(November 5, 2011 at 8:46 am)Justtristo Wrote: The only unforgivable sin according to the New Testament is blasphemy against the holy spirit. Essentially "blasphemy against the holy spirit" crediting a work of the holy spirit to satan. Like the opponents of Jesus did in the gospels, when they saw Jesus signs and works he did during his ministry.
Do you realize that this response differed from that in the article?
This demonstrates my biggest beef with this doctrine. It's supposed to be the big, ultimate no no in the Bible yet no one understands exactly what it is. If a big no no exists then shouldn't god (the same god who supposedly wrote the first 5 books of the Bible) kind of make it clear what exactly it is?
BTW I have been questioning doctrine for 3 decades now and the responses have always been varied.
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