Sunday we will share in a sermon - "If There Is a God, Why Are There Atheists?" - as we continue in a series on Christian apologetics. Al Mohler writes regarding a response to "International Blasphemy Day" and the darkness it embraces.
Ready for a day to honor blasphemy? According to press reports, September 30 is set as the observance of the first-ever International Blasphemy Day. This could be interesting.
The choice of September 30 looks back to that date in the year 2005, when the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad’s face sparked outcry and protests in the Muslim world and threats toward the West.
Now, as Religion News Service reports, the Center for Inquiry is planning a day of observances to mark the occasion. Ron Lindsay, a lawyer who serves as president of the Council for Inquiry International, said that the day was part of the group’s effort to expose religious beliefs to investigation. In the words of the RNS report, the goal is “to expose all religious beliefs to the same level of inquiry, discussion and criticism to which other areas of intellectual interest are subjected.”
I find it astounding and quite contradictory that when a group like the Center for Inquiry calls for an International Day of Blasphemy, they tell us that it is merely their right to free expression. However, when Christians celebrate the day that we have set aside to remember the day the God became man, we are told it is too exclusive and that we should call it a Winter Celebration! I guess that's the new definition of tolerance...tolerate every blasphemous idea that comes along, as long as we don't tolerate any Christian worldview! Amazing and sad! It becomes very easy to find sin to mourn!
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