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Having the Jim Jams over blasphemy laws.

October 23, 2023.

Introduction.

I want to begin with the fact that consistent Christians necessarily have a deep weariness

over blasphemy laws. This is deep within our DNA and I believe it is there for good reason.

I want to begin with that fact and lay this down as the base code for all our subsequent reasoning.

The reason for this begins where all Christian

reasoning should always begin, and that is with Christ himself, what they did to Jesus.

In the first place, Christians cannot forget the fact that the cornerstone of our faith,

the Lord Jesus Christ, was crucified on a spurious blasphemy charge.

That was the accusation, and that was the basis of his conviction.

It is therefore not surprising that we tend to look a scance at all blasphemy charges.

It is not that there's no such thing as true blasphemy, for there really is.

But this historical reality concerning Christ informs us that the true blasphemers

are frequently the ones bringing true profits up before the court on blasphemy charges.

It has happened that way more than once, and the ultimate instance of it is the foundational truth of the Christian faith.

Now because we have been commanded to tell this story to the whole world, doing so until the end of the world,

this means that for Christians, the central story of all stories

is about how a sinless man was railroaded by an iniquitous establishment and was then convicted of blasphemy.

We therefore have a tendency to give blasphemy charges the stink-eye. How could we not?

Quote, then the high priest tore his clothes saying,

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