Blasphemy vs Heresy

Blasphemy [ ˈblæs fə mi ]

Blasphemy, as defined in some religions or religion-based laws, is an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of reverence concerning a deity, a sacred object or something considered inviolable.[4]

• impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
• Judaism.
• an act of cursing or reviling God.
• pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
• Theology.
• the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
• irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc. He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
• blasphemous behaviour or language
• Also called blasphemous libel law
• the crime committed if a person insults, offends, or vilifies the deity, Christ, or the Christian religion

Heresy [ ˈhɛr ə si ]

Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization. The term is usually used in reference to violations of important religious teachings, but is also used of views strongly opposed to any generally accepted ideas. A heretic is a proponent of heresy.

• opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
• the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine.
• Roman Catholic Church.
• the willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized member of the church.
• any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.
• an opinion or doctrine contrary to the orthodox tenets of a religious body or church
• the act of maintaining such an opinion or doctrine
• any opinion or belief that is or is thought to be contrary to official or established theory
• belief in or adherence to unorthodox opinion

• desecration
• heresy
• abuse
• execration
• impiety
• impiousness
• imprecation
• indignity
• lewdness
• profanation

• blasphemy
• fallacy
• agnosticism
• apostasy
• atheism
• defection
• disbelief
• dissent
• dissidence
• divergence

• respect
• godliness
• piety
• religion
• religiousness
• reverence

• agreement
• belief
• harmony
• orthodoxy

• 1. You have just heard his blasphemy!
• 2. He was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to three years in jail.
• 3. His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.
• 4. It's full of blasphemy and decadence.
• 5. It was too close to blasphemy to be comfortable.
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• 6. For his blasphemy and irresponsible behaviour, he was doomed to wander about like a sea-tossed ghost, never to rest again.
• 7. Their conversation was full of blasphemy.
• 8. He committed blasphemy against religion.
• 9. Such actions are are type of blasphemy.

• 1. He was executed for heresy.
• 2. Radical remarks like this amount to heresy for most members of the Republican party.
• 3. It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.
• 4. He was burned at the stake for heresy.
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• 5. What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.
• 6. Her belief that taxes should be higher was heresy.
• 7. We should denounce a heresy.
• 8. The idea is heresy to most employees of the firm.
• 9. Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.