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Blasphemy laws were rarely enforced in pre-modern Islamic societies, but in the modern era some states and radical groups have used charges of blasphemy in an effort to burnish their religious credentials and gain popular support at the expense of liberal Muslim intellectuals and religious minorities. [57]
A Bible desecration is the treatment of the Bible in a way that is intended to be disrespectful or insulting. Bible desecration is considered to be blasphemous and sacrilegious in Christianity. [citation needed] Such incidences have resulted in legal repercussions, with notable cases occurring in 2007, [1] 2011, [2] 2012, [3] and in 2018. [4]
Blasphemy may be committed either by using profanely insolent and reproachful language against God, or by contumeliously reproaching Him, His creation, government, final judgment of the world, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, or the Holy Scriptures as contained in the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, or by exposing any of these ...
Additionally, Bible desecration has resulted in prosecution. [1] [2] Most modern nations have abandoned laws against sacrilege out of respect for freedom of expression, except in cases where there is an injury to persons or property. In the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court case Burstyn v.
A blasphemy law is a law prohibiting blasphemy, ... the offence of blasphemous libel, last prosecuted in 1855 in connection to an alleged Bible-burning, ...
Blasphemy includes ridicule and attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil. [ 18 ] This Wesleyan–Arminian interpretation of the unforgivable sin includes the deliberate labeling of good as evil, as rejecting the conviction of the Holy Spirit, of publicly attributing the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan, and attributing the work of ...
Thus, saying the name "Jesus (H.) Christ" can be taken as a form of contempt or disrespect for God and a form of blasphemy. [16] More specifically, the interjection is considered by some to be a violation of the commandment, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
In keeping with the biblical cultural mandate, reconstructionists advocate for theonomy and the restoration of certain biblical laws said to have continued applicability. [6] These include the death penalty not only for murder, but also for idolatry, [7] homosexuality, [8] adultery, witchcraft and blasphemy. [9]