(July 3, 2015 at 4:15 pm)Godschild Wrote:(July 3, 2015 at 10:23 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Not sure if this is the correct place for this as it relates to all religions, not just christianity - feel free to move it if needed.
Iceland's parliament has abolished its blasphemy laws, despite opposition from some of the country's churches.
The bill said it was "essential in a free society that the public can express themselves without fear of punishment".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33378778
Seems to me they just legalized bigotry upon all peoples. Not good.
GC
You are wrong. They have just stopped enforcing bigotry. One man's heresy is another man's religion. Now there is freedom for people to express their religious views, whereas before, one could not do so if one were not in line with one of the recognized religions.
You, being a Christian, ought to appreciate this, as Christianity was at one time not mainstream, and would, under Icelandic-type blasphemy laws, have been illegal to be publicly expressed.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
