Christians are outraged on the campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio, after an atheist group held an event encouraging students to trade in their Bibles, Korans, and other religious texts for pornography. Members of the group, Atheist Agenda, say their "Smut for Smut" campaign aims to call attention to violence and "misogyny" in the holy books. "You are better off having porn, which isn't nearly as smutty," one member said. Is this a harmless PR stunt, or a blatantly offensive cheap shot at religion? (Watch an AP report about the Bibles for porn campaign)
These punks are just smearing other religions: Atheist Agenda is trying "shock" people, not enlighten them, says Shannon Bell at Right Pundits. Why not just offer cash for religious texts? Swapping porn for Bibles is a gimmick that degrades Christianity and stokes "flames of intolerance and ignorance."
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