Editing Blasphemy (section)

====Biblical texts====
[[Christian theology]] condemns blasphemy. "[[Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain]]", one of the [[Ten Commandments]], forbids blasphemy, which Christians regard as "an affront to God's holiness".<ref name="Sherwood2021">{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Yvonne |title=Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction |date=26 August 2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-251819-4 |page=50 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bright2005">{{cite book |author1=[[Bill Bright]] |title=The Joy of Faithful Obedience |date=2005 |publisher=Cook Communications |isbn=978-0-7814-4252-7 |page=52 |language=English}}</ref> 

Leviticus 24:16 states that "anyone who blasphemes the name of Yahweh will be put to death".<ref name="Netton1996">{{cite book |last1=Netton |first1=Ian Richard |title=Text and Trauma: An East-West Primer |date=1996 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-7007-0325-8 |page=2 |language=en}}</ref> 

In [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] [[s:Bible (World English)/Mark#3:29|3:29]], blaspheming the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]] is spoken of as unforgivable—an [[eternal sin]].<ref name="Saunders2021">{{cite book |last1=Saunders |first1=Craig D. |title=A Mediator in Matthew: An Analysis of the Son of Man's Function in the First Gospel |date=1 March 2021 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-5326-9704-3 |page=77 |language=en}}</ref>