Blasphemy

(130 votes)   We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything to wound the conscience and moral sense of others, may indeed act immorally; but, so long as he is not guilty of being importunate, he violates no right.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
1767-1835, German Statesman, Philologist

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(98 votes)   I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

John Le Carre

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(98 votes)   Your blasphemy, Salman, can't be forgiven. To set your words against the Words of God.

Salman Rushdie
1948-, Indian-born British Author

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(94 votes)   There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.

Paul Rudnick

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(81 votes)   I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.

Edward VIII

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