Sometimes it is amazing to me the depts that atheists and agnostics will go to in order to make asses out of themselves in front of theists. Richard Dawkins is now apparently trying to get people to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. I wonder if he even knows how to really get it done right. The long and short of it is that they would have to credit the works of Jesus or some bonafide miracle to a demonic entity. Simply saying "I deny the Holy Spirit" is not going to cut it for a non-Christian since by definition they don't believe in Jesus or the God of Israel.
It's amazing how many people have already responded by uploading videos of themselves trying to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. Such pathetic, weak-minded, feel good crap for the militant secular mind. It's actually quite hilarious to see some of them defend this on the basis that they are trying to prove that blasphemy should not be criminalized. Huh? Who is calling for that except maybe some fringe group that wouldn't have the support of any conservative denomination?
Dawkins doesn't have the guts to attack Islam or even Judaism or Hinduism. Christianity is a soft target because he knows that its scripture is at heart meek and gentle, whereas many other religions would not be so kind. The single-minded fixation on Christianity is something that I never really understood in my days as an amoral agnostic. There are religions that are far worse than Christianity can be accused of being, and as I have said, Islam is actually the one modern religion that embodies every militant secularist's worst nightmares.
There's a reason bullies pick on the guys who don't fight back...
We all know what would happen if Dawkins actually did this to Islam. Can you say "fatwas coming out the wazoo?" He'd have a small army of "holy warriors" gunning for him within the first twenty four hours!
What a puts. I take it he's trying to be "irreverent". But it's always nice to see the "opposition" making the case for you. Hopefully, it'll persuade people of your former mind to become more suspicious of scientism and identify it for just what it is.
What's sad is that if he actually is successful, regardless of whether or not he is saved, he will have helped condemn hundreds of people and will probably always be one of the least in heaven for such an unspeakable crime. He knows that **IF** he's wrong, he's just agitated hundreds or thousands of people to damn themselves to hell, something that God will probably still not look kindly upon regardless of being saved.