Continued Discussion with cls515

[heftysmokes]

Why would someone, or people, write a fictional story and risk death? What is that purpose? That fiction is worth their life?

I'm not getting into this debate. However as to the above quote, that happens all the time, even today. It's called art.
Taken from Wikipedia
The novel (Satanic Verses) caused much controversy upon publication in 1988, as many Muslims considered that it contained blasphemous references. India was the first country to ban the book. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, a Shi'a Muslim scholar, issued a fatwa that called for the death of Rushdie and claimed that it was the duty of every Muslim to obey.

And please, please, please, do not interpret this post as saying I equate the Bible to Satanic Verses in any way other than the author(s) faced persecution and risked death.