Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist over blasphemous t-shirt
Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist over blasphemous t-shirt
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Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist activist over blasphemous t-shirt
A 30 month sentence for a completely victimless crime.
That's one of the main problems with religious people, though. They view any critique, satire, mocking or ridicule of their belief as a personal attack.
I never understood that. Like, at all.
If your belief in an idea is so strong, shouldn't you also be very confident in the power of said idea to withstand any such attacks? Why are the religious so damn insecure? (Spoiler: Probably because they know they can't prove any of their claims...)
To me, this is the most poignant difference between science and religion. Religions are shielded against criticism, religious people will react violently against any attacks on their faith.
Science invites criticism, it wants to be questioned, because that's the only way to improve and gain new knowledge. As a scientist, you score points if you successfully and scientifically disprove existing science. Heck, you even gain points if you disprove yourself.
To any sane person, this should obviously be vastly more intellectually honest - so the existence and popularity of religion in itself is proof to me that humans tend to be lying pieces of shit.
The in-universe reason is that the devil is making people think that the criticism is valid.
Tempting is what they call it, and it allows them to dismiss anyone who appears to be making a good point as consorting with the devil.
"My god is all powerful... but he needs me to kill the infidels"
Then maybe "your god" is not so powerful.
On two occasions I've seen people flinch when they asked my religion and I replied atheist. Flinch, like I raised my hand to them.
As to your point on empiricism, religious people are skeptical of science because they think it's another religion, one in competition with theirs. Like you, I can hardly get my head around that thinking.
I had a solid science teacher in elementary school who began each year teaching the scientific method and the difference between fact and opinion. Every year I'd think, "Yeah. We fucking know." Judging by what I saw childhood classmates say on FB, the lesson didn't stick for some.
It clearly isn't
amen
But my religious feelings! /s
she victimized poor God