This is so unbelievably stupid on so many levels. Nobody would go to if they smashed a Behemoth CD. He won’t go to jail though, that’s too stupid.
Good publicity though

Look for all we know it wasn’t even a copy of the bible. For all we know it could easily have been a blank book with a cover with a cross on it. None of the footage shows enough to prove that there is anything even written on the pages.

Also this is not the only time he has done this. Two more documented case are at the Hovefestivalen in Norway in 2008 (after Conquer All, introducing the Christgrinding Avenue, seen from about 3:50 to the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAmVHA149y4 ) and also in the At The Left Hand Ov God video (from about 4:20 to the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAmVHA149y4 )

I would like to say that this is the best reason to hate christianity, or any other religion. Their worship of a physical object is laughable and the texts inside this book are mainly used to enslave and control.

If this comes to pass, and Nergal goes to prison, then that religion should be destroyed as punishment for their bullshit. They will also be proving to the world once and for all that they are the worthless rats we have always said they are.

Guess he shouldn’t of destroyed a Bible then

the word court is missing from my first post

that is soo fucking stupid. hope it doesnt affect behemoth going to bloodstock :S

fuck the bible.

it’s a crime in Poland to destroy religious iconography?? what kind of backwards Medieval law is that? 2 years in jail for destroying a book is just ridiculous.

stupid polish, its just a book even if it is fully of holy bullshit
the book was probably made of toilet paper anyway, its not like he shat on the mona-fucking-lisa!
(that would be awsome if he did though, i’ve seen that painting its not that great)

good luck Nergal , it wont be easy to win.

haha thats what happens when your intolerant :p

must say it serves him right

Shut up weasel. It’s a book, a work of fiction, nothing more.

Destroying a copy of Lord of the Rings isn’t a crime, yet I bet there are a lot of people who hold that close to their heart.

It’s no desecrating a grave, burning a church or insulting anyone directly. It’s the destruction of a book, nothing more. A book which is not original, not unique and with thousands more just like it within a few miles.

Somewhat pathetic to even entertain the idea that this was anything more.

someone get Seopher a medal, absolutely spot on. still, great publicity for the band so why not…

@ seopher – Just because it’s a book doesn’t make it a work of fiction you ignorant fool. Nonetheless this is a rather stupid case, 2 years in prison for destroying a bible is ludicrous

also i just realized that “Bible destruction” is a great name for a band

Seopher, let weasel say what he wants, The Bible has played a part in shaping the world we know and is the holy scripture for the most recognised religion in the world, that is why it is offensive and seen as a crime in certain places. Just be thankful it wasn’t the Qur’an, Nergal could have been killed for that.

Unfrotunatley the church still has power in many countrys. Anyone whos tried to get a beer on a sunday in poland will tell you that! So raise a glass for nergal and keep your eyes peeled for the god botheres trying to gain infulence here or else we`ll get the same treatment!

This wins Headline of the Day – just pipping “Family see Jesus image in Marmite” at the post.

okay coo!
CHURCH BURNING TIME!
haha

okay cool!
CHURCH BURNING TIME!
haha

What a moronic law, freedom of religion my ass, I hope he beats these degenerated forms of life in court. It’s not far away from saying that it is illegal not to be Christian, what the fuck?! Define “iconography” and “destroying.” Man.

By the way Weasel, speaking of “intolerant,” it’s amazing you’d wish a two year prison sentence on a man for burning a work of fiction that has been disproved so many times on both historical and scientific levels, and last but not least, it disproves itself beyond ridicule. Also, freedom of religion? Which includes a right not to believe this Christian bullshit they try to ram down our throats? And artistic expression? Just kill yourself.

The current government in Poland are nothing short of a bunch of fascist right wing religious shitheads.

this is epic bullshit

Where to begin? Those of you who think he deserves it, well screw you. Just because the church says it is holy and not to be trifled with, well fuck them. For example today, churches in Brussels are trying to take a bunch of catholic priests to court for child abuse. Does that sound like divine law to you? And i know how this works. I am a professor in a catholic school (In Italy!) and my coordinator is a priest who, funnily enough rates lord of the rings and jamesons whiskey above the bible. And i know he’d say this is bullshit.

I am not religious at all despite my work placement but i do believe religion should be an idea, a personal belief, not fucking law shoved down our fucking throats!!

The point here is, he destroyed a book. A book which, in mine and most of my catholic students’ opinion IS fiction.

Fuck anybody who wants to judge people for not being a part of the Christian ideal. This thought process is the same as all the muslims you narrow minded fucks hate for trying to force their ways upon us.

@Tim – I wasn’t stating that “just” because it was a book that it was a work of fiction, I’m saying it’s a work of fiction because it is.

The bible is as fictitious as any other work that depicts similar events. Deities, seas parting, miracles, morality… Hell, these can all be found in L.Ron Hubbard’s work and there’s no denying that he writes fiction. (Ironically people seem to hold that as some form of scripture too…).

You know what, I wouldn’t throw a shit fit if someone threw “The God Delusion” into a pit of rabid Creed fans and they tore it up, so why “religious” pieces of fiction are revered and backed by the law confuses and scares me.

