A week or so back, I spent the day researching the meaning of 'blasphemy' in order to understand how the definition has radically changed over the years.
The act consists of the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
Currently, this meaning is ignored. Instead of blasphemy being a question of offending God by bestowing worship on false objects or persons, it is now used rather selectively. The injury is assigned to the believer rather than to God!
If I think you've slandered my God, it is my sense of offense which creates your blasphemy. Compare this to sexual harassment law whereby, the person who feels harassed automatically defines your guilt by their interpretation of your actions or speech.
I find this problematic, but nobody cares what I think.
Practically speaking, if there is a law against blasphemy, I am de facto guilty if anybody claims offense at my actions or words!
Is this the world we want to live in? The lowest common denominator of hurt feelings now determines reality?
Really?