The Blasphemy Collection

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To "be" or not to "be"

The Red Pope of Qatar Living

like you say, maybe it's an 'age' thing, because I didn't find either of those irreligious!  Just alternative :D

And on the 'age' thing - these days I don't think ANY opinions on what may or may not have happened 2000 years ago would surprise me.

In fact I 'think' that what caused unrest about Jesus Christ Superstar was the fact that he WAS portrayed as a man and not God.  But then I always took my religious learning, where I was taught that Jesus was the Son of God, to mean that we (including him) were ALL God's Children.  I never, ever took it to mean that Jesus, himself, was God.

But then I never asked anyone if my thoughts on the matter were in line with the Christian beliefs, so ......   what do I know?!

For some reason I didn't think the Life of Brian was blasphemous, maybe it was my because of my age when it came out, however when I watched the Di Vinci code DVD.

You should of seen my face, when I found out they were saying that Jesus had a wife and Mary Magdalene, had his child and was part of a blood line, that proves Jesus was only a man.

I was gobsmaked, granted it was an entertaing movie, but a little on the edge religously.

it is a good laugh.

I am no way religious so possibly I tolerate more than most.

I visit church only for hatches, matches and despatches

 Is is very funny lol.

hey, did you know that only last year  a screening of the Life of Brian in a church in Newcastle Upon Tyne caused uproar from conservative Christian group Christian Voice.?

and so it goes on ....

Some of the funniest lines on a film ever,

Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?

Reg: F@@k off! We're the People's Front of Judea

On the question of what the Romans have done for us?

 Reg: All right ... all right ... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ... what have the Romans ever done for us?

Brian's Mother: He's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy!

Reg: If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans.

Brian: I do!

Reg: Oh yeah, how much?

Brian: A lot!

Reg: Right, you're in.

Wise Man #1: We were led by a star.

Brian's mother: Led by a bottle, more like.

Ex-Leper: Okay, sir, my final offer: half a shekel for an old ex-leper?

Brian: Did you say "ex-leper"?

Ex-Leper: That's right, sir, 16 years behind a veil and proud of it, sir.

Brian: Well, what happened?

Ex-Leper: Oh, cured, sir.

Brian: Cured?

Ex-Leper: Yes sir, bl@@dy miracle, sir. Bless you!

Brian: Who cured you?

Ex-Leper: Jesus did, sir. I was hopping along, minding my own business, all of a sudden, up he comes, cures me! One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! "You're cured, mate." Bl@@dy do-gooder

Wise Man #1: Ahem!

Brian?s mother: Oh!

[falls over in chair]

Brian?s mother: Who are you?

Wise Man #2: We are three wise men.

Brian?s mother: What?

Wise Man #1: We are three wise men.

Brian?s mother: Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.

The Crowd: The Messiah! The Messiah! Show us the Messiah!

Brian's mother: The who?

The Crowd: The Messiah!

Brian's mother: There's no Messiah in here. There's a mess all right, but no Messiah. Now go away!

There is an old story which goes like this - you have to keep the 'Jinn' busy or it will eat you. The moderates turned to fanatics - how, when and why did it happen ? Who used what military during cold war and is still has some use for it ? Who was responsible for legitimating the military by relating it directly to the religion (medieval tribal fanatism to motivate the army) so that at domestic level no questions are asked ? Therein lies the answer to all the how/when/why.

was to show that, although many of the 'items' were probably deeply offensive to many people (Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists) no one actually got KILLED over the outrage.

Mostly the upset was thrashed out on political forums, in religious publications or by peaceful protests and criminal charges.  Even in 1925 when Pakistani Muslims were up in arms,, no one DIED because of what they considered offensive.

It is only recently that violence has occurred and in each case it has been the over zealous Islamic factor.

To be honest, I consider some of the above films/books/artworks etc far, far more offensive to other religions than any of the subjects which caused Muslims to rise up and cause deaths over the matter.

Why is this the case?  What has happened to rational thinking?  Who stirs the mobs into this violent reaction?  Why is it more prevalent these days for Muslims to behave this way when they didn't over, say, Quran on Toilet Paper or the upset over the Cartoon depicting the English Cricket Captain being honoured by Mohammad in 1925? 

I'm at a loss to understand the venom which is now displayed :(

Sorry, gotta agree with Hashin, there is something about Conan.....the hair maybe.  I'm not a Letterman fan, love Leno though.

"I am not a pretty girl, that is not what I do, I ain't no damsel in distress and I don't need to be rescued. So put me down punk, I'm not a maiden fair, maybe there's a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere." Ani Difranco

Random....but....The East is asking the West to respect it in Western newspaper publications....yet the West isn't asking the East to do the same thing.....hmmm

"I am not a pretty girl, that is not what I do, I ain't no damsel in distress and I don't need to be rescued. So put me down punk, I'm not a maiden fair, maybe there's a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere." Ani Difranco

Does he really drink anything...

he always takes an exaggerated sip...

okay no more hijacking

lets get back to blaspheming

I used to hate him in the beginning...

but his grand entry...

his hair...

he's got some star quality...

but he is toooo abrasive

anyway I've stopped watching him... too late

I don't go out of my way to bait the religious only when they impinge on my universe and rights/freedoms.

As an artist we are more prone to thinking about constructs and juxtapositions as well as asking "why not". All of the above blasphemies (with the exception of the Qu'ran on toilet paper) are not downright malicios but have genuine artistic and philosophical merit - whether you like them is a matter of taste and how far you are willing to engage with the ideas presented. You can equally reject these artistic statements without calling for them to be banned.

