Will You Trade “Eternal Sin” for Free DVD?

The Rational Response Squad is giving away 1001 DVDs of The God Who Wasn’t There, the hit documentary that the LA Times calls “provocative — to put it mildly.” There’s only one catch: You have to commit what some non-liberal Christians consider as eternal sin, blaspheming the “Holy Spirit”.

So let’s begin with some Bible thumping:

In Luke 12:10, Jesus says: “And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.”

In Mark 3:29, he is quoted again: “But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin.”

And again in Matthew 12:31: “And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.”

Now that you know all you have to do is to record a short message stating at least “I deny the Holy Spirit.” somewhere in the message, and upload it to YouTube. The Rational Response Squad will send you a free The God Who Wasn’t There DVD. It’s that easy.

After you have shot the video here are the two required steps in further details:
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.) Put the URL https://www.blasphemychallenge.com 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[at]hotmail[dot]com. Also include a complete United States mailing address so we can send your free copy of The God Who Wasn’t There. Source

International blasphemers will receive $35 worth of Rational Response Squad radio show downloads instead, or they can opt to pay the $8 shipping and handling for the DVD.

So far at least 438 people have accepted the challenge and chosen to receive free DVD over “unforgivable sin”.

Personally I think it is just a funny publicity stunt and nothing more. Such theatrics doesn’t really help people one way or other. Education is the way to help people overcome ignorance and superstitions and even to strengthen their faith by putting it on solid foundation.