essentially an act - an act placed in the bipolar field of the sacred and the profane, the licit and the illicit, the religious and the blasphemous. Historically, it was a gesture fraught with risks before becoming goods caught up in a circuit of ownership. [ ... ] The author-funct...
Vulgar, offensive or blasphemous names Vulgar, offensive or blasphemous names are not necessarily illegal. However HM Passport Officewill notaccept names of this sort. Names which fall into this category are (or may be): (potentially) blasphemous names — names with religious connotations, for exam...
and its accompanying titles have sparked discussions about the implications of such recognition in both political and religious contexts. While supporters view it as a validation of his peace-making efforts, critics argue that equating him with biblical figures can be controversial and blasphemous2 ...
If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open. If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his. He leads counselors away stripped, and ...
Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false. Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divi...
There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and ...
"Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips." (Exodus 23:13) The worship of nature or any other god is considered blasphemous. According to the Scriptures, the sins of the fathers are visited upon ...
To use obscene or blasphemous language; curse. Affirm To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. Swear (Law) To commit oneself by oath to giving evidence or testimony that is truthful. Affirm To support or encourage. They did everything they could to affir...
without knowing a thing about it or even remembering the previous week’s teaser, I had been having a conversation with myself in the car that morning about the Bible’s Old and New Testament proscriptions against eating the blood of animals and the inherently blasphemous nature of vampire ...
immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten ...