On Wednesday 20 May 2009, speaking at a parliamentary Justice Committee debating his new blasphemy law, Dermot Ahern joked that people were making blasphemous comments about him, and he compared his own purity to that of the baby Jesus.
In response, on Monday 25 May 2009, at a crowded public meeting in Wynns Hotel in Dublin, campaigners against the blasphemy law have founded the Church of Dermotology, to worship Dermot Ahern and his proposed blasphemy law.
Please join at the Church’s Facebook Group Page and our Facebook Fan Page. Please also invite all of your friends to join what will surely become the world’s fastest-growing religion.
I’ve lots more to say later, but just to note I found a Creative Commons picture of Dermot Ahern you could use:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foreignoffice/1514124709/
Comment by Mark Humphrys — May 26, 2009 @ 11:22 am
Ah, I just read the church doctrine:
“We believe it is blasphemous to publish an image of Dermot Ahern.”
I see my error.
I guess I’m in trouble now!
Comment by Mark Humphrys — May 26, 2009 @ 11:38 am
BLASPHEMER! I for one am grossly outraged!
Comment by Woesinger — May 26, 2009 @ 12:08 pm
Could you post tenets of Dermotology here, for those of us not on Facebook?
Comment by David O'Callaghan — May 26, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
These are the main tenets of the Church of Dermotology:
We believe God sent Dermot Ahern to save Ireland from rational thinking.
Our sacred symbol is the Star of Dermot.
Our sacred beliefs are quite similar to those of other religions.
We believe ice cream wafers are literally the body of Dermot Ahern.
We believe Dermot Ahern created the universe on Wed 20 may 2009.
We’re sometimes not sure whether Dermot Ahern really exists.
We believe it is blasphemous to publish an image of Dermot Ahern.
We refuse to gather sticks on the Sabbath, which is Wednesday.
We wear magic underpants that protect us from fire and bullets.
We are outraged whenever anybody insults our sacred beliefs.
We fervently support Dermot Ahern’s proposed blasphemy law.
If it is passed, we will be regularly outraged, and will take test cases.
Like Scientologists, Dermotologists offer a free personality test.
Question one: are you vulnerable? Question two: have you money?
If you answer yes to either of these questions, you’re in.
Comment by Michael Nugent — May 26, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
The official hierarchy of the Church of Dermatology has been revealed.
Servus Servorum Dermoti
Servant of the Servants of Dermot. Administrators of the affairs of the church.
Verus Dermotus
True Dermot. Real name is Dermot. Has divine wisdom. Respect him.
Vox Dermoti
Voice of Dermot. Evangelical clerics. Let us know if Dermot has called you.
Agnus Dermoti
Lamb of Dermot. Lay members. No duties, but often outraged by blasphemies.
Pasta Nuncio
Ecumenical representatives of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Only the Church of Dermotology can save you from blasphemy.
Join today at our Facebook Group.
Comment by Michael Nugent — May 26, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
So when is the first pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Holy Dermot (aka his constituency office in Louth)?
Comment by Woesinger — May 27, 2009 @ 10:05 am
Is it blasphemous to put a flake in your ice cream???
Comment by Steve — June 2, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
So when is the first pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Holy Dermot (aka his constituency office in Louth)?
Comment by Woesinger — May 27, 2009 @ 10:05 am
This site ( his constituency office in Louth ) is so holy, there are issues in ordinary people visiting it. All worshipers of the Church may however make the Great pilgrimage to Mecca the Haj or the lesser pilgrimage to the shrine of the Companion of the Mahdi Dermot Ahern, the Great one, the Martyr Seán Russell in Faiview Park in Dublin.
http://www.politics.ie/chat/72492-statue-fairview-park-dublin.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E72TBO2bPg0
Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer
Comment by Adrian Wainer — June 30, 2009 @ 8:59 am
Dermot Ex Machina
http://stephenkinsella.net/dermotexmachina.001-001.png
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