All individuals – both those who express faith in various deities and those choosing to adhere to no religion – should have the freedom to debate, criticize, and yes, joke and satirize all forms of ideology, including economic, political, and yes, religious.
Maybe not all that needs to be said – but it is a powerful statement. I have a post on Monday, but… read this now. Comment.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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I just do not think Americans really grasp reality. Cargill and those who agree with him do not seem to get the fact that American liberties stop once they leave American borders.American laws stop and have no jurisdiction once an American leaves their country. Their ‘rights’ do not apply anywhere else in the world.
But, their is an ontological notion of rights. (you can google that word)
If their is a freedom of religion, if their is a freedom of speech, it exists whether or not it is recognized.