I say we all donate £1 to Nergal to pay off the charge. I reckon it will be paid off in no time haha!!

Surely as a huge cultural export, Poland would want Behemoth to bask in controversy. satan sells records!

I hope they nab Slayer for the same thing and then strip search Kerry King, proving once and for all he’s actually just a bald woman with a fake beard.

Poland is a member state of the European Union. As such, it has to adhere to the terms of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. As an EU citizen,amongst other things, you have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and freedom of expression.
EU 1 – Polish God freaks nil

How on earth in this day and age can people get upset over something like this. The Bible is pure fiction, Nergal should have taken a shit on it instead. Poland’s religious intolerance shows them up for the inferior race they are.

Can Gill an epic pro atheist / anti polish law rant on this week’s podcast in support of Nergal ?

Hopefully he goes to jail.

Personally, I think this has been escalated due to Darski’s fallout with the Politician who essentially called him a criminal and just slandered the guy in the Polish press. A case that Darski won, so odds are this is just aftermath.

On top of this apparantly there’s a whole case going in Poland to prevent bands from playing that promote Satanism. Can see this causing the All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects some fuel for the fire..

I’m not surprised at this out outcome, Poland is a VERY religious country run by near facist catholics.
I hope Nergal gets all the support possible and shoves this insanity up the churches arse!
Best of luck Nergal.

Church in Poland has bigger power than the goverment, priests drive maybachs and other top of the range limousines, 80% of older population send money to christian charities or other catholic institutions. Even with EU rules he’s in deep shit in Poland because there’s to many religious fanatics there:) good luck Nergal!!!

This is the type of shit metal musicians have to deal with in Eastern Europe.

I use bibles as shitroll! lol

For fuck’s sake… when they say “religious” they mean “christian”. Again the all powerful force of the Church (catholic, protestant, orthodox, it’s the same fucking people pulling the strings here…) trying to control the sheep…

If it was a christian offending saternists then they would have proberbly given him a prize.

Christans allways complain about saternism being evil but dont seem to relise that it works both ways, from the point of veiw of a saternist christanity is evil.

anyone pass me a bible? i’m dying for a shit and have run out.

this is fucking gay,

james – what the fuck is “saternism”???

what are these people trying to prove, what happened freedom of speech. release the mighty Nergal and much love for behemoth

Its very worrying that this has happened given the way this government panders and protects religious freaks here and there are loads of Poles here in the churches and catholic schools (I work in one so i see and hear everyday the fucking homophobic discriminatory shite that is poured out and the young kids think its ok cos they are in a catholic ‘institution’). Also lots of muslims travel miles to the catholic schools because they all believe the same shit its fucking crazy these days of so-called intelligence. Poor Nergal why didn’t Behemoth come and live here and then we could see them every week- and in the words of Lamb of God james ‘this god that i worship, this demon i blame, its exactly the same’!! Fuck.Fuck.Fuck……..Thank Nergal its hammerfest this week get my mind off it- it’ll be so cold we’ll have to burn some bibles-it’s cheaper than gas!

Well that sucks!

I wanna hear Gill ranting about this.

I can’t even believe people believe the crap thats in that book. 10 000 years from now they gonna find the ET movie script and everyone is gonna follow ET the god

I’m just reading polish press about it and the funny thing about it is that it’s all because 4 people from” Law and Justice” national party in Poland decided to fuck him up for something that has happened 2 years ago. At that time during the show he described church as a criminal sect and destroyed the bible – after that ha was charged for that and won the case in high court. Now apparently there’s few people who still don’t like Behemoth in media (Nergal and his wife are like Becks and Posh in Poland at the moment (very hot bitch – google her: Doda Rabczewska – it’s worth it) because of his “satanist” presence and it’s them who are trying to put him in jail.. check that bitch out!!!:):) lucky Nergal:)

I totally agree with stephan. Gill should do a huge rant on the next podcast about religion and synoptic gospels or whatever the fuck he talks about. itd probably be 5 hours long but it would be hillarious.

And can someone please shoot rELPH

There is one positive thing to come out of this- it just exposes the fucking whole religious stranglehold for the fucking repressive bullshit that it is. The Sunday after the haiti earthquake where a catholic church fell down they were all gathered and the preacher was shouting’ the white man can’t save you’ (meanwhile US soldiers were bringing supplies in by air)’ only god can save you’ and waving his bible in the air, and they were all sitting around believing this unadulterated crap as they do, day in day out. And in the name of fucking whatever they don’t use condoms and the suffering goes on and on- to quote yet again-’ the halo over our demise…..’ Robb Flynn, Machine Fucking Head

Halo over our demise, following a god so blind…

This is the power that Christianty, and of course all religion, holds over our societies. But at the end of the day it’s been there longer than metal, so what can we do?

We say fuck them, thats what we do!

Poland must have quite a few old bibles. what do they do with them when they are longer readable? is it ok to build a house with them? can you use them as a stepladder? or do they have a giant warehouse stocked full of them? do you drop the old ones off at the ministry of religious iconography?

