The Humour In Blasphemy

"There's a shirt in the store I work at with an image of Jesus being crucified to the cross while several wholesome looking American kids point their fingers and laugh. It took me a while to figure out why I too found the image humorous. So many people who take their religion so seriously don't seem to listen to their own words. Good will towards humankind is possible without a religious belief system being used as a crutch. I will not deny there are several religious leaders or institutions that work for good in the world. However, the plethora of people over the centuries that have twisted "holy" words to justify their own agenda, resulting in corruption, vice and wholesale bloodshed, seems to outnumber those working for good."

My opinions anger you

yet you sell cheap images of your sacred icon

for pennies and you defile any reverence

by casting it in neon plastic

you glorify an image

while ignoring the words

and I shudder at the things

you do behind closed doors

you justify your actions

with words that aren't your own

and you can never live up to

you are not righteous, you're evil

so I have no qualms as to pointing

at an image of your god and laughing

I can respect culture and tradition

but not your revisionism, manipulation and lies

you're a tool

and you've

made your god

into a clown

you're a fucking joke

The humour in blasphemy

The joy in sacrilege