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

You must be just rubbing your hands and waiting impatiently for Easter so you can rush to the new Church and be at the very front row for mass isn't it?

On a serious note, yours is just humour... but even you gotta agree... some of the stuff on that list is downright malicious..

 You can joke about religion without being insultin, for example

PROOF OF THE NON-EXISTENCE OF GOD

The argument goes something like this:

"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God,

"for proof denies faith, and without faith

I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead

giveaway, isn't it? It could not have

evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and

so therefore, by your own arguments, you

don't. QED."

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of

that," and promptly vanished in a puff of

logic.

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an

encore goes on to prove that black is white

and gets himself killed on the next zebra

crossing.

But i have to admit the insulting ones still give me a greater belly laugh

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

It is a matter of priorities...

Both of you value the freedom of expression more than the sanctity of religion and as it appears, so do most people in the West

But you have to respect others like most of us in the East who are less likely to poke fun at God and religion.  Most muslims value the sanctity of religion much more than freedom of expression.

No talk show host would ever consider pulling out a stunt like that in the Gulf.  Nor would the audience find it funny in this part of the world. 

That is a fundamental difference between the East and the West...

online edition, I am unable to post the article bcos of PDF files

Or did you read it online ?

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To enjoy seeing others hurt is a disease of mind

That film came out when I was in high school I think...

Took me a while to get it as an american...

But I got it...

LOL

You can't teach experience...

Indeed it was, in fact bloody hilarious.

I can imagine that some of the clergy were a bit "upset" by it but can't for the life of me imagine death threats being made and riots taking place.

Maybe you are correct Alexa but it was widely reported on and advertised in the UK.

In fact, i need cheering up, i might watch it again tonight.

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I don't recollect any riots or threats over "Life of Brian".

Maybe it was before we entered the violent era.

I wonder if you would have been sad if they made fun of a druken Odin or something (more than a prophet....he is a GOD in some poeple's religion!)...but I doubt it, because despite professing to respect  ALL faiths, religions do not respect people's right to believe or disbelieve (the abrahamic ones only respect each other and pee on the rest for instance). 

You didn't have to watch if you don't want to Hashin.....but there is something wonderful about living in a world where no one will be stoned or burned at the stake for doing something they thought was funny (and not harming anyone).

Stay safe all.

Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?

apart from Yanks, who laugh at anything, i dont know anyone who finds him funny.

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I assumed you were talking about a stand-up comic and the jesus thing was part of the act.

Never heard of Jay Leno either, but do know I don't watch David Letterman. Ugh

Conan O'Brien is an Emmy award winning host of the Late Night on NBC

He is the same league as David Letterman or Jay Leno

and the act I mentioned was an isolated event, it had not been worked in to the script...

How can you work a gun totting nascar racing jesus ?

As a Muslim I found it sad, because Jesus is a prophet

How he has won awards, i will never know !!

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You can't teach experience...

watching Conan o brien or the fact that you admitted it on a public forum !

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No one can tell you what is or isn't funny...but I for one am glad that they don't burn you at the stake because some religious nut is offended by your work or opinion or whatever....what century are we living in?

If you don't like the material, don't buy it/read it/watch it/or participate in any way, but freedom of speech does NOT mean that you must beware lest you offend others...it is the right to say what you want, EVEN if it offends others!

I know some will disagree....this topic has been covered time and again on Ql...but that's my 2 cents. 

Stay safe all. 

Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?

they laugh along with whatever is in the script.   If what you saw had been an isolated incident on the stage it probably wouldn't have made them laugh at ALL, but the fact that it was engulfed within whatever he was spinning in his yarn, and they were already primed to laugh at anything, they laughed!

Don't think I have seen that particular comedian.

Anyway, I'm off here to go and read for a little while  ... something quiet and amusing and uncontroversial!

I was watching Late night with Conan O'Brien once and he called a character on stage called gun totting nascar racing jesus...  It was a bearded person in a long robe with a rifle in one hand in a small car being dragged across the stage with a rope.

I was shocked at what I saw but everyone in the audience was applauding!

This collection is really saddening

It shows people taking undue advantage of 'artistic licence' in a permissive environment

wouldn't you think so?  And the ones who manipulate them are the worst kind of human being, in my opinion.

People who incite people to kill...are the brothers of Cain - The guy who committed the 1st Murder.

That they are calling upon other to strike & kill a person who is in the same form & image of GOD is proof enough that they have been seduced by Satan. 

Its just like if your finger is sore would you cut off your entire hand, even if somebody incited you? 

But then who know about Able & Cain,  these are hardly taught and explained.

People who follow these Inciters are people who do not know their faith and are led on by whoever can shout the loudest. 

Maybe we should chat about it over a cuppa some time

But, irrespective of the 'obvious', it's still fascinating to see how the impact has been rated either politically or by vulgarity etc. even criminality!

Did you click on the site?   I wonder sometimes how these 'artists' minds work!  

Well, if you like this sort of thing it may be

It struck me as a sort of gauge as to how people are reacting differently over the past few decades to what is and isn't acceptable under the guise of 'artistic licence'.

Personally (if you look at the pictures in the full link) I found some of the exhibits tasteless.  Mind you, I don't think I'm the type who could get so excited about them as to rally or murder over them.  However, I guess someone has to ...