Unforgivable Sin

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[quote='Deidre32' pid='618142' dateline='1394230300']

My question is, why in the Bible, does Jesus instruct his followers to forgive 70x7 (I'm going by memory) ...meaning, ALWAYS forgive your 'enemy,' etc. But, God sends those who 'disobey' to hell for all eternity?

Hey Deirdre, nice to meet you.

Likewise. :=) Nice to meet you.

God always forgives everyone unreservedly. People refuse to accept it is all.

When I followed Christianity, I believed that we all struggle between a carnal nature, and a spiritual one. Flesh vs spirit, so to speak.

Now, I don't believe that. I do believe though, that people struggle with everyday decisions, right vs wrong, etc. That said, I believe now that if a god exists, perhaps he doesn't expect all this worshipping as Christianity would cause us to think. I think that it's our human nature that feels we should be bowing down and ''worshipping'' a Deity. That a Deity requires us to always be asking for favor and forgiveness. How do you know that this is what God even wants? Because 'the Bible says?'

A little held belief I confess, but people only stay in hell as long as they resist.

As a Christian, one believes that once one enters hell after death, that's it. They're there forevaaaa!

I don't believe in heaven and hell, and didn't believe in those 'concepts' even as a Christian.

May I ask, why do you believe in hell? And does this belief cause you even in the slightest, to keep you staying faithful to a god? (God)

I think religion breeds fear. Hell is a fear tactic (to me) created by man. Not all religions support heaven and hell, though. This is a common tenet of the Abrahamic faiths, and all 'versions' depict heaven and hell a little differently.

I believe that our nature is fallible. We're tempted to do things that would be detrimental to our overall health.

I'm totally with you on the heaven/ hell thing. I give very little importance to them. Hell to me is submitting to those detrimental desires which then worsen out lives. Heaven is resisting and dancing the dance.

When I think of worshipping God that's an incredibly beneficial thing for me to do. He doesn't need it, we do. That's my only experience of it. Acknowledging beauty and being in awe of it is a pretty nice thing to do. It makes me feel good anyway.

I have to agree with you on the fear thing too. The only way I fear God is in utmost respect in a form of awe. He's the ultimate law which makes me feel above human law. I guess we all think that sometimes... the law isn't perfect.

To me hatred is used by people to control people. Is the opposite to what I think Christianity is, although we could both find very many people claiming to be doing Christ's work and spouting hatred. I just hate that