Blasphemy Roundup!!
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Once again, God shows his infinite love and tender mercies--by not striking this man with lightning right on the spot. I doubt he'd have the same luck with the FCC.
The curious case of Rachel Bevilacqua, AKA "Rev. Mary Magdalen" a performance artist who lost custody of her son due to her participation in an event hosted by the pseudo-cult The Church of the Subgenius.
The judge repeatedly asked, “Why a goat? What’s so significant about a goat’s head?” . . . Rachel replied, “I just thought the word ‘goat’ was funny.”
This week's Millstone Award goes to Moustafa Lazrak, an imam at the Sidi Ahmed El Bekkal school in Tétouan, Morocco, for his righteous acts toward children. (See the translation of the French article for full explanation.)
1 Comments:
Re: the first case - it's only slightly worse than what you can catch on the cable access station in Richmond. My personal fave that appears from time to time is "Yahweh ben Yahweh", who is currently in prison.
Re: the second case - I am familiar with the "Church of the SubGenius" in concept. Where people always go wrong is in taking something conceptually somewhat reasonable and funny and trying to implement it in reality. As far as I had ever seen, the "Church" was merely a patently excessive poke at the patently excessive within mainstream American society and religion - and specifically their nexus. If, as a follower of Christ, you can't laugh (cringe?) at some of the excesses of other followers - in the name of Christ - you're probably taking yourself too seriously. That's my take, at least. The blasphemy in the "Church" is in my view merely commentary (however biased and lacking truth) - that is, when contained within printed form or on a website. When promoted at events such as what Bevilacqua attended, it's different - and not protected under the first amendment. That is, it is no longer "free speech" or "freedom of assembly".
She may love her son - likely does - but one element of love, perhaps the most important, is the denial of self - putting away one's desires (particularly the childish / indicative of psychological and developmental issues) in favor of what one's family needs. The needs of a child are immense and are incompatible with this woman's lifestyle. Without examining the case much closer, this seems the most reasonable argument against her maintaining custody.
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