What's Blasphemy?

Question

I've had heard of it alot on here. (Just wanted to know)

Answer 1

Profane acts or words directed towards someone/thing considered sacred; for example, cursing God.

Answer 2

BLAS'PHEMY, n. An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful, contemptuous or irreverent words uttered impiously against Jehovah.

Blasphemy is an injury offered to God, by denying that which is due and belonging to him, or attributing to him that which is not agreeable to his nature.

In the middle ages, blasphemy was used to denote simply the blaming or condemning of a person or thing. Among the Greeks, to blaspheme was to use words of ill omen, which they were careful to avoid.

1. That which derogates from the prerogatives of God. Mark 2.

Source: King James Dictionary

Answer 3

Telling a blatent lie about God, usually. Though some people consider it blasphemy when you tell a lie, no matter what its about.

Dictionary.com:
A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity.
The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God.
An irreverent or impious act, attitude, or utterance in regard to something considered inviolable or sacrosanct.

Answer 4

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02595a.htm
Blasphemy (Greek blaptein, "to injure", and pheme, "reputation") signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy
Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of God. These may include using sacred names as stress expletives without intention to pray or speak of sacred matters. Sometimes blasphemy is used loosely to mean any profane language, for example in "With much hammering and blasphemy, the locomotive's replacement spring was finally fitted.".

Answer 5

The greatest form of blasphemy is to curse the Holy Spirit and to deny Jesus as your personal savior.

Answer 6

Definitions of blasphemy on the Web:

blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
profanation: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

Answer 7

Blasphemy is where you mock God or try to take his praise upon your self. A good example is where cult leaders tell their followers that they are Christ.

Answer 8

Using the name of the Lord in vain.

It is the 3rd commandment, "You shall not use the name of the Lord your God in vain." (Exodus 20)

I hope to see you in heaven one day!

Answer 9

A great pastime - fun for the whole family!

Answer 10

Blasphemy
blas´fē̇-mi (βλασφημία, blasphēmía): In classical Greek meant primarily “defamation” or “evil-speaking” in general; “a word of evil omen,” hence, “impious, and irreverent speech against God.”
(1) In the Old Testament as substantive and vb.: (a) (áּøê, bārakh) “Naboth did blaspheme God and the king” (1Ki_21:10, 1Ki_21:13 the King James Version); (b) (âּãó, gādhaph) of Senna-cherib defying Yahweh (2Ki_19:6, 2Ki_19:22 = Isa_37:6, Isa_37:23; also Psa_44:16; Eze_20:27; compare Num_15:30), “But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand (i.e. knowingly and defiantly),... the same blasphemeth (so the Revised Version (British and American), but the King James Version “reproacheth”) Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.” Blasphemy is always in word or deed, injury, dishonor and defiance offered to God, and its penalty is death by stoning; (c) (çøó, ḥāraph) of idolatry as blasphemy against Yahweh (Isa_65:7); (d) (ð÷á, nāḳabh) “And he that blasphemeth the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death” (Lev_24:11, Lev_24:16); (e) (ðàõ, nā'ac) David's sin is an occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme (2Sa_12:14; also Psa_74:10, Psa_74:18; Isa_52:5; compare Eze_35:12; 2Ki_19:3 the King James Version; Isa_37:3).
(2) In the New Testament blasphemy, substantive and vb., may be (a) of evil-speaking generally, (Act_13:45; Act_18:6); The Jews contradicted Paul “and blasphemed,” the Revised Version, margin “railed.” (So in the King James Version of Mat_15:19 = Mar_7:22; Col_3:8, but in the Revised Version (British and American) “railings”; Rev_2:9 the Revised Version, margin “reviling”; so perhaps in 1Ti_1:20; or Hymeneus and Alexander may have blasphemed Christ by professing faith and living unworthily of it.) (b) Speaking against a heathen goddess: the town clerk of Ephesus repels the charge that Paul and his companions were blasphemers of Diana (Act_19:37). (c) Against God: (i) uttering impious words (Rev_13:1, Rev_13:5, Rev_13:6; Rev_16:9, Rev_16:11, Rev_16:21; Rev_17:3); (ii) unworthy conduct of Jews (Rom_2:24) and Christians (1Ti_6:1; Tit_2:5, and perhaps 1Ti_1:20); (iii) of Jesus Christ, alleged to be usurping the authority of God (Mat_9:3 = Mar_2:7 = Luk_5:21), claiming to be the Messiah, the son of God (Mat_26:65 = Mar_14:64), or making Himself God (Joh_10:33, Joh_10:36). (d) Against Jesus Christ: Saul strove to make the Christians he persecuted blaspheme their Lord (Act_26:11). So was he himself a blasphemer (1Ti_1:13; compare Jam_2:7).
The Unpardonable Sin
(3) Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: “Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come” (Mat_12:31, Mat_12:32 = Mar_3:28, Mar_3:29; Luk_12:10). As in the Old Testament “to sin with a high hand” and to blaspheme the name of God incurred the death penalty, so the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit remains the one unpardonable sin. These passages at least imply beyond cavil the personality of the Holy Spirit, for sin and blasphemy can only be committed against persons. In Mt and Mk a particular case of this blasphemy is the allegation of the Pharisees that Jesus Christ casts out devils by Beelzebub. The general idea is that to attribute to an evil source acts which are clearly those of the Holy Spirit, to call good evil, is blasphemy against the Spirit, and sin that will not be pardoned. “A distinction is made between Christ's other acts and those which manifestly reveal the Holy Spirit in Him, and between slander directed against Him personally as He appears in His ordinary acts, and that which is aimed at those acts in which the Spirit is manifest” (Gould, Mark at the place). Luke does not refer to any particular instance, and seems to connect it with the denial of Christ, although he, too, gives the saying that “who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven.” But which of Christ's acts are not acts of the Holy Spirit, and how therefore is a word spoken against Him not also blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? John identifies the Holy Spirit with the exalted Christ (Joh_14:16-18, Joh_14:26, Joh_14:28). The solution generally offered of this most difficult problem is concisely put by Plummer (Luke ad loc.): “Constant and consummate opposition to the influence of the Holy Spirit, because of a deliberate preference of darkness to light, render repentance and therefore forgiveness morally impossible.” A similar idea is taught in Heb_6:4-6, and 1Jo_5:16 : “A sin unto death.” But the natural meaning of Christ's words implies an inability or unwillingness to forgive on the Divine side rather than inability to repent in man. Anyhow the abandonment of man to eternal condemnation involves the inability and defeat of God. The only alternative seems to be to call the kenotic theory into service, and to put this idea among the human limitations which Christ assumed when He became flesh. It is less difficult to ascribe a limit to Jesus Christ's knowledge than to God's saving grace (Mar_13:32; compare Joh_16:12, Joh_16:13). It is also noteworthy that in other respects, at least, Christ acquiesced in the view of the Holy Spirit which He found among His contemporaries. See HOLY SPIRIT.

Blasphemy
BLAS'PHEMY, n. An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful, contemptuous or irreverent words uttered impiously against Jehovah.

Blasphemy is an injury offered to God, by denying that which is due and belonging to him, or attributing to him that which is not agreeable to his nature.

In the middle ages, blasphemy was used to denote simply the blaming or condemning of a person or thing. Among the Greeks, to blaspheme was to use words of ill omen, which they were careful to avoid.

1. That which derogates from the prerogatives of God. Mark 2.