Blasphemer vs Heretic - What's the difference?
blasphemer | heretic |
One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
Someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.
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As nouns the difference between blasphemer and heretic
is that blasphemer is one who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God while heretic is someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.As an adjective heretic is
heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.blasphemer
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Noun
(en noun)heretic
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Alternative forms
* (archaic), (obsolete), heretick (obsolete), (l) (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient
deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially
healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework
of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane
attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and
was willing to become one. In the one case, people are
accepted as human beings only because they might be healthy
citizens; in the other, only because they might be faithful
Christians. In short, neither was heresy formerly, nor is sick-
ness now, given the kind of humane recognition which, from
the point of view of an ethic of respect and tolerance, they
deserve.