Holy Blasphemy: A new philosophy of religion, culture and literature

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just,

then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.’ - Marcus Aurelius

Run, Jesus, Run: A Video Game for Heathens

Space=jump. Arrows= move right/left. You have 10 seconds. GO.

April 23, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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Jack the Giant Killer, a re-telling of European myth and folklore, starring Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor, is coming out summer 2012! Although you probably know the story by heart, I’ll bet you didn’t know it’s biblical roots.
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Oz The Great and Powerful (2013) Movie Review and Religious Symbolism

April 23, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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and Mila Kunis are teaming up with a great cast in a Wizard of Oz remake/prequel, that tells the story of how a charlatan in Kansas, who is part of a traveling circus, goes on an odyssey when he mysteriously lands
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Religious Symbolism in The Grey (2011): An Overtly Atheist Movie?

April 23, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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The Grey (2011, starring Liam Neeson) is, on the surface, a man versus nature survivalist story about a group of man facing the elements and a pack of vicious wolves in the aftermath of a plane crash. However, this background is
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The Devil Inside (2012): the Truth about demonic possession, exorcism and Satanism

April 21, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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Any good Christian has to believe in demonic possession. After all, Jesus was always casting out demons. If the Bible and Christianity is true, then Jesus couldn’t have mistakenly viewed mental illness using the common superstition of possession. He would
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Bart Ehman vs. Timothy Freke: Did Jesus Exist?

April 8, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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Thanks to New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman’s new book “Did Jesus Exist”, the debate over the historical Jesus has reached mainstream. Today CNN posted an article about called The Jesus debate: Man vs. myth Interestingly, the only “Mythicist” writers they
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Did Jesus Exist by Bart Ehrman

April 6, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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In the book trailer for the new book “Did Jesus Exist”, Bart Ehrman says “as a historian, I can assure you, that no matter what anybody else says about him, Jesus most certainly existed. There is as much evidence for
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What do Jesus and the Easter Bunny Have in Common?

April 6, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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I made this poster for Easter – please share it if you like it! Thousands of years ago, people used to believe that in winter the sun “died”, and then came back in the Spring. They created stories about his
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What really happened on Easter Sunday – Jesus, suffering and guilt

April 5, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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My sister sent me the following chain letter, which goes into surprising detail about exactly how, physically, Jesus suffered on the cross. The point of the letter is to get you to feel his pain, which generates an emotional catharsis;
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Iraq militia stone youths to death for Satanistic “emo” style

Wearing skulls and dressing in black will get you killed – at least in Iraq, where dozens of teenagers have been stoned recently for wearing black and channeling Emo. “Emo” is a Western subculture that follows the revival of gothic
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Is John Carter Jesus Christ? Gods, Alien Technology, Atheism and Revolution

March 11, 2012
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Derek Murphy
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An online review posted about Disney’s 2012 John Carter of Earth movie runs thus: “John Carter evokes pretty much every sci-fi classic from the past 50 years without having any real personality of its own.” The essential thing to keep
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Buying and Selling Luck: Taiwan’s Fudegong Temple and the Lucky Money Machine

February 22, 2012
Derek Murphy
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This morning, between about 10am and 12am outside my 5th floor apartment, was a never ending parade of drum, bad karoake and high pitched squeaking clarinets played by people with no training – all blasted from portable megaphones charged with
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Holy Blasphemy is committed to exploring the murky depths between religion and atheism: while we are absolutely against totalizing doctrines, idiocy, and irrational faith that breeds violence and intellectual stagnation, we also respect each individual’s right to seek their own spiritual meaning – as long as they don’t impose it on everyone else or demand special privileges or policies. If you are committed to free speech, personal autonomy and responsibility, positive social change and rational inquiry, or searching for meaning outside the confines of organized religion, this site is for you.