The word
"blasphemous" means to show disrespect or contempt towards something that is considered sacred or holy.
Full definition
There are even times when I wonder if I have any word to offer, which is almost
blasphemous for a United Church of Christ minister.
Accepting concepts that have been
considered blasphemous by some in our culture — like making it okay to marry for money, having term limits, or opening our minds to open marriage — would make marriage more practical and realistic.
Though some had labelled it as
almost blasphemous to suggest the next GT will utilise anything less than eight - cylinders, the new car's shift to a smaller capacity, forced induction unit was almost inevitable given increasing global pressure to lower emissions.
Though Lorraine, plagued
by blasphemous visions of her husband's death, wants to take time off from their work, they are compelled by the church to verify the veracity of the claims that a vicious inhuman spirit has possessed young Janet Hodgson.
While
blasphemous at first thought, this seemingly odd control scheme ended up being extremely fluid and highly intuitive, resulting in the definitive method for controlling Samus in a 3 - D space — so much so that it eventually influenced the re-release of the entire Prime trilogy on Wii two years later, this time retrofitted with motion controls.
And altho I think it's a
little blasphemous not to like bananas you made up for it by liking banana bread
How can one be calm when one hears such
blasphemous lies uttered against the mysteries of Christ?
In fact we have a range of Jewish and pagan attacks on early Christianity and, as we will see, both groups» sole strategy was to treat Jesus as a real wonder - worker who
made blasphemous claims to divine authority.
An investigation into alleged
blasphemous comments by Stephen Fry has been dropped by Irish police because the remarks in question did not cause enough offense.
This might be a
bit blasphemous to some, but I tend to prefer a hearty crumble to a pie any day of the week.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person publishes or utters
blasphemous matter if --(a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.
Then again, when you take into account that it was going up against «The Godfather: Part II» in almost every category, it doesn't sound
so blasphemous, even if both movies lost major awards to other competition.
36 (1) A person who publishes or
utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding $ 25,000.
just look at the hate filled comments that fill this comment page... it is disgusting what many of the posts say... in addition, it is very acceptable to post what Christians would consider
blasphemous statements on this.
After a dozen years of Cayennes selling like bikini wax at a nude beach, though, the once -
blasphemous idea of a Porsche utility vehicle is now met with a, «meh, whatever.»
Mukhtar Masih, 70, along with his wife, children and grandchildren, were arrested in January following claims by local Muslims from the village of Lambanwali that Mr Masih had
written blasphemous messages and pinned them to the door of a local mosque.
While the Canadian government publicly defends the freedom to publish cartoons that mock a religious figure and looks abroad to protect religious minorities from oppression, section 296 of the Criminal Code makes it an indictable offence to publish
blasphemous materials in Canada.
Besides the fact that virtually no one in this country has ever been prohibited from saying «Merry Christmas» in the first place, such a sentiment stands in
blasphemous contradiction to the very doctrine of incarnation we are meant to embrace this time of year.
The less said about the gibbering,
blasphemous horrors haunting that damnable portal of antediluvian evil the better... but be warned, it's not going to be easy getting there.
I often get
intrusive blasphemous thoughts and usually when it comes into my head, I try to think or say aloud something positive about God.
How blasphemous for you to feel YOU know what Gods intentions were and that only you and conservatives know their true meaning.
«Hellbenders, an R - rated 3D exorcism comedy, follows the Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints (Brooklyn Parish), highly secretive and profoundly
blasphemous men of God, as they battle demonic forces too terrible to be cast out by traditional Vatican - approved methods.
So I can say with confidence that a true Christian would, in fact, acknowledge these «
blasphemous pagan falsehoods».
The Legal Affairs Committee resolved to reform the current blasphemy law, which holds the accused guilty merely on the basis of an alleged
blasphemous act.
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