Atheist Ireland welcomes police investigation into Stephen Fry for blasphemy
May 6, 2017 No Comments

Atheist Ireland welcomes police investigation into Stephen Fry for blasphemy

Atheist Ireland welcomes the police investigation into Stephen Fry for blasphemy. It highlights a law that is silly, silencing, and dangerous.  It is a silly law because it suggests that the creator of the universe needs the Oireachtas to protect its feelings. It is a silencing law because many Irish ...

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Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes
January 1, 2010 793 Comments

Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes

From today, 1 January 2010, the new Irish blasphemy law becomes operational, and we begin our campaign to have it repealed. Blasphemy is now a crime punishable by a €25,000 fine. The new law defines blasphemy as publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to ...

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Is God the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction?
May 8, 2009 3 Comments

Is God the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction?

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthristy ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, ...

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Jesus Christ! The Musical – Jesus Will Survive
May 8, 2009 No Comments

Jesus Christ! The Musical – Jesus Will Survive

Publishing this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.

Muslims and Public Religious Outrage
May 7, 2009 2 Comments

Muslims and Public Religious Outrage

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "Religious 'outrage' is an almost unknown phenomenon in our culture: but it is so common on the Islamic street that one often wonders: do Muslims know any other public mood? And whereas I can ...

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Sarah Silverman – My Boyfriend is Catholic
May 7, 2009 No Comments

Sarah Silverman – My Boyfriend is Catholic

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.

Monty Python – Every Sperm is Sacred
May 6, 2009 1 Comment

Monty Python – Every Sperm is Sacred

Publishing or performing this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.

An Insane God who Requires Blood and Misery
May 4, 2009 No Comments

An Insane God who Requires Blood and Misery

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "But you notice that when the Lord God of Heaven and Earth, adored Father of Man, goes to war, there is no limit. He is totally without mercy -- he, who is called the ...

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Is Islam a Separate Religion At All?
May 3, 2009 No Comments

Is Islam a Separate Religion At All?

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "There is some question as to whether Islam is a separate religion at all... Islam when examined is not much more than a rather obvious and ill-arranged set of plagiarisms, helping itself from earlier ...

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Bill Maher on Religion
May 3, 2009 No Comments

Bill Maher on Religion

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.