Actually it isn’t oppression to demand that no one gets to speak negatively ONLY if people are prevented or jailed or beaten for speaking negatively. BUT there are ways to respond to bullies without lowering yourself to their level of discourse. For one stick to the facts. If something is your opinion state it as such. TRUTH needs no claim of divine authorship, wise words stand on their own merits. Address the issue not the person making the comments. This means you need to be prepared, do your homework, educate yourself, know your opponents arguments inside and out. Don’t or at least try not to get drawn into playing games of “tit for tat” (insult for insult). If necessary cut off the discussion if someone gets too abusive by simply saying you won’t talk with them until they clean up their act. stop the name calling and personal insults and address the issue responsibly.

The basic rules of human interaction suggest that intentionally offending people on a personal level is not a good idea. While that may entail the use of blasphemy, the problem is not the blasphemy, but making personal insults in direct interaction with other people on a personal level, whether you are addressing a sacred belief or their choice of hairstyle or car color. But when people publicly and openly advance a belief or idea, it is oppression to demand that no one else gets to speak negatively of that belief for fear of offending people who hear it in the public sphere.

Exactly right. Look at all the injuries to his name, the patriarchy, the trivial becoming deadly, and it could only have come from the minds of men.

Women, you get a pass on this one. In fact, if you were to use reason and logic, you’d be objectively anti-biblical in your beliefs, even if you chose to worship your Jesus.