Etymologically, the term blasphemy comes from the Greek “blaptein”, which means “to offend” and “pheme”, which means “reputation”. Therefore, blasphemy is considered an offense or sacrilege towards God or some sacred object. Likewise, this term also refers to any affront or injury done to any person or respectable element.
Therefore, blasphemy is any word pronounced against a person in an insulting way, although in this case it was called insult or defamation, rather blasphemy, it is connected with everything that is sacred, with everything that has to do with God and with the church. . Religion considers that infamy or outrage against God should be considered a mortal sin and only if said involuntarily or through ignorance can be considered venial sins, the church could grant forgiveness to those who commit blasphemy. , as long as the blasphemy was not against the Holy Spirit, since the church considers this offense an extremely serious sin.
There are some countries that have a legal framework against blasphemy, and where the commission of such acts can be punished by law. Many religions punish those who dare to blaspheme from a temple or any religious image, even many of them apply the cruelest punishments to those who dare to blaspheme, but one of the most drastic sanctions or punishments that could have been applied is without a doubt the death penalty, unfortunately many countries of Arab origin still contemplate the application of this type of sanctions.
Anyone who commits blasphemy is considered a blasphemer and can be identified by the way they speak or think about things considered sacred by the religion. This type of person is frowned upon and despised by those who feel offended by him.
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