[A.J.Armitage]

I think that society declares weed a crime because its primary intent is intoxication which leads to abuse and degradation of the individual.

If "society" is really all that concerned about abuse (of who?) and degradation, it seems a strange way to go about dealing with it.

As for blasphemy, I can accept someone blaspheming as much as any other form of sin. Those who do it are gonna have to deal with it when the meet our maker.

Blasphemy was a capital offense in ancient Israel. Intoxication was only a subject of law if a priest or Levite was drunk while performing his duties in the Temple.

Or to put it in a way that goes back to the subject of the thread: why should we be more concerned about a picture of a naked woman before which a man masturbates than a picture of Shiva before which a man worships?

[Mockingbird For Short]

Or to put it in a way that goes back to the subject of the thread: why should we be more concerned about a picture of a naked woman before which a man masturbates than a picture of Shiva before which a man worships?

Can you answer this, A.J.? Or haven't you a clue?