The Blasphemy Challenge

I don't know if it's just my perception, but there seems to be a new wave of athiesm abounding in the United States that is more angry, more inflammatory and more emboldened. First off, two of the New York Times' Top 50 Books are books by athiests about athiesm (Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion and Sam Harris' book Letter to a Christian Nation.)

Then I came across this story which I read about on ABC News and then watched on this Nightline Special. A group of committed athiests in Philadelphia called the Rational Response Squad are encourging young people to take what they call "The Blasphemy Challenge."

A passage in Mark 3:29 reads, "whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."

The Rational Response Squad is taking it literally and challenging people to gamble with their eternal souls. So far more than 1195 people have taken up the challenge and filmed themselves on camera denying the existence of Jesus Christ, God and the Holy Spirit. You can see the posts on here.

One guy even had a t-shirt on that said "F*ck Jesus" only without the * in it.

Wow.