How To Use Blasphemy In A Sentence

Just the other day, I heard the worst blasphemy come from that woman's mouth.
Are blasphemy laws compatible with free speech? Times, Sunday Times
The non-intellectual wing of the Christian Right Community has committed a sacrilege and blasphemy, (to say nothing of the secular crime of high treason), because they have accepted the fiction of a cynical team of writers, who depict the god they describe as a homicidal, Demonic, maniac, and touted these despicable properties as "holiness," and used that as an excuse to support and urge the slaughter of their chosen Muslim fantasy enemies. THE SHAMELESS END-DAYS FICTIONAL REPLACEMENT FOR REVELATION.
That inability to distinguish between free enquiry and deliberate insult reminds me of those who wielded the blasphemy laws which were used to persecute freethinkers and rationalists in the middle ages.
Antichrist, the summing up and concentration of all the world evil that preceded, is the eighth, but yet one of the seven (Re 17: 11). crowns -- Greek, "diadems." name of blasphemy -- So C, Coptic, and Andreas. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Consequently, the goal of the research was to try to begin to systematically explore what we called blasphemy sensitivity. Experimental Theology
We therefore condemn the use of public funds to subsidize obscenity and blasphemy masquerading as art.
In case it should appear that any have committed the irremissible blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and the total apostasy from the illuminating convictive powers of the Christian religion, it should seem that they are not to be prayed for at all. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
His appeal to blasphemy is played in such a way that it seems a disingenuous pretence.
‘In daily life bad language and blasphemy is constant and this just encourages it,’ he said.
She can then begin to rewrite them, with a twist, with humour, with irreverence, with blasphemy even.
For the Actionists, as for the artists cited above, there is no notion of sacrilege or blasphemy.
He was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to three years in jail.
Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled, if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition? all which are equally prohibited in the freest governments, if they are wise and well regulated ones. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
The expression on the captain's face when he heard such blasphemy was priceless.
Define, if you must, what you mean by obscenity and come up with a 21st century version of blasphemy.
These include: an inherent Pakistani-Muslim tendency toward violence, reactionary 'Islamic fundamentalist' laws in this case, Pakistan's blasphemy law, and just the overall permeation of religious extremism throughout all corners of the country -- including even within the governor's own elite security guards. Junaid S. Ahmad: More To Pakistan Than Blasphemy Law
It might sound like blasphemy to suggest vacationing without going anywhere, but when the cost of airline tickets or fuel is factored in and the actual hassle of traveling — especially if you have young kids — is factored in, planning a staycation starts to look pretty appealing. Plan The Best Staycation Ever | Lifehacker Australia
a blasphemous meaning, yet they sheltered themselves under the similitude from the imputation of downright blasphemy. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
It was covered with inscriptions from top to base, in vivid white and blue, save where a vast and glaring kinematograph transparency presented a realistic New Testament scene, and where a vast festoon of black to show that the popular religion followed the popular politics, hung across the lettering Graham had already become familiar with the phonotype writing and these inscriptions arrested him, being to his sense for the most part almost incredible blasphemy. When the Sleeper Wakes
Therefore, one should not say a blessing over any forbidden or stolen food, since this is not a blessing but a blasphemy.
Look at Arria worshipping the drunken clodpate of a husband who beats her; look at Cornelia treasuring as a jewel in her maternal heart the oaf her son; I have known a woman preach Jesuit's bark, and afterwards Dr. Berkeley's tar-water, as though to swallow them were a divine decree, and to refuse them no better than blasphemy. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
A child from a Christian home can be put in an embarrassing situation if asked to read aloud a passage including swear words and blasphemy.
As it is, if you listen close enough, you can probably hear his outraged roar condemning this blasphemy from the other side.
You must turn up the volume, find a new blasphemy to utter, discover the certain something still unsayable that you, and you alone, dare to say.
Questioning God is the ultimate blasphemy.
For my money, this thoughtfulness makes the moments of gratuitous blasphemy (which do happen, but are surely allowed too) disappointingly glib and unworthy of the rest of the script.
But this was, after all, the late 20th century and the rather antiquated British blasphemy laws were something of an irrelevance.
Playwrights came under heavy attack for frivolity, blasphemy, and immorality.
Or, they rent their clothes, as if he had spoken blasphemy; and threw dust into the air, in detestation of it; or signifying how ready they were to throw stones at Paul, if the chief captain would have permitted them. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
A believer might counter that to attempt to create God would be the worst kind of hubristic folly, and blasphemy to boot. The Speculist: December 2005 Archives
Any hint that nuclear energy might fill the void is treated as serious blasphemy.
