As you may or may not know, all religions are ancient manmade entities. Whether or not you believe in God, the religion that you practice was created without any consultation with God. Religion is purely a manmade construct composed of mythology which has no basis in reality.
Knowing the objective truth outlined above, why is making fun of the absurdity of certain religions, or certain aspects of certain religions such a taboo in the civilized western world in the year 2017? Think about it for a second, if you make fun of someone's beliefs in absolute nonsense, it is potentially a criminal offense in certain places in the western world. It's understandable why this would be a law in parts of the world that still actually are living in the stone age, but I thought we were supposed to be advanced and civilized in the west.
If you discriminate against someone based on characteristics that are out of their control, like race, nationality, gender, age, etc., it is completely understandable and expected for that behavior to be frowned upon and punished, but if you think someone else beliefs and ideologies are absurd, or in some cases downright dangerous to humanity, why is it frowned upon to criticize their beliefs?
Everyone can admit that there are dangerous ideologies and belief systems out there like Nazism, Communism, Socialism etc. If you disagree with certain ideologies it's okay if our civilized western society has deemed it appropriate, but when it comes to criticism of religious ideologies, it is deemed inappropriate, and in some cases illegal.
We really are still stuck in the stone age, and I'm certain that in 100 years or so, once religious criticism is widely accepted, or when western civilization has evolved beyond the need for ancient fairy tales altogether, humanity will look back at our society and laugh at how primitive we were.
Knowing the objective truth outlined above, why is making fun of the absurdity of certain religions, or certain aspects of certain religions such a taboo in the civilized western world in the year 2017? Think about it for a second, if you make fun of someone's beliefs in absolute nonsense, it is potentially a criminal offense in certain places in the western world. It's understandable why this would be a law in parts of the world that still actually are living in the stone age, but I thought we were supposed to be advanced and civilized in the west.
If you discriminate against someone based on characteristics that are out of their control, like race, nationality, gender, age, etc., it is completely understandable and expected for that behavior to be frowned upon and punished, but if you think someone else beliefs and ideologies are absurd, or in some cases downright dangerous to humanity, why is it frowned upon to criticize their beliefs?
Everyone can admit that there are dangerous ideologies and belief systems out there like Nazism, Communism, Socialism etc. If you disagree with certain ideologies it's okay if our civilized western society has deemed it appropriate, but when it comes to criticism of religious ideologies, it is deemed inappropriate, and in some cases illegal.
We really are still stuck in the stone age, and I'm certain that in 100 years or so, once religious criticism is widely accepted, or when western civilization has evolved beyond the need for ancient fairy tales altogether, humanity will look back at our society and laugh at how primitive we were.