Holy Blasphemy: Where Open Minds & Curious Souls Converge
At Holy Blasphemy, we believe in the power of questions. Once a space dedicated purely to challenging organized religion and exploring atheism, we’ve grown into a broader community for anyone seeking meaning beyond rigid dogmas. You might call us “spiritual skeptics” or “curious agnostics”—we’re not here to promote unbelief, but to celebrate the vast and mysterious terrain of human existence.
Our Mission
- To explore spiritual ideas—ancient and modern—without accepting them blindly.
- To uncover the historical, cultural, and social forces behind our shared myths, rituals, and beliefs.
- To champion moral activism, empathy, and justice in a world that’s too often divided by dogma.
What You’ll Find Here
- Explorations of Spiritual Traditions: From ancient Egyptian rites and Buddhist philosophies to modern self-help movements and New Age phenomena, we’re curious about what people believe and why.
- Cultural Commentary & Critical Analysis: We dig into the latest headlines, pop culture phenomena, and trending memes—always with an eye for how they reflect deeper, sometimes hidden, spiritual or ethical tensions.
- Open Conversations on Morality & Ethics: Our “blasphemous” roots remind us that moral courage sometimes means challenging accepted norms, whether they’re religious, political, or purely cultural.
Why “Holy Blasphemy?”
Because being faithful to the pursuit of truth sometimes means going against traditional sacred cows. We don’t see blasphemy as mere irreverence—it’s an act of creative, constructive doubt that can lead to innovative ways of thinking and being. We hold that no question is off-limits, and no belief system is exempt from honest inquiry.
Who We Are
A collective of writers, thinkers, philosophers, skeptics, and spiritual seekers from around the world. Some of us grew up in deeply religious households and some in purely secular ones. What unites us is a deep desire to understand ourselves, our world, and the countless ways humans seek meaning.
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Whether you consider yourself atheist, agnostic, devoutly religious, or somewhere in between, we welcome you. Your questions, your doubts, your insights, and even your playful memes all have a place here. Together, let’s explore the mysteries of being human—without fear or apology.
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Although I’m not an angry atheist with an axe to grind, I am critical of religion, and in particular Christianity, because it has grown away from its own roots and has little comprehension of its own historical development. However, just because I question organized religion, does not mean that I think life is meaningless.
I try, in my own way, to be a good person and lead a good life, but I don’t accept a definition of “good” imposed by cultural values several thousand years old.
I’m also passionately interested in consciousness, psychology, culture and religion studies, and answering life’s big questions like “Where do we come from?” and “Why are we here?”, but I believe that genuine answers can only be found in the quest; not in the acceptance of a belief system.
About This Website
I set up Holy Blasphemy to be “a community of heretics, blasphemers, free-thinkers and spiritual seekers committed to religious freedom, personal autonomy and positive social change”; but that definition might be too limiting. Wherever you are on your spiritual path or journey to self-realization and fulfillment, I’m glad you’re here.
I try to produce in-depth, well researched articles on religious history, spirituality and modern culture, as well as lighter (or darker) rants and tirades. But mostly HB is a place for me to share my thoughts or make notes on something that I may come back to in my research.
Holy Blasphemy is the practice of speaking out against dated religious customs and clearing the way to a fuller appreciation of truth. If there is a God or some kind of potent mystical unity at the center of the universe, he is not the angry tyrant of the Old Testament or the crucified Jewish rebel of the New. Like St. Anselm, I demand that the idea of God be perfect – hence I am seeking a better God than the one taught in most world religions.
I refuse to use the label “mysterious” to absolve God of the terrible deeds done by him and in his name. If the tyrannical and violent God of the Christians, Muslims and Jews does exist, then in the words of Captain Ahab – “Defiance” is the only ethical response.
Am I Anti-Religious, Agnostic or Atheist?
I am absolutely against totalizing doctrines, idiocy, and irrational faith that breeds violence and intellectual stagnation, and am in general supportive of the Atheist agenda.
Although there are many Gods I don’t believe in, such as the manipulative and violent God of the Old Testament, there is something “mysterious” about our experience; be it an objective metaphysical reality, a physicality we have not fully explored such as quantum physics, or a psychological projection of ourselves, it is nevertheless a key part of the human journey and something I’m very much interested in.
However, I 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. (This doesn’t mean I refrain from criticizing it.)
At the same time, I am absolutely intolerant of some forms of religion, and against religious tolerance in general (which safeguards the idea that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”― Isaac Asimov).
Bad ideas and harmful practices should be investigated and stopped when opposed to liberal values of human rights, free speech, and personal autonomy; genital mutation, child brides and pedophilia, for example, shouldn’t be “protected” as a religious practice.
I’m also apathetic to the whole debate over whether God exists or not at all; as a literary scholar, I’m interested only in the concept and character of God found in art and literature, and how it influences society and culture.
Many will disagree with my conclusions because they seem to attack Faith and Religion specifically. This is not so: I attack much more. Any instance of inherited folly, any unreasonable prejudice, any unsupported assumption will fall under the knife of my criticism. I am well aware of the limits of rationalism, and even it, along with philosophy, skepticism and atheism, may fall under the lens of my investigation.
Trying to discredit my writing with character critique (“he must have been hurt by religion, now he has an axe to grind”/ “he’s just an angry atheist“) is absurd; religion is a big part of who I am today. My church was always supportive and filled with loving individuals. Jesus was an enormous part of my life. I’ve simply outgrown him.
A Warning
I have both an opinion and an agenda: I am trying to convert you. I care about how and what you think, because you are a participating member of this global society. The way we live our lives affects all things, and I do not feel comfortable allowing everyone to choose and persist in ideas which may be psychologically and sociologically disastrous; especially when the loudest and most outspoken generators of meaning are evangelical pamphlets, political media brainwashing, and the advertising campaigns of marketing executives.
We are in a critical moment in our history – on the very brink of ecological and sociological disasters so powerful and destructive that we will not survive them. It is our beliefs, and nothing else, which will motivate our most critical decisions. I see it is my duty to no less than save the world, by influencing as many people as possible to take responsibility for it.
This is a great and difficult task, for “minority literature” or the politics of difference and change, will always find more resistance than support. While it may be easy to gain sympathy from some, it is nearly impossible not to alienate many. I hope in this website to inspire every person in a manner or language that is appropriate for them: in addition to writing boring essays, I will entertain and dance. I will be a Carlyle for the intellectuals and a Byron for the masses. I will shock with poetry, marvel with fiction and narrative, and enlighten with prose. And if I fail in the attempt, I’ll change mediums.
