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..........this guy is obnoxious and sick.

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court on Wednesday has lifted a ban on selling a cartoon book from Austria depicting Jesus Christ as a drinking buddy of Jimi Hendrix and a marijuana-smoking, naked surfer.

Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer had been found guilty by a Greek court of "malicious public blasphemy" earlier this year and given a six-month suspended prison sentence for his take on the life of Christ.

But the Athens appeals court ruled the book was not "blasphemous" and overturned Haderer's conviction, his lawyer Maria Marazioti told Reuters.

"We have won. The book is no longer banned, Haderer is free and the book can now go on sale legally," she said. "This is a wonderful decision."

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He obviously lacks the creativity and imagination to come up with a new cartoon super hero that does not make fun of religion. My 12 year old nephew could do better.

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As I have stated before, it is my belief that religion is behind most of the troubles in the world. HOWEVER, I firmly believe in every individuals right to worship as they see fit, if that is what they want, without being insulted by others. It is the man made religions that are the trouble, not God, Allah, Jesus or whoever else. I agree that the person in question is a trouble maker and needs locking up.

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..........this guy is obnoxious and sick.

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court on Wednesday has lifted a ban on selling a cartoon book from Austria depicting Jesus Christ as a drinking buddy of Jimi Hendrix and a marijuana-smoking, naked surfer.

Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer had been found guilty by a Greek court of "malicious public blasphemy" earlier this year and given a six-month suspended prison sentence for his take on the life of Christ.

But the Athens appeals court ruled the book was not "blasphemous" and overturned Haderer's conviction, his lawyer Maria Marazioti told Reuters.

"We have won. The book is no longer banned, Haderer is free and the book can now go on sale legally," she said. "This is a wonderful decision."

http://tinyurl.com/create.php

He obviously lacks the creativity and imagination to come up with a new cartoon super hero that does not make fun of religion. My 12 year old nephew could do better.

Its a pity there is not more fun in religion, maybe then it would cause less wars and grief. ;) ;)

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I do not believe in any religion. However, I would NEVER force my opinion onto another person, nor would I penalize or think differently of them for believing in any person or person(s) being a God, or godlike figure.

The one who says your wrong for following a certain faith is in fact the one who is wrong. Religion has been and I believe will be around for quite some time, and who am I to stand in it's way.

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I've met plenty of athiests that try to argue they are right and thus attempt to 'convert' you to their way of thinking.

If someone believes their 'faith' is the right one they should not need to force it on anyone since they should be able to present convincing arguments and 'claims' that people want to share the same beliefs. Problem is too many people are caught up in their own little world to stop and listen to what anyone else has to say.

If you take an unbiased view of the way religion is presented in the media then you will more often than not see that those religions that are more prevallent in the middle/far East are often seen as 'taboo' and not 'made fun of' (for want of a better world) whilst 'Christian' religions are frequently the 'butt of the joke'. Perhaps there is nothing wrong in that, the problem is too many people fail to see beyond the media spin and make judgements based on how a person of X, Y or Z religion acts in their most watched/loved/hated soap/tv show.

Clearly Haderer has a problem with logic since there is no evidence that Jesus Christ and Jimi Hendrix ever shared the time of day let alone a pint.

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