The phrase agnus dei qui tolis pecata mundi is used as an incantation in which every word more or less incomprehensible has a sacred character so that if one should say that he despises qui tolis, it would be considered a blasphemy because the Qui Tolis is something sacred or divine. The Legacy of Ignorantism
It is said that he wouldn't stay in a room with men whose conversation was marked by infidelity and blasphemy.
Ten years ago, I would have scoffed at anybody who dared to speak such blasphemy.
Idols are worshipped by various religions, while idolatry is blasphemy to others.
No more death sentences for blasphemy or apostasy.
Her acts of horror and blasphemy indicate she became corrupted by the evil power.
Sportsman he was, and rake and gambler, as were we all; and I have seen him often overflushed with wine, but never heard from his lips a blasphemy or foul jest, never a word unworthy of clean lips and the clean heart he carried with him to his grave. The Reckoning
There are four parts and an encore in total, so if bizarro blasphemy is of interest to you, by all means let me know and I can maybes make it another direct sales thingy. Archive 2010-06-01
He suffered death innocently under false charges of treason and blasphemy.
I don't think there's an audience for gratuitous blasphemy or for gratuitous swearing - because it's boring.
Many aspects of the film did not work for me, which is almost blasphemy when talking about such a classic.
The line between what constitutes art or something of literary merit and obscenity or blasphemy is a fine one.
The witness of the Spirit in the believer himself to his own sonship is not here expressed, but follows as a consequence of believing the witness of God to Jesus 'divine Sonship. believeth not God -- credits not His witness. made him a liar -- a consequence which many who virtually, or even avowedly, do not believe, may well startle back from as fearful blasphemy and presumption (1Jo 1: 10). believeth not the record -- Greek, "believeth not IN the record, or witness. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Paul's blasphemy was unintended, and he repented when he recognized the truth.
During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty.
Look at Arria worshipping the drunken clodpate of a husband who beats her; look at Cornelia treasuring as a jewel in her maternal heart the oaf her son; I have known a woman preach Jesuit’s bark, and afterwards Dr. Berkeley’s tar-water, as though to swallow them were a divine decree, and to refuse them no better than blasphemy. The History of Henry Esmond
She speaks of God or the gods with a delightful irreverence that never approaches blasphemy.
Are blasphemy laws compatible with free speech? Times, Sunday Times
The minorities, especially the ten million Christians, are physically, socially and spiritually strangulated and trapped under the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan.
We are to speak out against evil, error and blasphemy - but only in the context of God's message of salvation to a fallen world.
To address a creature as the ‘All Holy One’ is consummate blasphemy and idolatry.
It is a blasphemy against the very Creator of life who taught us to cherish and sanctify life.
He became notorious in England for drunkenness, blasphemy, and lechery, and for having abandoned his wife and child.
He was prosecuted several times for obscenity and blasphemy.
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How shall this blasphemy be punished?
To keep an eye on things that I am wary of: anti-intellectualism, pseudo-science, lying to children, extremism, scriptural literalism, anti-blasphemy laws and the like. Shira Hirschman Weiss: Why Do Atheists Read the Religion Section?
Wilful impediment of the sacred moves was not only ill-mannered, but the worst form of blasphemy.
White indicates that the pureness admitting of no blasphemy, not admitting smearing pure, has and sacred.
The result of this blasphemy is the mark of the beast on their foreheads, also known as “666”. Nietzsche the Pantheist? | Heretical Ideas Magazine
In 1811, for example, New York Chancellor James Kent upheld a blasphemy conviction on the ground that "we are a Christian people, and the morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity. Geoffrey R. Stone: Justice Scalia's Cross
He told people he was the Son of God when he knew that, in saying so, people would either think him insane or accuse him of blasphemy.
She brought word from the Queen that our gracious lady would like the mention of his blasphemy to continue.
Other teachers and students were horrified at this blasphemy.
Others (pardon me in tracing the institutions of learning and asserting that they were called phantasm, prejudice and blasphemy) have been heralding their pitifully and destructively ignorant doctrine, that the 'Africans spring of the monkey species;' that 'they became black from Ham, who had a curse from his father, Noah.' Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?
Blasphemy, obscenity, my mother: an unholy trinity that I wouldn't normally be in a hurry to put together.
Now, before any of you Rust Limburg or Sean Cassity disciples and dittoheads tune me out or accuse me of blasphemy, you really owe it to yourself to give it all another look. Roseanne Archy
It is not simple dislike or hatred of their beliefs; it's not a new blasphemy law by the back door.
