[ebb tide]

Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo regularly publishes offensive cartoons against Christianity and has been sued 13 times by various Catholic organizations, but never opposed by the bishops.

Francis-Hypocrites

[ebb tide]

Ping

[blueplum]

“fraternity” is stronger than its values of “liberty or equality,”

um, no, it’s not

(wanders off muttering, bunch of chinese propaganda hogwash coming from a religious man for crying out loud what’s this world coming to?)

[Tennessee Nana]

The popes and bishops of the Crusades would slap these cowardly idiots silly then lock them up and throw away the key...

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Free speech, and freedom in general, is not a characteristic of any religion. Freedom implies a freedom to sin, a freedom to heresy and a freedom to be of a different religion, all of which are anathema explicitly, as in the case of Islam, or implicitly, as in Christian sects and most other religions. Freedom is basically possible only where no one sect has an overwhelming majority and they have to find a way to get along together. Even then they tend to make law as much as they agree on.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"Religions are not made fun of with impunity. We cannot afford to make fun of religions; we see the results of this," he reiterated.

Certain religious practices and customs get made fun of and the practitioners will write you letters, pray for you and stop subscribing to your publications. You have offended them.

Certain other religious practices and customs get made fun of and the practitioners will run out and kill people who had nothing to do with what offended them.

One of these is not an acceptable response in a free and civilized society.

I wonder if the bishop can figure out which one.

If you can not "afford" to make fun of religions then you are living under the control of a cult.

[Bigg Red]

Pleasantly surprised by Macron here.