Atheist Youtuber in trouble for burning the Qu'ran

The title says most of the interesting bits of the news. YouTuber and atheist, casewithscience, was featured in a number of news shows along with his video where he appears smoking both, the Bible and the Qu'ran. Unfortunately for all of us, the controversial video went down with his account when he closed it for yet to be revealed reasons. It is unknown whether casewithscience, whose real name is Alex Stewart, has received death threats from Muslims leading him to close his channel, but what has been known is that he has been suspended from his work at some university. Incredible the power that burning a simple book has on people. Everyone's running scared pissing their pants, afraid that some crazy Muslim will blow them up. Well, if they are so afraid, at least let the real brave citizens exercise their rights, while the cowards hide in their bomb shelters.

That's what this is all about isn't? Freedom of speech, which is, for a lack of a better analogy, the Godzilla of the Muslim world. They simply can't tolerate the fact that there are people half way around the world, yes, people!, like you and me, who have a right to burn a copy of their book, PREPOSTEROUS! How dare they be born in a country with such rights? when we are stuck here watching shitty cartoons! Anyways, certain people, specially from the Muslim side, are claiming that Stewart only wanted to offend the religion. That's false. The clear objective of the video was to make a point that people get worked up for stupid things. It doesn't matter to me that you think the Qu'ran is the revealed work of God. To me, that book is just like any other book, only that this one, just like the Bible, contains horrible passages inciting violence and genocide. So, what if I burn it? it's not my religion or my beliefs, and I certainly could care less about the book.

The funny thing is that Stewart's video is just (or was) out there on YouTube, you don't have to watch the video, you don't have to be offended by it. If you know what the video is about, and you know it's insulting to you, then simply don't watch it! Is the idea that there are people out there that don't give a crap about your religion too much to bare? In my opinion, the Muslims that get offended by this simply can't seem to be able to live in a world with people who don't think Islam is anything but just another religion with just another holy book. They are just intolerant, and would like to see people who disrespect their religion pay. Otherwise, they would understand that, for some people, Islam doesn't mean the same to them and are therefore free to criticize it and make whatever statement they want, however they wanna make it. In my opinion, one of the behind-the-curtain reasons why religious people are so sensitive about their religion it's precisely because there's no evidence to support their faith, they fill that void by acting, to the best of their ability, as if the religion was true.However, it doesn't stop there, they want EVERYONE acting as if their religion was true. After all, if their religion is really God's only truth, everyone would treat it with a kind of respect they wouldn't treat anything else with. They DEMAND this "respect" from us, knowing we wouldn't otherwise give it, because not respecting it interrupts with their delusion that their religion is god's truth. This wouldn't happen if they had concrete evidence for the truths of their religion. Their case is so weak it can't even take the slightest criticism. The degree of how far they are willing to take their little act depends on how much they depend on their religion being true. That's why some Muslims and Christians don't really give a fuck, but others can become INCREDIBLY aggressive. The latter group will ever threaten with death those who don't respect it.  Funny how their delusions always comes at some expense, huh?

Screenshot of Casewithscience's (Alex Stewart) controversial YouTube video

I watched Stewart's video the night before it was removed and the news exploded, and let me just say the video is nothing special. It might be funny to some, but for me, it wasn't THAT funny. However, he made his point, burning a book is nothing out of this world. The Earth won't explode, the ideas of the religion won't be valued less (unless, in this case, they are already worth nothing) by its followers, is just a man exercising his rights. You know what?, if you are a Muslim or a Christian, and are offended that Stewart burnt your book, here's what you can do. Pick up a copy of The God Delusion, or the atheistic book of your choice, and BURN IT. Burn as many as you want. Publish the videos on YouTube, I don't care. See if you lose your jobs because of it, see if you are forced to close your YouTube channel, see if we care. My copy of TGD is safely in my bookshelf (inside my hard drive) and its ideas are in my head. Just like your copy of the Bible and the Qu'ran is safely in your bookshelf (or collecting dust in the attic) and its ideas are also safely in your head. Stewart burning a page of a copy of your holy book DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. There's no reason to feel offended, there's no harm being done, IT'S JUST A FUCKING BOOK.

I encourage atheists AND believers in Free Speech on Youtube to support Casewithscience. His videos were really good, and he PWNED TruthfulChristian so many times I had lost count. He will be missed, I hope he manages to return. On a side note another Youtuber by the name of Damaxman has announced he'll be burning both the Bible and Qu'ran in an upcoming video in support of Casewithscience. We'll see how that goes.