tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6896404312728348899..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Does the Koran contradict the Bible?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-22463495651583336792015-12-21T02:00:25.848-05:002015-12-21T02:00:25.848-05:00I'm not following the logic of the first quote...I'm not following the logic of the first quote you posted. It's not impossible to blaspheme God by identifying a false god as Him...in fact, that's kind of what happens in blasphemy. <br /><br />To take it out of religion, it would be as if we were saying Obama isn't the real president, but rather Harrison Ford is. Suppose that someone sincerely believes that because they watched Air Force One too many times. The very fact that they are insisting that the President is really an actor, and not the actual President, would seem to be denigrating the office of the president.<br /><br />How is it different if someone instead, sincere as their belief may be, insists that a false god is the real God? How is that not on the face of it blasphemy already?<br /><br />BTW, I can buttress my "gut reaction" with the fact that the dictionary itself defines blasphemy as:<br /><br />---<br />1 <br />a) the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God <br />b) the act of claiming the attributes of deity<br /><br />2 irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable<br />---<br /><br />Nothing in there about believing in the same God.Peter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.com