Not exact matches
No
other structure in the world can be called on to promise eternal salvation, and when
such salvific claims are made in the name of some nation, race, social class, religion, or ideology, the church must fight
such idolatry and
blasphemy with all its means of persuasion, even to the point of martyrdom.
There were many
others less lucky,
such as the great Sufi mystic al - Hallaj, who was executed for
blasphemy after running through the streets of Basra shouting «ana» l - haqq»» literally, «I am the truth»» the statement having been interpreted by the authorities, probably correctly, as meaning «I am God.»
Leaders of these ministries sometimes state if
other people write off supernatural healings, demonic exorcisms, and the gift of tongues as possibly coming from the devil,
such people deny the power of the Holy Spirit and commit
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which supposedly is the unforgivable sin.
Some say that modifying
such a car is a
blasphemy, while
others argue that the German saloon needs a bit of salt and pepper from time to time.
In the more than fifteen years since the tempest in a teapot initiated by Rudolph Giuliani's «outrage» at the inclusion of Ofili's painting The Holy Virgin Mary, 1996, in the 1999 exhibition «Sensation» at the Brooklyn Museum, no
other artist has been framed for
such blasphemy.