Indian skeptic charged with "blasphemy" for revealing secret

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_Panopticon
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Indian skeptic charged with "blasphemy" for revealing secret

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http://www.theofrak.com/2012/05/indian-skeptic-charged-with-blasphemy.html

Sanal Edamaruku, an Indian skeptic, went to Mumbai and revealed that a 'miraculous' weeping cross was really just a bit of statuary located near a leaky drain whose liquid reached it by way of capillary action. The local Catholic Church demanded that he retract his statements, and when he refused, they had him arrested for blasphemy.


At least we don't have to worry about charges of blasphemy in the U.S. We only have to contend with allegations of intolerance when we point out the glaring flaws in religion.
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Panopticon wrote:http://www.theofrak.com/2012/05/indian-skeptic-charged-with-blasphemy.html

Sanal Edamaruku, an Indian skeptic, went to Mumbai and revealed that a 'miraculous' weeping cross was really just a bit of statuary located near a leaky drain whose liquid reached it by way of capillary action. The local Catholic Church demanded that he retract his statements, and when he refused, they had him arrested for blasphemy.


At least we don't have to worry about charges of blasphemy in the U.S. We only have to contend with allegations of intolerance when we point out the glaring flaws in religion.


Sanal is sort of a friend of mine.
He has done some cool and brave things.
when believers want to give their claims more weight, they dress these claims up in scientific terms. When believers want to belittle atheism or secular humanism, they call it a "religion". -Beastie

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