Today is International Blasphemy Rights Day. According to its website, it was established to
"show solidarity with those who challenge oppressive laws and social prohibitions against free expression, to support the right to challenge prevailing religious beliefs without fear of violence, arrest, or persecution.
International Blasphemy Rights Day is observed every September 30 to commemorate the publishing of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which angered religious believers around the world, many of whom expressed their disapproval with violent protests, riots, and in some cases, murder."
Maybe the Center for Inquiry are no friends of any organised religion, but religion should be able to be openly discussed, debated, and criticised, without fear or reprisal, just like any other worldview. Religious believers should have nothing to fear from this sort of dialogue. I support this, as opposed to mean spirited and immature mocking, and ill-informed sledging.
https://centerforinquiry.org/cfe/international-blasphemy-rights-day/
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