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Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy to say so, he and his 'Lamentations' are really not worth reading.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Although Beginning Blasphemy Childish End He His Indecent May Melancholy Most Often Prophet Rarely Reading Really Say Worth Worth Reading

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This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy - if there were anyone to be blasphemed - blacker and more insolent than any word ever written or penned by the most hotheaded Freethinker.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Absurdity Any Anyone Authority Blasphemy Containing Divine English Error Ever Folly Immorality Insolent Law More Most Old Old Testament Testament Than Were Word Written

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Every fair-minded person holding a position of authority must support the few who have stood up against the injustice being perpetrated in the name of blasphemy.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Against Authority Being Blasphemy Every Few Holding Injustice Must Name Person Position Stood Support Up Who

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In 1986, Pakistan got the blasphemy law. So, while we had just two cases of blasphemy before that year, now we have thousands. It shows that one should be careful while bringing religion into legislation, because the law itself can become an instrument of persecution.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Be Careful Because Become Before Blasphemy Bringing Careful Cases Got Had Instrument Itself Just Law Legislation Now Pakistan Persecution Religion Should Shows Thousands Two While Year

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One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

~Dan Savage

Topics: Blasphemy Freedom Man Other People Publish Rights Thought

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To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't believe that.

~David Attenborough

Topics: African As Far As Believe Blasphemy Children Created Far God See Small Specifically Suggest Torture Worm I Can

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Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims.

~Frank Gaffney

Topics: Accommodate Behind Blasphemy Diplomatic Efforts Expression Impetus Multinational Muslims Offends

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The God of Islam is not the same God of the Judaeo-Christian faith. The God that we worship in Christianity is a God that has a Son. To Islam, that is blasphemy, to say that God has a son. Therefore, they do not worship the God that we worship.

~Franklin Graham

Topics: Blasphemy Christianity Faith God Islam Same Say Son Therefore Worship

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Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Another Blasphemy Class Dependent Earth Every Independence Middle Middle Class Soul Us

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