# Blasphemy and Being Struck by Lightning

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 2, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemy-and-being-struck-by-lightning/179201 "2003-06-02T19:49:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemy-and-being-struck-by-lightning/179201/1 "2003-06-02T19:49:26Z")

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where did the idea that if you blaspheme, you might get struck by God with lightning come from? did it ever happen in the Bible, or do you think it could be a modern adaptation of “fire from heaven”?