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UN Attacks Free Speech
newsblaze writes "The UN Human Rights Council assaulted free expression today, in a 23-11 vote that urges member states to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The proposal came to the UN from Pakistan on behalf of the Organization for the Islamic Conference. There were 13 abstentions. South Korea, Japan, India, Mexico and Brazil, all strong democracies, allowed this to pass by abrogating their responsibility. While the resolution doesn't mention the online world, where does this subject get mentioned most, if not online?" The coverage is from NewsBlaze, which says its mission is to carry important news that other media are not paying attention to. There does not seem to be any other coverage of this vote.
Update: 03/29 00:48 GMT by KD : Reader kshade wrote in: "Actually this is covered by conventional media, even FOX news (Google News links). The absentees weren't there because they boycotted the proposal."
Update: 03/29 00:48 GMT by KD : Reader kshade wrote in: "Actually this is covered by conventional media, even FOX news (Google News links). The absentees weren't there because they boycotted the proposal."
No Christian would be able to take advantage of such a law. If such a law is supposed to stop people speaking out against religion, this would mean that Christians would be banned from speaking out against muslims, hindus, false christians etc. Which is precisely what all Christians must do. The Christian message is that ALL religion apart from Jesus Christ is morally corrupt as it is rebellion against God - and thus leads to Hell, which is a real and terrible place. Thus people need to trust in Jesus who died for our wrongs in order to rescue us. This message is called hatred by society. Christians have been locked up and killed for this message by Jews, Romans, Catholics, Communists and Muslims. This is where such a law will undoubtedly lead.
By false Christians I mean people who are not saved by faith in the death of Jesus Christ alone. That is the only way to be saved according to the Bible, which is where we must all get our authority on the subject from - see Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." (ESV) I say Catholics are in the majority not real Christians because they don't believe this. They believe that people must confess to a priest and then do a penance or punishment that he tells them to do. This is being saved by works, which is impossible - see Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." They also believe that they can pray to saints. While it is right to respect Christians of the past, the idea that you can pray to Mary for protection or something is on the side of idol worship (see exodus 20 the ten commandments) we should rely on God alone for such things. It is this Catholic church that, along with the governments of the day, locked up and executed reformers, such as William Tyndale for translating the Bible so that People could see for themselves what it is all about. They persecuted the people of the Czech reformation who followed Jan Hus. he spoke out against the Idea of indulgences or being able to buy your way into heaven. Did you know that the Bible is noticeably different to all other books. It contains a lot of prophecies and predictions of the future. For example Micah 5:2 predicts that a ruler from ancient days will be born in Bethlehem - "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days." This was predicted hundreds of years before Jesus was born. The Bible is also the best preserved Historical document from those times. It has been proved right on many details that only one living at the time could have known and the gospels were written within a generation of Jesus' death and so are considered very reliable. The Christian message is that everyone has rebelled against God - including me - that we are all corrupt and evil. It says that we are completely helpless to avoid hell. The Bible says that Jesus Christ, who is God, became a human being and was crucified to pay the price for our rebellion. Please remember that we are not good upstanding religious folks but fallen people who need Jesus, just as you do.