European Atheist Lobby Says Mocking Religion Is Sacred

“Satirizing and mocking religion is sacred,” the European Humanist Federation says in a statement.

It’s a fascinating choice of word from an organisation that works for the abolishment of religion and a ban on religious practice. According to the Oxford Dictionary, sacred has four possible definitions:

• connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration
• (of writing or text) embodying the laws or doctrines of a religion
• regarded with great respect and reverence by a particular religion, group, or individual
• regarded as too valuable to be interfered with.

I assume the atheists mean sacred in the forth meaning, but even this definition is clearly linked to religion. I find it interesting that those who are normally fanatically against religion pick religious language when crisis occurs.