Thursday, April 05, 2007

The Point: Take the Unashamed Faith Challenge

re: Catherine Claire writes, "I'm requesting help from all you readers and bloggers out there to help start a counter-movement. We'll need a little-word of mouth, person-to-person publicity though to get this going. But I know you are just the people for the job... You may remember a few months ago Regis posted about something called the Blasphemy Challenge. Basically a group called the "Rational Response Squad" (RRS) is encouraging people (mostly teens) to blaspheme the Holy Spirit (by posting a video on YouTube) in exchange for a free DVD. (At least Mephastopholis offered Dr. Faustus a better deal!) It is sort of like an atheistic dare. In other words, if you really don't believe in God, why not commit what many Christians would call "the unforgivable sin"? As Regis said, "Disturbingly, the RRS reports that the Blasphemy Challenge is targeting 25 websites geared to teens including Xanga, Friendster, Boy Scout Trail, Tiger Beat, Teen Magazine, YM, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen."..."...

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