“…We can only degrade ourselves by swearing and mocking God, because in one way or another that degradation will come back to us….” – MFTE
While I don’t necessarily disagree with you, would you like to unpack how this comes back to us?...what mechanism is in place etc.? On Jan 6, 1:28 pm, Manfraco Frank the Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi to all members of this group! > While I am following this tread I would like to say my personal views > if you don't mind. > I have to agree with Lee that God can be mocked, you just go around > and listen to the swear words that people utter when something does > not go their way. Having said that I have to add that perhaps God > could not be mocked because we cannot harm God in anyway, So God > cannot be mocked. We can only degrade ourselves by swearing and > mocking God, because in one way or another that degradation will come > back to us. > Blasphemy laws will be hard to legislate, because they would forbid > you to say what you want to say, therefore they would breach the > fundamental laws of freedom of speech. Then there is the difference > between different religions, nationalities and races; I think that any > blasphemy laws are going to be hard to achieve. > It is not easy to make a decision here, but anyhow I will be following > this tread with interest. > My regards to you all Manrfaco. > > On Jan 5, 8:43 pm, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes of course God can be mocked. It s very easy to mock that which > > you have no belife in, I know that my oldest kid does it all the time. > > > Blasphemy laws make no sense at all to me. > > > On 4 Jan, 19:13, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Given that there was an attempted murder on the Danish cartoonist Kurt > > > Westergaard last week, and that the subject has come up in the > > > "Muslims making you nervous" thread, I thought I'd open a new thread > > > to discuss this particular issue. Molly asked two questions: > > > > On 4 Jan., 19:56, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Is your question "can God be mocked" or should there be laws in any > > > > country that penalize citizens for doing so? > > > > Two questions, really. > > > So I'll start this with Molly's usual question, what do YOU think? > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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