Title: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 22, 2008, 06:40:24 PM
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 22, 2008, 06:40:24 PM
QuoteBible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal.
A spokesperson for Hong Kong's Television and Entertainment Licensing authority (TELA) said it had received 838 complaints about the Bible by noon on Wednesday.
The complaints follow the launch of an anonymous Web site -- www.truthbible.net (http://www.truthbible.net) -- which said the holy book "made one tremble" given its sexual and violent content, including rape and incest.
The Web site said the Bible's sexual content "far exceeds" that of a recent sex column published in the Chinese University's "Student Press" magazine, which had asked readers whether they'd ever fantasised about incest or bestiality.
That column was later deemed "indecent" by the Obscene Articles Tribunal, sparking a storm of debate about social morality and freedom of speech. Student editors of the journal defended it, saying open sexual debate was a basic right.
If the Bible is similarly classified as "indecent" by authorities, only those over 18 could buy the holy book and it would need to be sealed in a wrapper with a statutory warning notice.
TELA said it was still undecided on whether the Bible had violated Hong Kong's obscene and indecent articles laws.
But a local protestant minister shrugged off this possibility.
"If there is rape mentioned in the Bible, it doesn't mean it encourages those activities," said Reverend Wu Chi-wai. "It's just common sense ... I don't think that criticism will have strong support from the public," he added.
Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: Will on June 22, 2008, 06:45:22 PM
Post by: Will on June 22, 2008, 06:45:22 PM
ROFL, fantastic.
Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: nikkixsugar on June 22, 2008, 11:42:07 PM
Post by: nikkixsugar on June 22, 2008, 11:42:07 PM
Sorry to betray you guys...but I'm movin' to Hong Kong! 
Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 23, 2008, 02:41:59 AM
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 23, 2008, 02:41:59 AM
Quote from: "nikkixsugar"Sorry to betray you guys...but I'm movin' to Hong Kong! :D
Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: Evolved on June 23, 2008, 08:45:02 PM
Post by: Evolved on June 23, 2008, 08:45:02 PM
Ooooooo...bible porn. I only read it for the articles. 
Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 23, 2008, 08:47:51 PM
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 23, 2008, 08:47:51 PM
Quote from: "Evolved"Ooooooo...bible porn. I only read it for the articles. roflol I wonder if the bible has a little Jesus on every cover!?
Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: Evolved on June 23, 2008, 09:00:06 PM
Post by: Evolved on June 23, 2008, 09:00:06 PM
Quote from: "afreethinker30"Quote from: "Evolved"Ooooooo...bible porn. I only read it for the articles. roflol I wonder if the bible has a little Jesus on every cover!?
And an angel in the centerfold.
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Title: Re: Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row.
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 23, 2008, 09:07:25 PM
Post by: afreethinker30 on June 23, 2008, 09:07:25 PM
Quote from: "Evolved"Quote from: "afreethinker30"Quote from: "Evolved"Ooooooo...bible porn. I only read it for the articles. roflol I wonder if the bible has a little Jesus on every cover!?
And an angel in the centerfold.
Nah nah nah nah nah nah,
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi284.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll25%2FEvolveds_Photos%2Fmusic032.gif&hash=024d6b18d9b977a6d1fcf4f929e9dc567661e3c9)
Then sign me up!