# Happy Blasphemy Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000 "2013-09-30T13:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/1 "2013-09-30T13:57:41Z")
Today is Blasphemy Rights Day International. Enjoy. > **[Blasphemy Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_Day)** > > Blasphemy Day, also known as International Blasphemy Day or International Blasphemy Rights Day, educates individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is criminalized in many countries. Blasphemy Day was introduced as a worldwide celebration by the Center for Inquiry in 2009. > Events worldwide on the first annual Blasphemy Day in 2009 included an art exhibit in Washington, D.C., and a free speech festival in Los Ange... ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/2 "2013-09-30T14:03:59Z")
Tabernac! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/3 "2013-09-30T14:48:57Z")
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, Amen! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/4 "2013-09-30T14:54:32Z")
Do you know why the ladies loved Jesus? [arms out to the side]Because he was hung like this![/arms out to the side] ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/5 "2013-09-30T15:18:39Z")
Lord thundering Jesus! I nearly missed it! Not that I give a holy hot damn! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/6 "2013-09-30T15:23:45Z")
Seems kinda lame to set aside a single day for this–can’t we just mess with religious nutters the other 364.25 days outta the year and call it god? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/7 "2013-09-30T15:34:33Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Seems kinda lame to set aside a single day for this–can’t we just mess with religious nutters the other 364.25 days outta the year and call it god? I Holy See what you did there! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/8 "2013-09-30T15:37:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Tabernac! From Urban Dictionary: > [@](#): > > Tabernac is one of the worst curse words you can use in French Canada. French Canada has a strong tradition of Roman Catholicism and this sacriligious word takes the word “tabernacle” in vain. > “tabernac’ de fou”, “c’t’une tabernac d’affaire, là” I did not know that! Plan to use it now when I’m around my French friends (or, mon ami as we say).😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/9 "2013-09-30T15:42:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > From Urban Dictionary: > I did not know that! Plan to use it now when I’m around my French friends (or, mon ami as we say).😃 You’ve still got Canadians cosplaying being French? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/10 "2013-09-30T15:44:14Z")
There is no Dog but Dog **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/11 "2013-09-30T15:45:20Z")
Mayonnaise on hamburgers. Ketchup on hot dogs. All of these are blasphemous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/12 "2013-09-30T15:52:48Z")
_Blasphemy Day is celebrated on September 30 to coincide with the anniversary of the publication of satirical drawings of Muhammad in one of Denmark’s newspapers, resulting in the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Although the caricatures of Muhammad caused some controversy within Denmark, especially among Muslims, it became a widespread furor after Muslim imams in several countries stirred up violent protests in which at least 137 people were killed, embassies burned and other acts of recrimination carried out because of the blasphemy_ i love pigs. i dig swine. i eat bacon. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/13 "2013-09-30T15:53:51Z")
this ain’t about christ its about the other dude. inshayllah. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/14 "2013-09-30T16:07:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You’ve still got Canadians cosplaying being French? Isn’t Canadia a French colony?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/15 "2013-09-30T16:11:37Z")
isn’t merka a british/espanol one? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/16 "2013-09-30T16:16:03Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > isn’t merka a british/espanol one? Merka? The tiny Caribbean principality? Not sure. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/17 "2013-09-30T16:19:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Plan to use it now when I’m around my French friends (or, mon ami as we say).😃 Ah, Criss Colis de tabarnak… c’est “Mes Amis”, mon espèce. (Unless you only have the one friend.)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/18 "2013-09-30T16:28:50Z")
Blasphemy day already? Jesus Tittyfucking Christ, where did the year go? ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/19 "2013-09-30T16:32:20Z")
No one had better take the name of Og in vain! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/20 "2013-09-30T16:32:44Z")
burn in hell and all that 555. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000.md?page=2)