"The question eventually must be raised: Is it……" — Gary North
"The question eventually must be raised: Is it a criminal offense to take the name of the Lord in vain? When people curse their parents, it unquestionably is a capital crime (Ex. 21:17). The son or daughter is under the lawful jurisdiction of the family. The integrity of the family must be maintained by the threat of death. Clearly, cursing God (blasphemy) is a comparable crime, and is therefore a capital crime (Lev. 24:16)."
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30 Quotes by Gary North
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To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can…
— David Attenborough
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Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and…
— Annie Besant
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This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of…
— Annie Besant
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Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and…
— Christopher Hitchens
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There are also people who say it's God's curse on me that I should have it near my throat because…
— Christopher Hitchens
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The new school of art and thought does indeed wear an air of audacity, and breaks out everywhere into blasphemies,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea.…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Genuine blasphemy, genuine in spirit and not purely verbal, is the product of partial belief, and is as impossible to…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is…
— Mark Twain
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Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a…
— Martin Luther
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I have encountered a few 'creationists' and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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