[BRIEF NOTE] Category Mismatches

[rfmcdonald]

In the uproar surrounding the cartoons of Muhammad, I've ben struck by the over-easy equation of blasphemous drawings of religious prophets with Holocaust denial, made with the intent of saying that if the one's okay the other is too, or vice versa. The key perceived similarity between blasphemy and holocaust denial seems to be rooted in the belief that the blasphemers and the holocaust-deniers are united in denying an evident reality for their own goals. The problem with this similarity is that while the Holocaust is a historical event, documented by numerous objective sources. The truth of divine prophecy, alas, isn't nearly so evident.