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May 18, 2007

A Holy Book of Violence and Indecency

What, another story about the Koran? No, wait, it's not about the Koran, but the Bible as reported in the May 18th edition of Christian Today: (Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna

Bible Under Fiire in Hong Kong for Sexual, Violent Conent

Hundreds of residents have flooded Hong Kong’s media decency watchdog group with complaints against the Bible for its sexual and violent contents.

Protestors call on authorities to reclassify the Bible as “indecent,” which would make it illegal for minors under 18 years of age to purchase and would cause the Bible to be wrapped with a statutory warning notice.

As of noon on Wednesday, Hong Kong’s Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) said it had received 838 complaints about the Bible, according to Reuters.

I can confirm that the complaints were received,” said a TELA spokeswoman to Agence France-Presse. “The thrust of the complaints was that the Bible was obscene, that different parts of the Bible were offensive to readers.”

TELA refused to give details of the complaints but local media say they refer to acts of violence, rape, incest and cannibalism.

The complaints are thought to have sparked from an anonymous website, www.truthbible.net, which said the Bible “made one tremble” from its sexual and violent content and had urged readers to press TELA to reclassify the Bible as an indecent publication.

The Baron hopes that the Koran receives the same level of regulatory scrutiny...

The Bible and the Koran do have such passage, but Christians would be chastised for using those passags an excuse for anti-social behavior, whereas Muslims, when doing so, are praised for following the mandate of Mohammed.

Posted by on May 18, 2007 at 12:27 PM |

Tags: Koran; Bible; Hong Kong

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