St. Louis's extreme severity towards what he called the knavish oath (_vilain serment_), that is, blasphemy, an offence for which there is no definition save what is contained in the bare name of it, is, perhaps, the most striking indication of the state of men's minds, and especially of the king's, in this respect. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2
It amuses the children, who can't resist the bawdiness, and engages the adults, who can't resist the blasphemy. Christmas, and Caganers, in Catalonia
This noble, chivalrous gesture must have seemed like sacrilege or blasphemy to them, and they were probably afraid of the spirits of the dead.
Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?
For a few seconds the local potentate demurred; but when the Chief Justice poured upon him a cataract of blasphemy, and vowed to hang him instantly over the entrance to the tolsey unless he complied immediately, the humiliated chief magistrate of the ancient borough took his place at the felon's bar, and received such a rating as no thief, murderer or rebel had ever heard from George Jeffrey's abusive mouth. A Book About Lawyers
All our government is doing is feeding this culture by its ill-judged proposals to have a law of incitement to religious hatred, which raises the expectation of religious people that they will have their own blasphemy law.
A strict control of blasphemy and bad language was maintained.
For his blasphemy and irresponsible behaviour, he was doomed to wander about like a sea-tossed ghost, never to rest again.
This must have sounded like blasphemy to Weizmann, who like most mainstream Zionists believed that the Jewish mission was a long-term ingathering of all Jews everywhere back to the Promised Land. Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
Because the sin against the Holy Ghost is the sin of blasphemy, according to Matt. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
But underneath all the blasphemy is a quieter sort of indignation. Transcending God
After Dutch film maker and Islam criticaster Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Jihadist in the streets of Amsterdam, he was of the opinion that blasphemy should no longer be a dead letter, and a few years later he even said the Netherlands should introduce Sharia law if a two third majority would support it. RenewAmerica
On many other occasions he was charged with obscenity and blasphemy for his frank depiction of issues like poverty, prostitution, greed and the relation these things have to wealth, the Church and the State.
The strengthening of the sovereign's power had diminished the threat of the blasphemer to the community, and blasphemy became a private sin rather than a public menace.
A strict control of blasphemy and bad language and other offensive things was maintained.
“Voltaire,” he informs them, “declares there is no God;” he was “an antitheist, that is one who deliberately and avowedly opposed and hated God; who swore in his blasphemy that he would dethrone him;” and “advocated the very depths of the lowest sensuality.” The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete
To ascribe features of masculinity to the divine is as blasphemous as to ascribe features of bestiality -- as in the theriomorphic deities of pagan religions so abhorred by monotheism -- the very blasphemy that iconoclasm reacts against. A Response to a Response
Mr Counsellor Fielding follows his retrospect of this strenuous attack on the law with a declaration that, henceforth, he intends to forsake the pursuit of that 'foolscap' literary fame, and the company of the 'infamous' nine Muses; a decision based partly on the insubstantial nature of the rewards achieved, and partly it would seem due to the fact that at Fielding's innocent door had been laid, he declares, half the anonymous scurrility, indecency, treason, and blasphemy that the few last years had produced. Henry Fielding A Memoir
Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?
The Italian Renaissance's idealisation of classical culture had entered Britain during the 16th century; by the early 18th century, not to be a classicist was almost an act of blasphemy. British architecture: Georgian
His blasphemy charge was read to the crowd and the condemned man was asked if he had anything to say. Times, Sunday Times
At the United Nations, the decidedly nondiplomatic epithets “blasphemy” and “defamation of Islam” have become part of normal discourse, serving as convenient instruments for shutting off discussion of such unpleasant matters as slavery in Sudan or Muslim anti-Semitism. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1002
Why then is that impenitence which is never forgiven, spoken of as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit only? Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
In a multicultural society is it not anomalous to have a blasphemy law which only protects one religious faith?
I have no appeal; for did I quote their fetwah they would call it blasphemy. The Valley of the Kings
He saw the theological elaborations of his country as a justified, elected, and righteous empire to be a form of blasphemy.
The word itself is sacred, and to suggest otherwise is blasphemy.
