Holy Bible Vs. YouTube: Blasphemy Challenge Recruits

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It used to be that dare-devil youngsters would get together during a sleep-over, dim the lights and scare the bejesus out of each-other while challenging the spirit of Bloody Mary or waiting with bated breath around an Ouija board. Today, however, it seems that the ghost stories of yore are passé and wussy, if you will. Now teens and twenty-somethings are upping the ante by forgoing spooky board games and, instead, firing up their computers and challenging the big guy himself, God.

Newsweek reports that,
More than 400 mostly young people who have joined a [YouTube] campaign by the Web site BlasphemyChallenge.com to stake their souls against the existence of God.
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The Blasphemy Challenge is a joint project of filmmaker Brian Flemming, director of the antireligion documentary "The God Who Wasn't There," and Brian Sapient, cofounder of the atheist Web site RationalResponders.com. Their intent was to encourage atheists to come forward and put their souls on the line, showing others that you don't have to be afraid of God. The particular form of the challenge was chosen because, by one interpretation, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, a part of the Christian Trinity, is the only sin that can never be forgiven.
He forgives me. He fogives me not. The sacrilegious Web site instructs participants as follows:

Record a short message damning yourself to Hell, you upload it to YouTube, and then the Rational Response Squad will send you a free The God Who Wasn't There DVD. It's that easy.You may damn yourself to Hell however you would like, but somewhere in your video you must say this phrase: "I deny the Holy Spirit."

Why? Because, according to Mark 3:29 in the Holy Bible, "Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." Jesus will forgive you for just about anything, but he won't forgive you for denying the existence of the Holy Spirit. Ever. This is a one-way road you're taking here.

Once you have shot your blasphemous video, just follow these two easy steps:

1. Go to this link on YouTube to upload your video as a "Video Response" to the Blasphemy Challenge. (You can log in or register on that page if necessary.) Please put the URL somewhere in the text description when you upload your video.

2. When the video appears on YouTube, send the URL to this email address: waronchristmas@hotmail.com. Also include a complete United States mailing address* so we can send your free copy of The God Who Wasn't There.
First Amendment rights in full effect? Or just one filmmaker's attempt at cheap publicity at the expense of angsty youth going through their Hot Topic phase? You decide.

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