Fundamental believers seem to love to take it upon themselves to ‘defend the honor’ of their gods. Unfortunately, some use violence, while others use peaceful means of protest. None use intelligence, though, as an omnipotent being doesn’t need defending.

In the peaceful protest category we have Rev Brian McClung’s (whom I’ve already commented on the last couple of days). His tragicomic tilting at windmills reminds me of a similar quixotic case of protest against Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Initially, it was banned in Ireland (where McClung lives) and Norway – for Blasphemy. Monty Python responded by changing the tagline to ‘so funny that it was banned in Norway’

Fundamental Christians picketed the movie theaters to protest. As a response, interest in the movie spiked, making the movie an international commercial success.

Look how silly you look today if you were one of the protesters then.

Not to mention the fact that ‘Always look at the bright side if life’, the movie’s closing theme, was performed live to a worldwide audience at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Yeah, that silly.