam, Christians are:
The Lost, the Endarkened, Those-In-The-Dark.
Jesus, all of those sounds like some form of Eldritch Abomination.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."