# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/21 "2013-09-30T16:38:26Z")
Oh by Thor’s hairy pox-ridden bollocks, this is more retarded than Set. ---
**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, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/22 "2013-09-30T16:44:04Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Ah, Criss Colis de tabarnak… c’est “Mes Amis”, mon espèce. > > (Unless you only have the one friend.)😛 Ah, but now I have two, no? Life is good. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/23 "2013-09-30T16:46:09Z")
That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah! ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/24 "2013-09-30T16:48:49Z")
i did have a macdonadls big mac on a good friday once. really forgot what day it was. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/25 "2013-09-30T17:16:35Z")
“. . .and the three men I admire most – The father, son and the holy ghost– They caught the last train for the coast, The day the music died.” ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/26 "2013-09-30T17:40:09Z")
“Breaking Bad” is over rated! ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/27 "2013-09-30T17:52:51Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > this ain’t about christ its about the other dude. > > inshayllah. Yeah, I think a lot of people here are missing the point. It’s not like it takes that much bravery to make fun of Christians or Jesus. Oh noes, better be careful not to say anything offensive about Mother Mary, or you might get a **strongly worded protest letter** from the Catholic League or something! The point of this is to protest the violent extremists who have senselessly killed people because of the absurd idea that Islam and Mohammad are above “blasphemy”. I think a lot of white Americans have the mistaken idea that “Muslim = Arab”, and don’t understand that it is okay to criticize extremist Muslims without being against all Muslims or Arabic people (not that Arabs are necessarily Muslim). In their efforts to avoid looking “racist”, they reinforce the idea that extremists can prevent criticism of Mohammad by threatening violence. (Except, of course, for those Americans who ARE racist against Arabs and don’t understand that a) Arabs are not necessarily Muslim b) there are Muslim extremists of all races) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/28 "2013-09-30T18:03:40Z")
You are, of course, correct in the serious nature of the day. OTOH, the OP said “Happy Blasphemy Day!” and “Enjoy!” setting the original tone a lot lighter than this. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/29 "2013-09-30T18:20:58Z")
I was going to write something witty about the futility of object-oriented languages and a desire to return to the days of yore when procedural syntax ruled with an iron first, but decided instead to merely state that I believe ‘goto’ statements are a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/30 "2013-09-30T18:28:22Z")
[All together now…](http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=lFgo9J_MRng&start_at=471&end_at=475) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/31 "2013-09-30T18:31:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Tabernac! Whoo, setting the bar pretty high right out of the box there! Uh, Pierre Trudeau was a sucky Prime Minister. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/32 "2013-09-30T18:34:53Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I was going to write something witty about the futility of object-oriented languages and a desire to return to the days of yore when procedural syntax ruled with an iron first, but decided instead to merely state that I believe ‘goto’ statements are a great idea. _faints_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/33 "2013-09-30T18:54:13Z")
[Don’t you blaspheme in here!](http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=poBGgBKpqQw&start_at=83&end_at=85) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/34 "2013-09-30T22:26:23Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I was going to write something witty about the futility of object-oriented languages and a desire to return to the days of yore when procedural syntax ruled with an iron first, but decided instead to merely state that I believe ‘goto’ statements are a great idea. GO TO was all very well in its way, but COBOL has been going downhill since they deprecated ALTER. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/35 "2013-09-30T22:27:26Z")
It’s “tabarnac”, not “tabernac.” Well, shit. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/36 "2013-09-30T22:36:16Z")
Why didn’t Jesus go to college? He got hung up on the boards. I’m at work so can’t look too hard, but a long time ago there was two issues of God Comics. In the first Joseph teaches the baby Jesus how to fly by using a rope just like Pa Kent did for the young Clark. In the second Mary goes to a party to try to lose her virginity. Censured by the Mass. State Legislature according to the rumor I heard. ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/37 "2013-09-30T23:12:28Z")
Well, no one seems eager to take the bait and blaspheme me, so I’ll offer this to join in: [FATHER AND SON TALK](https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/s403x403/1384066_10202090219439611_1787481882_n.jpg) \*\*\*True Blue Jack, the One True Og, and BONER OF SALVATION!\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/38 "2013-10-01T00:40:40Z")
I ate pork rinds today. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/39 "2013-10-01T02:18:21Z")
Macs are just somewhat overpriced computers no better or worse than Wintel machines. Manual shifting is a hassle, gimme automatic transmissions. 😃 > [@lavenderviolet](#): > > Yeah, I think a lot of people here are missing the point. > It’s not like it takes that much bravery to make fun of Christians or Jesus. Oh noes, better be careful not to say anything offensive about Mother Mary, or you might get a **strongly worded protest letter** from the Catholic League or something! Hey, hey… she’s got to stop appearing on tortillas, or to semiliterate peasant kids in Podunk locations. How about manifesting herself on the set of The View instead? THAT would get people’s attention. > [@](#): > > The point of this is to protest the violent extremists who have senselessly killed people because of the absurd idea that Islam and Mohammad are above “blasphemy”. ``` Calling it Blasphemy Day does make the point succintly for those who understand where it's coming from, but OTOH to those extremists it only ratifies that yes it IS "blasphemy" and we know it is and engage in it deliberately to piss them off. So we're more or less where we started. ``` I’d say that “blasphemy” should be something you cannot really define and enforce fairly as a human, a sin that God exclusively has to take care of himself. Drawing a portrait of Muhammad in a bomb turban, or commenting on how consecrated hosts are really good with caviar, or a story about how J.R. “Bob” Dobbs gave it real good up the rear to Parvati while Shiva wasn’t looking, should be something that elicits no feeling other than, _“what a jerk… that’s his problem, eh, I won’t piss on him if I see him on fire”_. But until that is achieved, well, let’s revel in at least showing that yes, in our culture we laugh at our own gods and saints and fear no consequences…\*while on this Earth \*:eek:. The radical wackos will still see it as only further proof of what degenerates we are. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000/40 "2013-10-01T03:13:15Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > It’s “tabarnac”, not “tabernac.” > > Well, shit. D’oh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-blasphemy-day/670000.md?page=3)