In Theory: A day decdicated to insulting God

Oct. 7 was “Blasphemy Day,” a day devoted to protecting a person’s right to “ridicule, criticize — even lambaste God,” according to an article on CNN Friday. Began by Ronald Lindsey (who in his youth studied for the priesthood), the purpose of the day is to encourage freedom of expression for everyone, even those who would outright talk ill of the Lord. Lindsey believes “a society is not truly free unless people can freely air their views on any subject — including God.” What do you think of this “day.” Is “Blasphemy Day” really a genuine effort to encourage freedom of expression? Or is this just another silly endeavor by a person looking to get his 15 minutes of fame by striking at the nerves of the general public?

Jon T. Karn: “Blasphemy Day” — now I’ve heard everything.

The sad truth is, we live in sea of blasphemy. In fact, God has said, “All day long my name is constantly blasphemed.”

Blasphemy is everywhere. We hardly need a day to commemorate it. But here is yet another example of a former Roman Catholic in his 50s working out his own childhood angst against the church while the rest of us have to read about it. There have always been people with childhood religious issues, except nowadays they launch a website and sponsor fake days with hokey names in order to create “awareness.” Please, spare us your insight.

Here’s something else to think about. If speaking ill of our good God demonstrates that we truly have free speech in America, which his website says is Lindsay’s major concern, then why limit our vulgar, unenlightened speech to insulting only God? Why not ridicule each other, too? Why shouldn’t Lindsay also promote “Racist Day” or “Sexist Day”? Or how about “Pedophile Day”? Wouldn’t our speech be really free then? That way we could insult human beings made in God’s image. No, Lindsay is far too politically correct for that. For some reason, it’s only God who deserves to be mocked and derided.

We live in a culture that presupposes a blind, deaf and impotent God. Even if he is aware of today’s latest new and trendy blasphemy, he is powerless to do anything about it. That’s what we lull ourselves into thinking.