Punk Rock Jesus by Sean Murphy

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by Raven

Bashing Christ is nothing new, now why don't we see more people taking shots at Mohammad and Allah? Why do people find it more acceptable to make fun of Jesus and the Christian faith but not the Islamic faith?

Why Raven? Because those same people (those who aggressively and ruthlessly go out of their way, rather than just disagreeing) realize their lives would be in danger (from the few, extremely radical violent sects outside of mainstream Islam) if they repeated that same high level of offense on such a public scale, which speaks volumes about how "courageous" they are to stand behind their beliefs, and brings up the question of how "strong" their convictions are. It inevitably, and immediately confronts them with the profound question, "Are you willing to die for your beliefs?"

Here's some examples of the hot water (and life-threatening situations) artists/cartoonists got into for visual depicting Muhammad in a bad light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depicti...ammad#Cartoons

[Raven]

Originally Posted by JYX

Why Raven? Because those same people (those who aggressively and ruthlessly go out of their way, rather than just disagreeing) realize their lives would be in danger (from the few, extremely radical violent sects outside of mainstream Islam) if they repeated that same high level of offense on such a public scale, which speaks volumes about how "courageous" they are to stand behind their beliefs, and brings up the question of how "strong" their convictions are. It inevitably, and immediately confronts them with the profound question, "Are you willing to die for your beliefs?"

Here's some examples of the hot water (and life-threatening situations) artists/cartoonists got into for visual depicting Muhammad in a bad light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depicti...ammad#Cartoons

I am more then aware of this, unfortunately sarcasm does not come out on the internet as well (I was trying to allude to this, but I guess I went to far in the direction of vagueness). I don't find it at all courageous to kill some one for blasphemous interpretations of there figure head (Even though several times in the word of Mohammed they are called to, can any one count the amount of time they are called to kill the infidel?)

I just find it funny that people like to point a finger at Christ and point out his flaws when He taught about love and compassion for others (I can fully understand where people may feel His followers don't follow this to a T). But other religious figure heads have been more interesting to me, such as Mohammed and his really wacky contradictions.

Is it because Christ stands as the main figure head of all religious association? Or because some people where only introduced to the Christian faith and hated it, but then claimed they now hate all religions without looking at any of the others?

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by Raven

I am more then aware of this, unfortunately sarcasm does not come out on the internet as well (I was trying to allude to this, but I guess I went to far in the direction of vagueness). I don't find it at all courageous to kill some one for blasphemous interpretations of there figure head (Even though several times in the word of Mohammed they are called to, can any one count the amount of time they are called to kill the infidel?)

I understand it was sarcasm, but you would be surprised though how many other people don't realize why the shots are so uneven. And when I meant "courageous" and how "strong" their convictions are, I was referring to the people creating the harsh religious, public offense and not those who are violently retaliating. I mean if someone's making those bitterly antagonistic, inflammatory statements, but only if it's not at the jeopardy of their own lives... it questions how devoted they are to those beliefs. That's all...

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Even atheists can have religious cults. One infamous example I remember hearing so much about when I was young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown