(November 4, 2011 at 1:35 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass what Christians think the unforgivable sin is, since sin is meaningless to those of us without gods to worship or a heaven or hell to worry about going to. I'm sure I could find other bible passages where it says that God forgives all sins.
if you were to compare the number of times the unforgivable sin is mentioned with the many passages that talk about god forgiving sin in general the unforgivable one begins to look like a little small print exception tacked on to a much greater concept. It's like saying Oh by the way.......
This is one of the things that really bothered me about the Christian theology they would teach lay people.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
