Blaspheme or Not To Blaspheme?
Blasphemy Laws, what are they? and why do they exist? Many countries in the developed world we have freedom of speech where people can express themselves freely without fear of persecution from the law. But in many countries there are laws on the books called Blasphemy Laws which criminalizes speech against religion, dogma and holy books i;e Bible, Quran, Torah etc.
Many countries practically in the Islamic World and Autocratic Countries like Russia where there is a national church, many Religious Extremists have used the Blasphemy Laws to prosecute people they don't like or to deter free speech by calling it hate speech. Many innocent people are in prison right now and many have been executed because they simply choose to criticize religion or simply question it. I am a religious person by faith and I believe in what the bible says is true but I also believe God gives free will to people he doesn't force people to love him or to worship him and people should be free to be religious or not religious if they choose to and people have the right to criticize religion even if it's blasphemous.
We don't live in the dark ages anymore and we need to move past from what we think is acceptable and what is not acceptable. Many Religious Extremists that hold a lot of influence want to induce governments to be on their favor and restrict freedom of speech based morality and religion but they are not doing it because they love God or want to be an example its about having control on others.
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