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Just a heads up on your link: The guy wasn't charged for pointing out "this isn't a miracle". He was charged for following it up with a series of accusations
by lotharbot 14y ago
Just a heads up on your link:
The guy wasn't charged for pointing out "this isn't a miracle". He was charged for following it up with a series of accusations -- claiming that it was a scam set up by local priests (defamation), and making comments about how religious people are "gullible", "regressive", "irrational", etc. (provocation). He went well beyond debunking and into the realm of conjecture/speculation, and ended up violating a number of local laws by doing so.
- andreasvc 14y agoAnd what was the verdict?
- lotharbot 14y agoI don't believe the case has been tried, yet. Last I heard, he was in Finland (to avoid arrest) and his lawyers launched a series of appeals, including one attempt to have the "religious provocation" law declared unconstitutional. As far as I know, none of his appeals relate to the "scam" remarks, which even in the US would fall under defamation laws.
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