The Blasphemy Challenge

Have you heard of The Blasphemy Challenge?

The Blasphemy Challenge is a joint project of filmmaker Brian Flemming, director of the antireligion documentary “The God Who Wasn’t There,” and Brian Sapient, co-founder of the atheist Web site RationalResponders.com. Their intent was to encourage atheists to come forward and put their souls on the line, showing others that you don’t have to be afraid of God. The particular form of the challenge was chosen because, by one interpretation, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, a part of the Christian Trinity, is the only sin that can never be forgiven.

The rest of the article is here. At the very end there is this quote (it cracked me up!):

God could not be reached for comment.

While I was driving around today I heard something that cracked me up. I was listening to The End alternative rock radio station and they were talking about the Blasphemy Challenge. They had a guy on the phone and he was prepared to deny the Holy Spirit on the air for these guys. He said he used to be a Christian but that now he doesn’t believe in all that stuff. They asked if he was sure he wanted to do it? He said yes and then he said, “I deny the existence of the Holy Spirit.” They were freaked out about it. They were saying wow man…I’d rather not take my chances like that…I would never do that. But, I have to ask - Do they really believe anything anyway? I mean, do they live as if the spirit was real? a part of their lives? Do they believe in God or do they just not want to deny - just in case.

One of the hosts said, “We didn’t even give him a prize.” And the other said, “What could we give him that would combat the fact that he might spend an eternity in hell?”


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