Are Your Religious Sensibilities Offended?

Polish pop star Doda faces trial for claiming drunks wrote the Bible.

The world has truly become a crazy place. I’m used to the US where people are offended by the Bible and the government sets out to ‘protect’ people from the Bible and they call that ‘religious freedom’ (soapbox). I live in a world where the idea of the Bible offends; rather than a world where others offend me—usually.

Check this out though. In Poland, pop start Doda is facing trial for claiming that “it is hard to believe in something [the Bible] written by people who liked herbal cigarettes and were drunks” (Sify.com). Not surprising, the Catholic church was offended by this statement, as am I to a certain extent.

The church is pushing for Doda’s concerts to be canceled on the grounds that she may speak more blasphemes statements. More so, they have pressed charges against Doda which are being taken very seriously by the state. If she is convicted, she will serve two years in prison for the statement.

I say the world is a crazy place because in the US, it’s the Christians that are being persecuted by the state as the church has little political influence on the state. In Poland the Catholic church has a lot of influence on the state, so those who persecute the church are able to be punished. I’m bothered by this contrast to a great extent. The Bible teaches that we are blessed when we are persecuted because of righteousness (Matthew 5.10).

In light of this passage, it seems it is easier to be faithful to the Word in the US where freedom of speech means we can’t talk about the Bible in public, since that sort of persecution results in blessing rather than in a place where you can sue for “offending religious sensibilities” and be in non-compliance to God’s standards.