Let’s be honest here. He did this to piss people off, and he got what he wanted, a reaction. If you gonna do something as outdated and cheesy (Mr Manson anyone???) as ripping up bibles, then at least have the common sense to check if it’s aginst the law to do so in a country with a religious backround. There’s no excuse for stupidity. Let the music send the message.

i just want to point out something that most people are missing. regardless of your religious beliefs, regardless of whether this is ridiculous or not…the law is the law. if Polish law states his actions were illegal then he’s gonna get punished for it.

marilyn manson got tons of bad press for the same thing in america, but im assuming they dont consider it illegal

its a fucking book! i own a satanic bible (although im not a particular follower, its just an interesting read) but i doubt if i was a true believer of any faith i’d be offended. Behemoth are an overtly anti-christian band, what do people expect?

i dont think there’s any place for religion to be mixed with politics, but obviously the polish government think different. its not as if he burnt down a church, which could potentially kill people!

i seem to have forgotten my point! oh…i don’t have a problem with people being religious, but i think religion is highly intolerant and nergal shouldn’t be punished for expressing himself. this is as silly as the ‘jesus is a cunt’ tshirts! as i said im not religious, but i believe everyone is entitled to their opinion on such matters

Fucking catholics, this motherfuckers don t let people to express their ideas, their ideology, anything.
Fuck THEM!

i’m neither a christian, nor anti christ, nor satanic….

but so fuckin what if he wants to destroy a bible??

hey MH, if you’re so miffed by this, how about starting a “free Nergal” campaign and not that silly “census” shit on facebook.

this whole situation is yet another reminder that religion is poison that limits our freedom, tries to control us and feed their garbage down people’s minds. humanity will never trully be free until, fairy tales of old are accepted as such.

we all must remember more people have died in the name of the bible then any other thing there is. so lets distroy this problem and we may just get world peace.

what absolute bullshit! prison?!?!
if someone is allowed to hold up a sign which says “god hates fags”, then i think a musician is allowed to express his hatred of religion; which you must take into account is non-violent and non-predjuce.

fuck u.

I think it serves him right. First of all, what did he think would happen if he destroyed a bible – that the pope would appear, shake his hand and join him in dancing the funky chicken? Of course not!

I believe in freedom of speech, but there is a fine line between freedom of speech and freedom of hate-speech. I think people should be respectful of everyone else’s beliefs. I’m christian and I believe that if you want to be an atheist – so be it. Good luck to you. If you want to be a satanist – awesome, it’s your choice. Just because I can’t relate to what another belief system is all about doesn’t mean that I’ll throw a tantrum on stage and destroy the book of its teachings. That’s just stupid and asking for people to be pissed off – even though I personally don’t take offense to it, as it is becoming so tired and cliched to destroy a bible in order to sell a record in the metal scene.

Nergal is just an ignorant, intollerant idiot from another shallow and fickle band falling into that “samey” steroetype – and in my opinion, he’s no better than the morons condeming him (and blowing it way out of proportion) for this simple act of expressing his opinions.

I love this thread. It’s like a huge bottomless pit of intolerance. “The church is intolerant so I’m intolerant of the church” is the basic message I’ve taken from this. A lot of you would seem less hypocritical if you were a bit more agnostic.

Do I think it’s stupid? Of course because I’m a liberal douche. But when you look at the wider picture, Poland is a religious country with religious laws. Negral broke the law. Whether you think God exists or not is irrelevant, the law is the law

Religion Sickens Me!

this is fucking stupid… if you killed an animal or a human you probably wouldnt even get 2 years in this day n age! what a load of bolox!!

lol, nergal won’t go to prison. in fact, he’ll probably get all those guys to give money to homeless dogs again… pahahahaha!

interestingly enough, while i dont neccesarily agree with what nergal does onstage, it has brought into the public eye how ridiculous and scarily influential the church can be.

All religions discriminate against groups of people according to some writings put down by some control freaks 2010, 5,400 1,500 etc years ago. What is creepy is that there are still arseholes around (insult to arseholes really) who still carry it on out of ignorance or feeling like they belong cos their families are tied up in it.
I knew a Sikh girl at uni who got involved with an English doctor on a work placement and because of that her family disowned her. Cut her off so she had to go to the Student Union begging for money.
This is fucking intolerance for you- its everywhere and all in the name of someone’s god, what the fuck!!!!

has anyone else notices the paper they use in the bible is the best paper for making joints with.

@seopher you cant really compare a fictional writer’s work to something like the bible without making a case to support it, you talk like the subject matter of the book makes it fiction and thats it without really explaining why

GOOD! Throw is ass in prison!

If you want to support Nergal please join this facebook group… thanks for your support!!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Petition-in-Support-of-Behemoths-Nergal/369487152369?created&v=wall#!/pages/Petition-in-Support-of-Behemoths-Nergal/369487152369?ref=mf

This is the official support page for this ridiculous law!!! Please join and show your support!!!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=361046338805&ref=mf#!/group.php?gid=361046338805&ref=mf

god fuck damn! I’ll see what do police and priests like if i’ll go and burn a bible in front of a church…