Isn't that the dead atheist guy whose throat rotted out on him in the midst
of his blasphemies?
He was certainly found guilty
of blasphemy and heresy, which is absolutely right, because if what your book says is true then he deserved death, but the only way that would happen is under Roman law, from Pilate.
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of blasphemy the name of God, send your positive thoughts and energy to those who survived this tragedy.Even though some of you show no signs of good Christians you should show at least signs of good neighbors.You still can be an Atheist and have compassion for others!Don't let the evil be inside you, Aurora — CO needs to heal in peace!!!
The laws cover other forms
of blasphemy against Islam as well.
That's why the high priest tore his robes and accused Jesus
of blasphemy, because he recognized that Jesus, by quoting these OT passages to refer to Himself, that He was claiming to be God.
It's the height
of blasphemy to use God for such purposes, yet Jews and Christians do it all the time as if it was second nature.
And that is exactly how Slate editor David Plotz cooked up a carefree pot
of blasphemies in his recent book Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Word of the Bible.
Now I reject the very reference to the bible this way as a form
of blasphemy.
Bibi, a Roman Catholic mother of five also known as Aasiya Noreen, was sentenced to die in 2010 after she was convicted
of blasphemy.
This third and final option is the sin
of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl accused
of blasphemy sits in helicopter after her release from jail in Rawalpindi.
Update (July 2): World Watch Monitor reports that Rimsha Masih, the teenage Christian girl who was exonerated
of blasphemy charges earlier this year, and her family have relocated to Canada.
(In 2013, four Christians were acquitted
of blasphemy.)
Both cases have caused national uproar; about 150 radical clerics have called on the government to hang Bibi and others accused
of blasphemy.
(Critics
of blasphemy laws like Pakistan's argue the laws are primarily used for petty vendettas and persecuting minority groups.)
The crime
of blasphemy was enshrined into Pakistani law under British rule, but strengthened during the years of military dictator Muhammad Zia - ul - Haq.
If they desist not from their word (
of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them.
So many unanswered questions live within me — I am afraid to uncover them — because
of the blasphemy — If there be God, — please forgive me.
«If our religion of Islam comes down heavily upon commission
of blasphemy, then Islam is also very tough against those who level false allegations of a crime.»
The couple was thrown into an industrial kiln in an attack which demonstrated how an allegation
of blasphemy - true or false - has sometimes prompted vicious violence in Pakistan.
After the Supreme Court upheld Qadri's conviction last fall, Christians expressed tentative optimism in the face
of a blasphemy boom.
In its judgment against Qadri, the Supreme Court warned against the misuse
of blasphemy charges.
And in 2011, two prominent political figures were assassinated for their stances against the criminalization
of blasphemy.
At this point we must fully recognize that Blake committed the blasphemy
of blasphemies by identifying the biblical God as Satan.
America is doomed because
of blasphemy and the Sodomites living there.
Hope I live through the weekend, after that bit
of blasphemy.
When Jesus was accused
of blasphemy because he claimed to be the Son of God, he answered the Jews: «Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
I may read the book and I appreciate your answer although I must say that if a person asked if God forgave every sin I would say yes, except for the sin
of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
The leader of the World Council of Churches has accused Breivik
of blasphemy for using Christianity to justify his deeds.
Obviously, there is a sin
of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit which will not be forgiven.
If they desist not from their word (
of blasphemy), verily, a grievous chastisement will befall the disbelievers among them.
Most mentions
of blasphemy in the Bible are either aimed at God's own people or found in accusations levelled at Jesus himself.
American atheists, the conclusion is you need to repent
of your blasphemies.
2) My salvation is (with the exception
of blasphemy) PERMANENT.
The court unanimously concurred, and the Prisoner was convicted
of blasphemy, a capital offense in Jewish law.
Of the charge
of blasphemy we hear nothing further; that was something of which the Roman court could not take cognizance.
The accusation
of blasphemy leads to the first extended discourse delivered against the Jews by Jesus (5:19 - 47).
Meetings of the Sanhedrin after sunset being unofficial (14:53 - 65), they assemble again in the morning (Friday) to confirm the charge
of blasphemy.
Verse 63 presents the priest responding in the prescribed way to an act
of blasphemy.
Anyone who calls themselves Christian, says that God told them to run for president and then says things like «If you don't work, you don't get to eat» is no Christian, guilty
of blasphemy and taking the Lords name in vain.
The apparent purpose of this series of questions was to trap Jesus into a premature and public avowal of his messiahship, and thus into an act
of blasphemy for which he could be arrested.
The charge
of blasphemy expresses not so much a rational judgment as a passionate, almost instinctive, revulsion of feeling against what seems to be a violation of sanctities.
In September, an Iranian court acquitted Nadarkhani
of blasphemy charges, but sentenced him to three years of prison for evangelizing Muslims.
The sin
of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, whatever it is, is not exactly about God not forgiving it, but about us refusing to accept God's forgiveness and work in our life.
Despite the risk of being accused
of blasphemy for disagreeing with Spencer, there are two strong indications in this text that not all is as clear as the Calvinist would have us believe.
Bibi was beaten by a crowd and thrown into prison, accused
of blasphemy and sentenced to death.
After reviewing the apparent collapse of the freethinking movement after 1900, Schmidt turns to the post-war shift in Supreme Court jurisprudence: the rejection
of blasphemy laws, limits on the school - supported study of religion, and the overturning of theistic requirements for public office or jury service.
Update (Nov. 10): After a fact - finding trip, the Church of Pakistan claims that «revenge for unpaid bills» was the real reason a Christian couple fell afoul
of blasphemy rumors that led to a mob burning them to death.
To equivocate, to make allowances and to pretend that «many sides» are to blame is to side with the worst kind
of blasphemy because so many of the people deceived by these satanic beliefs do so in the name of Christianity.
Why does Matthew not explain the charge
of blasphemy?