The eccentricity of this very strange old gentleman had become the nucleus for a thousand fantastic stories.这位怪老人的奇癖已成为无数荒诞故事的中心内容。If it dealt with reality, the book might be seen as blasphemous, but it's pure whimsy and as such cannot really be blasphemous.如果这本书谈论现实，它可能会被认为亵渎神明，但它纯属荒诞故事，因而实际上不会亵渎神明。