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Recently, Jon Stewart’s Daily Show caused an uproar because of a sketch slamming conservatives. And Egyptian comedy actor Adel Imam has been jailed for offending Islam in some of his movies. Television shows Park, Colbert Report and Guy regularly come under fire for poking fun at religion, with Guy slammed by the Parents Television Council and the Christian Coalition on an almost weekly basis.

Australian stand up comedian Tim Minchin sparked protests after a show in Atlanta during which he sang an expletive packed song attacking the Pope over the Catholic child abuse scandal; he even managed to offend atheist attendees. The creators of Park received death threats after one episode featured Muhammad,
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Given the often angry responses to religion based comedy, should religion be off limits to comedians?

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The fool denies God existence. He is rebellious and mocks the concept of sin. A fool rejects discipline and correction. Proverbs tells us about a fool speech. He not delight in understanding,
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