Noun
An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.
Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger. Ephrem the Syrian
Blasphemy has always seemed to require taking things very seriously. Donna Haraway
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. George Bernard Shaw
That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy. Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles. Martin Luther
In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy. Leo Tolstoy