Originally posted by Vulcan
I wonder if Satanic cults in Germany could get Catholics arrested for insulting Satan?
No.
I think there are rules by which religious groups have to 'prove' that they are in fact a religion. If you meet the (obfuscated) criteria you can force schools to teach your flavor of religion (among the others), get support by the feds and can call yourself a religion.
Only very few 'cults' match these criteria, Islam and the Christian churches being examples. Satanists, "Jedi" or Scientology for that matter are not recognized as religions and, therefore are not protected by those laws.
It all looks good on paper, however, Scientology wasnt yet able to get that status and their rejection looks very much like a double standard - maybe with good reason, but still..
The bottomline is: the sentence looks out of proportion, i dont think printing the same thing with Jesus on your paper will get you into jail here.. but then to be convicted requires someone to actually drag you into court and perhaps christians around here couldnt care less if someone prints "evil things" on their toilet paper.