The charge of blasphemy seems puzzling at first sight. The Times Literary Supplement
“Keep it then; but remember thou dash it not about according to thy custom, nor bellow, nor shout, nor cry as in a battle-field; think of the sacred character of the place, which exaggerates riot into blasphemy, and remember the persons whom thou mayst chance to see, an offence to some of whom, it may be, ranks in the same sense with blasphemy against Heaven itself.” Count Robert of Paris
To ascribe features of masculinity to the divine is as blasphemous as to ascribe features of bestiality -- as in the theriomorphic deities of pagan religions so abhorred by monotheism -- the very blasphemy that iconoclasm reacts against. A Response to a Response
The last blasphemy case was brought 30 years ago and it would appear as though the Establishment of this country has moved a long way since then. Times, Sunday Times
It seemed to her that her sin partook of sacrilege or blasphemy. Chapter 4
For his blasphemy and irresponsible behaviour, he was doomed to wander about like a sea-tossed ghost, never to rest again.
He's gone from an evangelical upbringing to religious blasphemy.
And so, with a few cases of hysterics to occupy the attention of the younger women, some whimpering of frightened children and comforting or chastened nagging by mothers, some unwonted prayers muttered secretly and forgettingly, and a good deal of subdued blasphemy, Cunnamulla sank to its troubled slumbers -- some of the sleepers in the commercial and billiard-rooms and parlours at the The Rising of the Court
John Bunyan’s classic allegory, here in the old cradle of Puritanism, held semisacred status; to employ it ironically was tantamount to blasphemy. Mark Twain
And if to deny His power in revenging the injuries committed against Him, would be a great blasphemy, it would be worse to deny it in that wherein He is most desirous of manifesting it – viz., in bestowing favours. The Letters of St. Teresa
How stating such obvious facts could constitute blasphemy was not entirely clear.
The canonical punishment for theft was amputation of a hand, for example, and the utterer of blasphemy could have his tongue cut out.
Idols are worshipped by various religions, while idolatry is blasphemy to others.
Accordingly they were represented as being guilty of blasphemy and slander, and as being adorers of a certain French revolutionist, named Lepaux, of whom Lamb, at all events, was entirely ignorant. Charles Lamb
Charlotte still occasionally uses the term blasphemy in contexts that would lead one to question how far she might favor advocating some manner of legal constraint on the right to critique religious belief. Archive 2006-02-01
He told police he was angered by Mr. Taseer's efforts to abrogate the country's strict blasphemy laws. Slain Pakistani Governor Buried
It is not just thugs who like blasphemy laws, but acquiescent, feeble-minded, compliants Only religious thugs love blasphemy laws | Nick Cohen
Pakistan and Indonesia are among the only countries in the world that prosecute and persecute their own citizens for what they call "blasphemy. Harris Zafar: Pakistan: Land Of The Pure Or The Intolerant?
For my part, I confess my contumelious self-confidence and insolence to man, as well as blasphemy to Heaven. Anne of Geierstein
Their grim-faced leader handed us pamphlets that spoke of the evil and the blasphemy of Man's attempts to alter himself through gene tampering and extrauterine growth experiments. Tales of Known Space
Both the radical design and the seeming blasphemy of the work provoked a dramatic outburst and scandal that made his name.
Now, before any of you Rust Limburg or Sean Cassity disciples and dittoheads tune me out or accuse me of blasphemy, you really owe it to yourself to give it all another look. Roseanne Archy
‘His Eternity!’ exclaimed Chrysostom, on whom, unaccustomed to the fulsomeness of Byzantine Courts, the title jarred like a blasphemy. Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom
That we can still think of wringing out a song from all this is worse than heresy, blasphemy, sacrilege.
To call him a songwriter is near blasphemy; this clever child was raised on Anisette instead of murky American rotgut and it shows.
In a multicultural society is it not anomalous to have a blasphemy law which only protects one religious faith?
It is a fond conceit of the superstitious Jews that his blasphemy was in pronouncing the name of Jehovah, which they call ineffable: he that made himself known by that name never forbade the calling of him by that name. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
Is a culture that's gone so far away from the substance of Christianity really able to discern what is blasphemy?
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The higher such a one's past Christian experiences, the deeper his fall. done despite unto -- by repelling in fact: as "blasphemy" is despite in words (Mr 3: 29). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They are also interpretations that do not tolerate challenges - either in the form of offences against the king or blasphemy.
It is not just thugs who like blasphemy laws, but acquiescent, feeble-minded, compliants Only religious thugs love blasphemy laws | Nick Cohen
The novel was publicly burned (for its manifest blasphemy) at Oxford by William Sewell.
They will only tell us to lynch black men who want to marry white women for their "miscegenation," behead rape victims for their "adultery," stone those who utter a certain string of phonemes for their "blasphemy," burn at the stake men who have sex with other men for their "sodomy". Archive 2009-08-01

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