At 11:53 AM 12/18/01, Philip Arnold wrote: >Thinking about that brought something to mind > >A few years back when Satanic Verses came out, there was a load of >shouting about it being Blasphemy... The British definition of blasphemy >is 'any contemptuous, reviling, scurrilous or ludicrous matter relating >to God, Jesus Christ or the Bible' > >Now, if we take Muslims, since anything against the Quran DOESN'T go >against God, Jesus or the Bible it can't be deemed as Blasphemy... But >if you happened to say something against any of the 3, it can >immediately be taken as Blasphemous... > >It's just a strange thing about English Law...
There are no scriptural definitions of blasphemy, and most legal ones have been enacted to be convenient to whoever was ruling at the time. Lots of changes to the laws regarding this occurred during the reign of Henry VIII for example. ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=cold fusiona Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
