(1) After discovering the manipulation of my passions for political ends, I committed apostasy and left my evangelical church.

(2) This refrain must be one of the most lyrical expressions of political apostasy ever written.

(3) They accuse him of apostasy - the renouncement of belief.

(4) He imposed quotas on imported Japanese cars and saved Detroit, though he was denounced for apostasy and heresy.

(5) No more death sentences for blasphemy or apostasy .

(6) It's not so much God versus Satan as a war between faith and doubt, between belief and apostasy .

(7) Excommunication would mean the church is getting rid of me, but when a Catholic decides to leave, it's called apostasy .

(8) To return to Tom's original point: his lamenting my apostasy now implies that I once indeed had the gift of salvation.

(9) When lack of assent begins to appear, it may not indicate heresy or apostasy , but herald dramatic development.

(10) Any verbal denial of any principle of Muslim belief is considered apostasy .

(11) I do not accept the charge of apostasy , because I have never in my adult life affirmed any belief, and what one has not affirmed one cannot be said to have apostasized from.

(12) The state's criminalisation of apostasy is always subject to political manipulation and indicates an absolute negation of individual rights and freedom.

(13) To believe something with a perfect faith, to be incapable of apostasy , is a sign of fidelity to the group and loyalty to the cause.

(14) It is very difficult to find discussion of heresy or apostasy or even of dissent in Asian thought and literature.

(15) Anyone seeking to leave the movement was declared an enemy of God and threatened with death for apostasy and desertion.

(16) However, the reintroduction of true gospel doctrine into those periods of apostasy required a belief in continued divine revelation.

(17) You may inform the Church that you are no longer a member by writing a letter of apostasy and sending it to the priest at the church where you were baptized.

(18) As the prosecutor called for the death penalty, accusing the editor of apostasy , the abandonment of the faith, the sentence appeared to have been a compromise.

(19) On the contrary, they clearly conflict on issues of intra-group dissent such as proselytization, apostasy , heresy, and mandatory education.

(20) Many fear how this law [on apostasy and deviations], if passed and implemented, might be interpreted and applied by overzealous officials.