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Here is the great dishonour they had done to God in profaning his sanctuary; they made the images of their counterfeit deities, which they set up in rivalship with God, and which are here called their abominations and their detestable things (for so they were to God, and so they should have been to them), and these they set up in

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Therefore it is here called profaning the name of their God; for it looked as if they thought they were under greater obligations to Moloch than to

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721

But then some fanatics decided to seize on his work as an example of a Muslim disrespecting and profaning Hinduism and mob rule took over.

The Volokh Conspiracy » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Interview with “Draw Muhammad Day” Group Administrator 2010

Time and again the Great Kings punished uprisings by destroying local temples and profaning sacred symbols, only increasing the bitter resentment of the natives.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

BACHMANN: They want to have this [the vote] on the Sabbath, so this to me would be profaning the Sabbath.

Think Progress » GOP Lawmakers Use Christian Hate Radio To Concoct Conspiracies, Build Opposition To Health Reform 2010

Time and again the Great Kings punished uprisings by destroying local temples and profaning sacred symbols, only increasing the bitter resentment of the natives.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

BACHMANN says, “They want to have this [the vote] on the Sabbath, so this to me would be profaning the Sabbath.”

Think Progress » GOP Lawmakers Use Christian Hate Radio To Concoct Conspiracies, Build Opposition To Health Reform 2010

Time and again the Great Kings punished uprisings by destroying local temples and profaning sacred symbols, only increasing the bitter resentment of the natives.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

BACHMANN: They want to have this [the vote] on the Sabbath, so this to me would be profaning the Sabbath.

Think Progress » GOP Lawmakers Use Christian Hate Radio To Concoct Conspiracies, Build Opposition To Health Reform 2010

The Israelites, according to Numbers 25, were camped at Shittim when the people began "profaning themselves" by having illicit sex with the local Moabites.

Brad Hirschfield: Resisting the Seductions of Religious Zeal 2010