Frank Sinatra

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds heretical, my source is pretty good: Matthew, Five to Seven, The Sermon on the Mount.

American Singer

John Strachan

The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all hope.

Canadian Clergyman

Steven Pinker

Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more and have more open economies are less likely to fight wars and less likely to have genocides.

Canadian Scientist

Mark Hatfield

The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people.

American Politician

Mark Billingham

It's heretical, I know, but I've never really been able to get on with Agatha Christie. She is, of course, a giant of the genre, but I never feel that she cared a great deal about the characters. Consequently, neither do I.

English Novelist

Julius Wellhausen

The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings.

German Educator

Derek Walcott

I think young writers ought to be heretical.

Poet

Often used regarding religious matters; signifies deviation from established doctrine.

Religious Use

Indicates a strong disagreement with those in power or traditional leaders in a community.

Authority Conflict

Can be highly offensive if used carelessly within conservative or strictly orthodox groups.

Avoid in Orthodoxy

Reflects ideas that significantly challenge what's generally accepted or mainstream.

Questioning Norms

Used to describe theorists or thinkers who reject the status quo.

Intellectual Rebellion

Suitable for scholarly contexts; may be too formal or heavy in casual conversation.

Academic Tone

 and his writings were considered deeply blasphemous, heretical and evil. Long after he died, followers of his work were ruthlessly hunted down, banished and killed over several centuries by the most powerful religious institution of the medieval period.

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 many modern neuroscientists believe this is true but I'm going to introduce you tonight to this heretical idea what if consciousness were not produced by the brain at all what if consciousness were this thing outside within the universe this kind of

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 shift paradigms if we are to make breakthroughs if we are to destroy myths we need to create an environment in which expert ideas are battling it out in which we're bringing in new diverse discordant heretical views into the

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